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Media Create Japan sales 1/1-1/7

Top 10:
#. (Platform, Publisher) Title - #Sold Last Week / LTD
1. (NDS, Square-Enix) Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker - 266,827 / 860,820
2. (Wii, Nintendo) Wii Sports - 166,011 / 732,719
3. (Wii, Nintendo) Wii Play - 141,702 / 664,512
4. (NDS, Nintendo) New Super Mario Bros. - 128,211 / 3,986,506
5. (NDS, Nintendo) General Knowledge Training - 109,752 / 1,063,093
6. (NDS, Nintendo) Brain Age 2 - 99,320 / 3,805,787
7. (NDS, Nintendo) Animal Crossing - 94,917 / 3,843,832
8. (NDS, Pokemon) Pokemon Diamond - 94,370 / 2,479,819
9. (NDS, Nintendo) Kirby Squeek Squad - 93,522 / 836,588
10. (NDS, Pokemon) Pokemon Pearl - 78,398 / 2,054,443

X. (NDS, Pokemon) Pokemon Diamond/Pearl - 172,768 / 4,534,262

Break Down:
NDS: 8
Wii: 2
Everything else: :lol:

The Rest
11/ Mario Kart DS (NDS, Nintendo)
12/ Jump Ultimate Stars (NDS, Nintendo)
13/ DBZ Budokai Tenkaichi 2 (Wii, Bandai)
14/ Wario Ware Smooth Moves (Wii, Nintendo)
15/ Brain Training (NDS, Nintendo)
16/ Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops (PSP, Konami)
17/ Zelda Twilight Princess (Wii, Nintendo)
18/ Oshare Majô Love & Berry (NDS, Nintendo)
19/ Yakuza 2 (PS2, Sega)
20/ Kanji Test (NDS, Rocket Co.)
21/ Tamagotchi 2 (NDS, Bandai)
22/ DS Menu Collection (NDS, Nintendo)
23/ English Training (NDS, Nintendo)
24/ Pokémon Battle Revolution (Wii, Nintendo)
25/ Tales of the World (PSP, Namco)
26/ Seiken Densetsu 4 (PS2, Square-Enix)
27/ Yakuza - The Best (PS2, Sega)
28/ Momotarô Dentetsu (PS2, Hudson)
29/ Magic Taizen (NDS, Nintendo)
30/ Tetris DS (NDS, Nintendo)

Breakdown:
NDS:18
Wii:6
PS2:4
PSP:2
PS3: :lol:

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Rest of the T50:
31.) Naruto Fighter (NDS, Takara Tomy)
32.) Cooking Navi (NDS, Nintendo)
33.) Rockman Pegasus (NDS, Capcom)
34.) Monster Hunter Portable (The Best) (PSP, Capcom)
35.) Gundam Seed Destiny (PS2, Bandai Namco)
36.) Kanji Brain Test 2,000,000 (NDS, IE institute)
37.) Power Pro Kun Pocket 9 (NDS, Konami)
38.) Final Fantasy III (NDS, Square Enix)
39.) Electric Brain Repetition (NDS, Shogakukan Inc.)
40.) Mario Basket 3-on-3 (NDS, Nintendo)
41.) World Soccer Winning Eleven 10 (PSP, Konami)
42.) Rockman Leo (NDS, Capcom)
43.) Board of Education (NDS, Bandai Namco)
44.) Rockman Dragon (NDS, Capcom)
45.) Big Brain Academy (NDS, Nintendo)
46.) Revolution (NDS, Konami)
47.) Resistance (PS3, SCE)
48.) Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales (NDS, Square Enix)
49.) Gundam Target in Sight (PS3, Bandai Namco)
50.) Live Power Pro Baseball 13 (PS2, Konami)

Break Down:
By System-
NDS: +14 (32)
PS2: +2 (6)
PSP: +2 (4)
PS3: +2 :eek:

Hardware:

