Latest Japanese Hardware Sales

[djesteban]

man... those are certainly not good sales number for the Sony PS3. I hope Sony will crash hard with this console and learn for the mistake they made

[AlphaPrime]

Software sales for 1/22 - 1/28

1. PS2 - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Capcom - 227,261 - NEW

2. NDS - Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker - Square Enix - 103,706

3. NDS - Sangokushi Taisen DS - Sega - 77,229 - NEW

4. NDS - Picross DS - Nintendo - 71,794 - NEW

5. NDS - Hotel Dusk: Room 215 - 59,379 - NEW

6. Wii - Wii Sports - Nintendo - 58,886

7. NDS - Wario: Master of Disguise - Nintendo - 47,350

8. Wii - Wii Play - Nintendo - 43,612

9. PS2 - Pachinko Winter Sonata - Hackberry - 41,411 - NEW

10. NDS - Brain Training 2 - Nintendo - 34,028

[dnast]

I didn't realize GTA was popular over there. I wonder why it took so long for San Andreas to be translated and released.

[gunnerhkjp]

I didn't realize GTA was popular over there. I wonder why it took so long for San Andreas to be translated and released.

Localization and censorship.

[AlphaPrime]

January 22 - 28

1. DSL - 194,526

2. Wii - 83,754

3. PSP - 35,700

4. PS2 - 20,995

5. PS3 - 19,996

6. Xbox360 - 7,365

[FreqFace]

Capcom publishing GTA :blink:

[MajinFix]

Capcom publishing GTA :blink:

maybe only in japan :happy:

[George P Global Moderator]

Yeah, from what I remember Capcom has always published GTA in Japan.

[Azusa]

Localization and censorship.

eh meaning what?

[The Teej]

January 22 - 28

1. DSL - 194,526

2. Wii - 83,754

3. PSP - 35,700

4. PS2 - 20,995

5. PS3 - 19,996

6. Xbox360 - 7,365

If you're going to post sales, please post them all.

January 22 - 28

DSL - 194,526

Wii - 83,754

PSP - 35,700

PS2 - 20,995

PS3 - 19,996

Xbox360 - 7,365

GBM - 1,177

GBASP - 1,023

GC - 347

DS - 82

GBA - 34

[AlphaPrime]

If you're going to post sales, please post them all.

I thought I'd stop posting the bottom 5 since their sales are pretty much too insignificant to matter. But if you really want to know, fine, I'll post them all next week. I didn't think anyone cared about them.

[gunnerhkjp]

eh meaning what?

Localization meaning they get Japanese voiceovers and subtitles.

Censorship meaning games like GTA, dead rising and Gears of war get their content trimmed.

For example, the dead bodies hanging on trees in GOW don't have their innards showing in Japan.

In GTASA, some of the minigames have been removed, and you don't get money from people you run over.

And dead rising, supposedly, has had numerous cuts.

[George P Global Moderator]

That's just weird, you figure for Japan, the land that sells and makes so many twisted hentai videos/games that a bit of gore wouldn't be a problem.

[Oogle]

My guess is that the moral value system is probably different. In Japan, sex is less taboo than violence. In the US, it's the other way around.

[AlphaPrime]

January 29 - February 4

DSL - 146,073

Wii - 65,740

PSP - 31,216

PS3 - 18,727

PS2 - 17,540

Xbox360 - 6,130

GBM - 1,050

GBASP - 724

GC - 306

DS - 119

GBA - 28

[George P Global Moderator]

Hmm, not a big change, aside from Wii sales dipping quite a bit. PS3 is still around the same level, so is the PS2, the 360 dropped a bit, but overall it's doing pretty good in Japan compared to the original, we all knew that MS wasn't going to win in Japan, but this is a big improvment over the original Xbox.

[AlphaPrime]

February 5 - 11

DSL - 201,177

Wii - 78,550

PSP - 32,175

PS3 - 23,431

PS2 - 16,033

Xbox360 - 4,811

GBASP - 980

GBM - 884

GC - 383

DS - 121

GBA - 36

[Xerus]

How does DSlite continue to sell like this? Do they buy a DSlite, play a game on it, then throw it away to buy a new one?

[The Teej]

Haha, even the Wii can't beat the DS.

[NeoNut]

Haha, even the Wii can't beat the DS.

Everything else combined can't beat the DS :blink:

[gunnerhkjp]

How does DSlite continue to sell like this? Do they buy a DSlite, play a game on it, then throw it away to buy a new one?

Last I heard, 1 in 10 people in Japan own a DS.

Nintendo still has 9 out of 10 people to go :laugh:

I think the reality is that a whole bunch is being exported to China.

[goji]

I swear Nintendo has a DS tree somewhere ready for harvest 24/7.

[George P Global Moderator]

As it's been said above, they buy DSs and export them, samething with the PS2, that's why they keep selling them 5 years on etc.

[AlphaPrime]

February 12 - 18

DSL - 136,846

Wii - 63,618

PSP - 34,505

PS3 - 20,676

PS2 - 16,192

Xbox360 - 5,210

GBM - 953

GBASP - 843

GC - 347

DS - 153

GBA - 40

[George P Global Moderator]

No real change it seems, 360 sales are starting to slow down, they need a new game to push things again.