News: Famitsu Japanese Sales 2003
Posted 07 Jan 2004 at 20:26 by Ashley Jones
Famitsu have released their top selling game charts of 2003 for Japan. Find out who is number one inside!
The PlayStation 2 sold the most units this year, the same as most years since it has been out. Otherwise GameCube came in forth, just under the Game Boy Advance.
1. PlayStation 2- 2,994,000
2. Gameboy Advance SP- 2,433,000
3. Gameboy Advance- 1,180,000
4. Gamecube- 1,040,000
5. Xbox- 97,000
6. PSone- 61,000
7. Wonderswan- 47,000
Final Fantasy X-2 sold the most this year, but not surprising considering the Japanese's love for the series. Nintendo managed to get Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire in at number two, and Mario Kart Double Dash!! and Made in Wario in at numbers eight and nine.
1. Final Fantasy X-2 (PS2)
Square-Enix- 1,941,727
2. Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire (GBA)
Pokemon- 1,704,458
3. Dynasty Warriors 4 (PS2)
Koei- 1,178,455
4. World Soccer Winning Eleven 7 (PS2)
Konami- 1,085,082
5. Minna no Golf 4 (PS2)
SCE- 875,252
6. Dragon Quest Monsters Caravan Heart (GBA)
Square-Enix- 593,458
7. Gundam: Meguriai Sora (PS2)
Bandai- 577,972
8. Mario Kart Double Dash!! (GC)
Nintendo- 567,849
9. Made in Wario (GC)
Nintendo- 556,806
10. Dragonball Z (PS2)
Bandai- 543,312
The top one hundred selling games were also announced by Famitsu, and they can be found over at Game Science.