#.) System - This Week | Last Week | Total 2007 Sales | Lifetime Sales
1.) Nintendo DS Lite - 344,878 | 176,219 | 344,878 | 7,768,202
2.) Nintendo Wii - 195,331 | 96,332 | 195,331 | 1,114,974
3.) PlayStation Portable - 118,186 | 68,675 | 118,186 | 4,650,315
4.) PlayStation 3 - 69,944 | 71,727 | 69,944 | 527,502
5.) PlayStation 2 - 52,037 | 38,169 | 52,037 | 20,206,896
6.) Xbox 360 - 18,235 | 16,909 | 18,235 | 282,937
7.) Game Boy micro - 3,311 | 2,082 | 3,311 | 563,241
8.) Game Boy Advance SP - 2,364 | 1,743 | 2,364 | 5,917,404
9.) GameCube - 1,258 | 847 | 1,258 | 4,170,726
10.) Nintendo DS - 75 | 102 | 75 | 6,582,430
11.) Game Boy Advance - 57 | 51 | 57 | 8,823,166
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Hardware comes later. Anyway, T15 are all Nintendo system games. 6 Wii Games in the Top 30--CRAZY! Also, sales seem low, but the total Nintendo domination--especially the strong Wii presence--is impressive.
 
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Dek said:
Oh jesus, thank you!
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DragonBall Z - Wii - 66,906

So, everything else under that sold less than that. Which is why PS3 titles were in the T50. Low sells all around it seems. Though, even more suprising is that Resistance came ahead of Gundam. :eek: Sure, the Gundam game is awful, but it's Gundam.
 
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I was just happy to hear that DBZ BT2 made the top 30

And it definately deserves to be in the top 30, especially the Wii version, since it breathes new life into the game (to some degree)

Professor_Chris said:
Though, even more suprising is that Resistance came ahead of Gundam. Sure, the Gundam game is awful, but it's Gundam.
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If I recall correctly, the Gundam franchise hasn't had many critically accalimed (sp?) games available. Not only that, but the only franchise that I know of that had Gundams in the game and did very well was the Super Robot Wars/Super Robot Taisen series.
 
Here's the pac-charts and graphs for 1/1-1/7. :D

Dek said:
If I recall correctly, the Gundam franchise hasn't had many critically accalimed (sp?) games available. Not only that, but the only franchise that I know of that had Gundams in the game and did very well was the Super Robot Wars/Super Robot Taisen series.
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"Gundam" and "good game" are typically not used together in a sentence. At least, not without the word "not" in there somewhere. Gundam Musou might change this, we'll have to wait and see. At any rate, despite this, Japanese still love them some Gundams, so the stuff sells regardless.
 
Media Create Sales 1/8-1/14

Top 10:
1. (Wii, Nintendo) Wii Sports - 61,399 / 794,118
2. (DS, Square Enix) Dragon Quest Monsters Joker - 55,180 / 916,000
3. (Wii, Nintendo) Wii Play - 54,578 / 719,089
4. (DS, Nintendo) Common Knowledge Training - 35,819 / 1,098,912
5. (DS, Nintendo) New Super Mario Brothers - 34,628 / 4,003,134
6. (DS, Nintendo) More Brain Age - 32,865 / 3,838,652
7. (DS, Nintendo) Animal Crossing Wild World - 32,864 / 3,876,696
8. (PSP, Konami) Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops - 28,152 / 306,359
9. (DS, Nintendo) Pokemon Diamond - 22,982 / 2,502,801
10. (DS, Nintendo) Mario Kart DS - 22,640 / 1,997,233

The Rest:

11/ Kirby Squeak Squad (NDS, Nintendo)
12/ English Training (NDS, Nintendo)
13/ Pokémon Pearl (NDS, Nintendo)
14/ Yakuza - The Best (PS2, Sega)
15/ DS Menu Collection (NDS, Nintendo)
16/ Jump Ultimate Stars (NDS, Nintendo)
17/ Kanji Test (NDS, Rocket Co.)
18/ Zelda Twilight Princess (Wii, Nintendo)
19/ Brain Training (NDS, Nintendo)
20/ Wario Ware Smooth Moves (Wii, Nintendo)
21/ Yakuza 2 (PS2, Sega)
22/ Tales of the World (PSP, Namco)
23/ Monster Hunter Freedom (PSP, Capcom)
24/ Oshare Majô Love & Berry (NDS, Sega)
25/ 2 millions Kanji (NDS, IE Institute)
26/ Seiken Densetsu 4 (PS2, Square-Enix)
27/ The Battle of Yu Yu Hakusho (PS2, Banpresto)
28/ DBZ Budokai Tenkaichi 2 (Wii, Bandai)
29/ Pokémon Battle Revolution (Wii, Nintendo)
30/ Cooking Navigator (NDS, Nintendo)

