Japan Software & Hardware Sales April 10th to 16th

[VR46]

NDS Brain Training 2 - 70,984 [1,886,802]
NDS Brain Training - 51,931 [1,929,506]
NDS Animal Crossing: Wild World - 49,168 [2,462,062]
NDS Densetsu no Stafi 4 - 47,971 [47,971]
PS2 Guilty Gear XX Slash - 43,601 [43,601]
NDS English Training - 43,365 [846,714]
NDS Pokemon Ranger - 38,030 [359,001]
PS2 Final Fantasy XII - 24,694 [2,150,671]
PS2 Pro Yakyuu Netsu Star 2006 - 20,959 [72,986]
PS2 Pro Yakyuu Spirits 3 - 20,604 [89,142]


DS Lite: 140,969 [827,737]
DS: 37,204 [6,427,346]
PS2: 27,549 [22,211,371]
PSP: 26,340 [3,292,682]
GBA SP: 6,372 [15,598,237]
GBM: 3,676 [473,684]
X360: 1,926 [107,556]
GCN: 1,080 [4,097,277]
GBA: 46 [???]
XBX: 30 [474,364]

Very strong week for the DS, occupies 6 out of top 7 places in the software chart and the top two places in hardware chart.
GBA Micro has sold as many unit's as the original Xbox has to date already.
And PS2 outsells PSP for first time in a while.

[feelgoodwhale]

these charts have been the same ever since brain training first came out

a whole year of stagnation!

[electric_warrior]

I can't believe Animal Crossing is outselling Final Fantasy 12, madness....

[asnozz]

well the 360 has now sold a total of a quarter of the xboxs sales..... well sales are weak.... but it does seem to be consistantly weak (staying around a thousand)

[nips]

Wow, FFXII and Brain Training have sold abuot the same as eachother, yet Brain Training sold twice as many units last month and has been out far longer. Is there a bundle or something that explains the volume discrepancy?

[importaku]

I think theres a double pack with both games together, but i dont think that would be it.

I remember nintendo doing the same double pack thing with mario kart & oideyo doubutsu no mori, its usually 2 games & some bonus item like the nintendo oganiser thing that come with the mario kart pack.

[Kaladron]

Wow, FFXII and Brain Training have sold abuot the same as eachother, yet Brain Training sold twice as many units last month and has been out far longer. Is there a bundle or something that explains the volume discrepancy?

It's probably just due to all the people who bought a DS LITE and didn't already have the old console.

[rjpageuk]

Wow, FFXII and Brain Training have sold abuot the same as eachother, yet Brain Training sold twice as many units last month and has been out far longer. Is there a bundle or something that explains the volume discrepancy?

FF games traditionally sell in massive numbers in the opening week and then fall of the chart and never come back.

BT has been selling consistently well for months now.

[dvdmike]

PS2 Guilty Gear XX Slash - 43,601 [43,601]

so your telling me there are only 43,601 people in Japan with taste then

[sj33]

360 outselling the GCN now, suppose MS will have to make do with that good news. By a relatively sizable chunk too.
Wierd the SP is outselling the Micro.
Could fit the total number of people buying an XBox in my bedroom...

[Ginger Tosser]

360 outselling the GCN now, suppose MS will have to make do with that good news. By a relatively sizable chunk too.

So Microsoft will be happy outselling a console that hasn't really sold well in Japan? Personally i doubt if the 360 will ever sell as many as the cube has done.

I guess the SP is outselling the micro as it now has the better screen.

[MartyG]

Well they're missing out on some great gaming experiences, so it really is their loss - the software mustn't be to the Japanese taste.

[Concept]

Has Oblivion been released in Japan yet?

[son_of_bael]

Wierd the SP is outselling the Micro.

I don't find that strange, the SP is a better design IMO and the new backlit model has the same quality screen as the micro.

[The Mole]

Are the Japanese still of the view that Xbox brand is to American for their tastes?

Personaly i did not think i would like the 360 and stayed away from the Xbox but am quite liking the 360 now...