Charts: Latest Japanese Software & Hardware Sales
Posted 31 Dec 2006 at 04:32 by guest
Strong all around sales characterize the pre-Christmas week ending December 24th.
Courtesy of Media-Create, we have the most recent sales figures from Japan.
The holiday spending spirit began to take hold of Japan, as reflected in the inflated sales numbers. Though DS Lite software continued to control the charts, a new PSP release was able to sneak into the third slot with solid launch sales. The sneaky title? Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops of course. Meanwhile Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker looms large next week, with launch day shipments of the anticipated DS title exceeding 400k.
Hardware sales, like software, saw a major boost with the DS Lite predictably leading the way. Though it sold nearly half a million units in the week, expect even higher totals in the weeks to come.
The weekly software numbers follow:
| No. | System | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DS | Pokemon Diamond 209,379 | Nintendo |
| 2 | PSP | Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops 178,370 | Konami |
| 3 | DS | Pokemon Pearl 164,670 | Nintendo |
| 4 | DS | New Super Mario Bros. 154,107 | Nintendo |
| 5 | Wii | Wii Sports 152,756 | Nintendo |
| 6 | PS2 | Seiken Densetsu 4 152,062 | Square-Enix |
| 7 | DS | Hoshi no Kirby (Kirby Squeek Squad) 149,350 | Nintendo |
| 8 | DS | Love & Berry ~DS Collection 139,382 | Sega |
| 9 | Wii | Hajimete no Wii 137,495 | Nintendo |
| 10 | DS | Jump Ultimate Stars 134,551 | Nintendo |
The week's console numbers follow:
| No. | Console | Week Sales | Last Week Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nintendo DS Lite | 485,584 | 319,708 |
| 2 | Wii | 279,277 | 108,237 |
| 3 | PlayStation Portable | 138,588 | 48,962 |
| 4 | PlayStation 3 | 76,882 | 70,942 |
| 5 | PlayStation 2 | 46,209 | 37,730 |
| 6 | Xbox 360 | 17,213 | 17,168 |
| 7 | Game Boy Micro | 2,394 | 1,491 |
| 8 | Game Boy Advance SP | 1,858 | 1,867 |
| 9 | GameCube | 1,250 | 1,152 |