DS - 17
Wii - 6
PS2 - 4
PSP - 3
360 - 0
PS3 - 0
GBA - 0

31.) Tetris DS (NDS, Nintendo)
32.) Momotarou Electric Railway 16 (PS2, Hudson)
33.) GT Pro Series (Wii, MTO) - NEW ENTRY
34.) Tamagotchi Corner Shop 2 (NDS, Bandai Namco)
35.) Electric Brain Repetition (NDS, Shogakukan Inc.)
36.) Fushigi no Shiren (NDS, Sega) 7,400 | 147,000
37.) World Soccer Winning Eleven 10 (PSP, Konami)
38.) Final Fantasy III (NDS, Square Enix) - 7,200 | 964,000
39.) Gundam Seed (PS2, Bandai Namco)
40.) Resistance (PS3, SCE) - 6,300 | 100,000
41.) Final Fantasy VI Advance (GBA, Square Enix)
42.) Stock Trader Kabutore! (NDS, Konami)
43.) Power Pro Kun Pocket 9 (NDS, Konami) - 5,800 | 100,000
44.) Rockman Pegasus (NDS, Capcom)
45.) Live Power Pro Baseball 13 (PS2, Konami)
46.) Sense of Pitch Training (NDS, Success) - NEW ENTRY
47.) Naruto Fighter (NDS, Takara Tomy)
48.) Gundam (PS3, Bandai Namco) - 5,200 | 116,000
49.) Kirarin Revolution (NDS, Konami)
50.) Mario Basket 3-on-3 (NDS, Nintendo)

Harware:
Hardware - This Week | Last Week | 2007 | LTD

1.) Nintendo Wii - 93,708 | 195,331 | 289,039 | 1,208,682
2.) Nintendo DS Lite - 89,287 | 344,878 | 434,165 | 7,857,489
3.) PlayStation Portable - 48,804 | 118,186 | 166,990 | 4,699,119
4.) PlayStation 3 - 25,531 | 69,944 | 95,475 | 553,033
5.) PlayStation 2 - 22,663 | 52,037 | 74,700 | 20,229,559
6.) Xbox 360 - 9,035 | 18,235| 27,270 | 291,972
7.) Game Boy micro - 1,959 | 3,311 | 5,270 | 565,200
8.) Game Boy Advance SP - 1,547 | 2,364 | 3,911 | 5,918,951
9.) GameCube - 611 | 1,258 | 1,869 | 4,171,337
10.) Game Boy Advance - 79 | 57 | 136 | 8,823,245
11.) Nintendo DS - 41 | 75 | 116 | 6,582,471

Just so we're clear, Sony stated they shipped 1 million consoles to Japan. And I hear they are in PLENITFUL supply there. Liek, "you can't get through Akihabara without tripping over one" plentiful. :p

Quote of the day
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe CEO David Reeves said:
We have built up a certain brand equity over time since the launch of PlayStation in 1995 and PS2 in 2000 that the first five million are going to buy it, whatever it is, even if it didn't have games.
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EDIT:
Yay charts!
 
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I think that some of those stats are a little misleading.

I personally think that DS and DSLite are the exact same thing as far as hardware sales go, because they both play the same software. Yes, there are differences in the hardware. However, people buy one or the other, but not both. Same thing for the GAmeboy stuff. That being said, the hardware sales of each generation look a little more like this:

Hardware - This Week | Last Week | 2007 | LTD

1.) Nintendo Wii - 93,708 | 195,331 | 289,039 | 1,208,682
2.) Nintendo DS - 89,328 | 344,943 | 434,281 | 14,439,960
3.) PlayStation Portable - 48,804 | 118,186 | 166,990 | 4,699,119
4.) PlayStation 3 - 25,531 | 69,944 | 95,475 | 553,033
5.) PlayStation 2 - 22,663 | 52,037 | 74,700 | 20,229,559
6.) Xbox 360 - 9,035 | 18,235| 27,270 | 291,972
7.) Gameboy Advance - 3,585 | 5,732 | 9,317 | 15,307,396
8.) GameCube - 611 | 1,258 | 1,869 | 4,171,337

Not a whole heck of a lot of change on the weekly performance, cuz the newer systems always outclass their older cousins. However, I wanted to look a little closer at the LTD numbers. PS2 is still king in that department, and I don't think that any system is poised to take over its 20 million mark at any point in the near future. That being said, the DS is performing admirably well, considering that it's less than 5 years old. 14 million sales in less than 5 years? That's pretty good. It's catching up to the product that it wasn't supposed to replace, but actually did, GBA. PSP is left so incredibly dead after the onslaught of DS and GBA that it isn't even funny. DS has outsold PSP by about 3 to 1.

