Charts: Latest Japanese Hardware & Software

Sales for the week ending June 5th point to one definite: the Japanese are sure loving that DS...

Courtesy of Media-Create, we have the most recent sales figures from Japan. (Note: thanks to C-E reader Kevin for pointing out an error with last week's hardware charts.) What last week's situation largely boils down to is this: the consistently downward trend of weekly-monthly game sales in Japan thus far these past few months have been very disconcerting. Last week again saw total sales numbers dip to 343,793 units, a roughly 50% decrease from last week. The falling numbers are attributed mostly to a dearth of compelling new releases...luckily for Nintendo fans, the DS is pulling its own weight in the market however.

DS "non-game", DS Training For Adults: Work Your Brain took the lead spot this week, now amassing an impressive 3-week total of over 100,000. Additionally, the DS prescence was bolstered by sales of SD Gundam G Generation, the return of the adorable Nintendogs, and the debut of a new Pachinko title from Sega that borrows from the Fist of the North Star manga license. In all, the DS claimed four slots in the top 10, and 8 in the top 20.

Meanwhile, Gamecube's Metroid Prime 2: Dark Echoes slipped to 16th while EA's NBA Street title fell to 20th. Finally, yes, that is indeed a PSP game you see in the Top 10...figures it took an RPG to finally do it. Otherwise, the PS2 largely had its usual healthy showing.

No.SystemTitlePublisher
1DSDS Training for Adults: Work Your Brain 30,349Nintendo
2PS2Tearing Saga: Bewick Saga 25,239 Enterbrain
3PS2Namco X Capcom 22,698Namco
4PSPHero Legend Gagharv Trilogy: Akai Shizuku 13,269 Bandai
5DSSD Gundam G Generation 12,538Bandai
6PS2Yu Yu Hakusho Forever 11,681 Banpresto
7DSNintendogs: Shiba and Friends 10,676Nintendo
8PS2Racing Battle: C1 Grand Prix 10,600Genki
9PS2Hanjuku Hero 4: 7 Nin no Hanjuku Hero 10,053Square-Enix
10DSPachinko Slot! Fist of the North Star DS 8,201 Sega

In the hardware race, DS again reigned at the top accounting for over 34% of last week's hardware sales. It was followed by the same lineup pattern of previous weeks: strong PS2 sales, good PSP sales and healthy GBA SP sales.

No.ConsoleWeek SalesLast Week SalesYear SalesTotal Sales
1Nintendo DS34,93939,687939,4372,431,768
2PlayStation 230,81135,143987,120-
3PlayStation Portable23,22521,996925,4161,397,668
4Game Boy Advance SP9,85910,103338,1805,333,142
5GameCube2,3602,512114,961-
6Game Boy Advance53823511,594-
7Xbox2051617,360-

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