The phun stuff comes in the Next Gen consoles. Wii is destroying everything in its path. PS3 is faltering badly, and the Xbox is a joke in the Japanese market. Wii has a 2 to 1 edge on the PS3, and a 4 to 1 (almost 5 to 1) edge on the Xbox, which was out a year before the Wii.

It looks like the Wii is dominating the Next Gen sales thus far. I'm not drawing any conclusions yet (FF13 has yet to come out), but with faltering sales, losing exclusivity to key franchises (and losing a couple completely DQ), things aren't looking good for Sony right now. I think that their only hope for the PS3 to win this console war is for the BluRay to win the proprietary format, which is unlikely considering Sony's track record in this area (Beta, Laserdisk, etc)
 
bullados said:
I think that some of those stats are a little misleading.

I personally think that DS and DSLite are the exact same thing as far as hardware sales go, because they both play the same software. Yes, there are differences in the hardware. However, people buy one or the other, but not both. Same thing for the GAmeboy stuff. That being said, the hardware sales of each generation look a little more like this:
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Misleading wasn't the intention in so much as showing which versions are more popular. I think I will add a DS/GBA total at the bottom from now on though.

It looks like the Wii is dominating the Next Gen sales thus far. I'm not drawing any conclusions yet (FF13 has yet to come out), but with faltering sales, losing exclusivity to key franchises (and losing a couple completely DQ), things aren't looking good for Sony right now. I think that their only hope for the PS3 to win this console war is for the BluRay to win the proprietary format, which is unlikely considering Sony's track record in this area (Beta, Laserdisk, etc)
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I'm interested how much FFXIII will affect sales. There are already a mountain of PS3s available there (for much cheaper than we get them here, mind you) so as soon as it launches we'll be able to see the immediate effect. However, who knows when FFXIII will be able to release. Might not even be this year. Two numbered Final Fantasy games two years in a row (barring GBA remakes) is quite unusual. Though, my this time the Wii should have a rediculous lead and I'm not sure if FF could even let the expensive PS3 catch up. It will definately be interesting.
 
I'm not talking intention, but that's the result anyway, especially in the Total column. The weekly doesn't seem to matter much, but those totals are quite interesting in the handheld department.

Oh, and just a question. Did Xbox just, like, not sell any units in Japan this week?
 
lol anyway, the xbox/360 hardly sell at all in Japan unless a fighter or RPG comes out. See Dead or Alive 4 or Blue Dragon
 
King3567 said:
lol anyway, the xbox/360 hardly sell at all in Japan unless a fighter or RPG comes out. See Dead or Alive 4 or Blue Dragon
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I wouldn't be quick to generalize that much. If I recall correctly, Enchant Arm didn't do much for the system. Moar like it doesn't sell until some HIGH PROFILE RPG is released on the system.
 
Media Create 1/15-1/21

Top 10
1. (PS2, Bandai-Namco) .hack//G.U. Vol. 3 - 136,790 / NEW
2. (NDS, Nintendo) Wario: The Seven - 91,249 / NEW
3. (PS2, Sega) Shining Force EXA - 72,306 / NEW
4. (Wii, Nintendo) Wii Sports - 57,418 / 851,535
5. (Wii Nintendo) Wii Play - 45,724 / 764,813
6. (PS2, Flight-Plan) Dragon Shadow Spell - 40,541 / NEW
7. (360, Microsoft) Gears of War - 33,212 / NEW
8. (NDS, Atlus) Seikaiju Maze (Etrian Odyssey) - 32,511 / NEW
9. (NDS, Nintendo) Common Knowledge Training - 31,735 / 1,130,647
10. (NDS, Nintendo) More Brain Age - 29,626 / 3,868,279

The Rest:
11. (NDS, Nintendo) New Super Mario Brothers
12. (NDS, Nintendo) Animal Crossing Wild World
13. (Wii, Nintendo) Excite Truck
14. (PSP, Konami) Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops
15. (NDS, MTO) Tea Dog's Room DS 2
16. (NDS, Nintendo) Mario Kart DS
17. (NDS, Pokemon) Pokemon Diamond
18. (NDS, Nintendo) English Training
19. (NDS, IE Institute) Kanji Brain Test 2M
20. (NDS, Nintendo) 1000 Recipes
21. (NDS, Pokemon) Pokemon Pearl
22. (NDS, Spike) IQ Supply
23. (NDS, Nintendo) Brain Training
24. (Wii, Nintendo) Wario Ware Smooth Moves
25. (PS2, Sega) Yakuza
26. (Wii, Nintendo) The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
27. (NDS, Rocket Co.) Kanji Test
28. (NDS, Nintendo) Kirby Squeek Squad
29. (PSP, Capcom) Monster Hunter Portable
30. (NDS, Sega) Love+Berry

TOP30
NDS - 18
Wii - 5
PS2 - 4
PSP - 2
360 - 1

31 NDS Nintendo Jump Ultimate Stars
32 PS2 Broccoli Meitantei Evangelion
33 PS2 Sega Yakuza 2
34 PSP Bandai-Namco Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology
35 NDS Shougaku-kan DS Yama Method Math Drills
36 NDS Bandai-Namco Heisei Education Committee DS
37 NDS Sega Puyo-Puyo
38 NDS Nintendo Tetris DS
39 NDS Nintendo Cooking Navi
40 WII Bandai-Namco Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2
41 WII Pokemon Pokemon Battle Revolution
42 NDS Square-Enix Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker
43 NDS Square-Enix Final Fantasy III (bundle)
44 PS2 Square-Enix Seiken Densetsu 4
45 NDS Bandai-Namco Tamagotchi no Puchi-Puchi Omisecchi Gohiiki ni
46 NDS Sega Mysterious Dungeon: Fuurai no Shiren DS
47 PS2 Hudson Momotarou Dentetsu 16
48 PSP Konami World Soccer Winning Eleven 10: Ubiquitous Evolution
49 NDS Capcom Mega Man Star Force: Pegasus
50 GBA Square-Enix Final Fantasy VI Advance

TOP50
NDS:29
PS2:8
Wii:7
PSP:4
GBA:1
XBOX360:1

Still no PS3 which is sad since 360 seems to make the top parts of the list every once in a while for a week or two. :O With a much smaller install base at that!

Hardware:
#.) System - This Week | Last Week | 2007 | LTD
1.) Nintendo DS Lite - 127,647 | 89,287 | 561,812 | 7,985,136
2.) Nintendo Wii - 86,395 | 93,708 | 375,434 | 1,295,077
3.) PlayStation Portable - 37,032 | 48,804 | 204,022 | 4,736,151
4.) PlayStation 3 - 21,105 | 25,531 | 116,580 | 574,138
5.) PlayStation 2 - 20,169 | 22,663 | 94,869 | 20,249,728
6.) Xbox 360 - 7,041 | 9,035 | 34,311 | 299,013
7.) Game Boy Micro - 1,864 | 1,959 | 7,134 | 567,064
8.) Game Boy Advance SP - 1,498 | 1,547 | 5,409 | 5,920,449
9.) GameCube - 554 | 611 | 2,423 | 4,171,891
10.) Nintendo DS - 123 | 41 | 239 | 6,582,594
11.) Game Boy Advance - 94 | 79 | 230 | 8,823,339

X1.) DS Total - 127,770 | 89,328 | 562,051 | 14,567,730
X2.) GBA Total - 3,456 | 3,585 | 12,773 | 15,310,852

Wii>PS3+PS2+PSP. Gears didn't help the 360 AT ALL.
Go, DS! Go! You've almost caught GBA!

Graphs/Charts:
Current Gen Console Hardware Totals Line Graph
Pie Charts
Just For Fun
Moar Pie Charts
Market Share:
360: 14%
Wii: 60%
PS3: 26%

PS3 is back where it's started, Wii continues to gain massive market share and Xbox keeps losing market share (although between last week and this week it hasn't lost any, Nintendo's new 1% came from Sony instead).
 
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Are GoW and Seikaiju Maze new releases in Japan? Cuz their week and overall totals are exactly the same...

No hardware yet? lol :D

Oh, and this chart is koolies
 
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