Latest Japanese Hardware Sales

[AlphaPrime]

Hardware June 23 - 29

PSP - 58,861

Wii - 48,480

DSL - 48,884

PS3 - 17,973

PS2 - 7,673

360 - 5,104

1000 posts. :D 360 got a fair bump from Gundam this week.

[Blackice]

I'd just like to add that I'm pretty excited about LittleBigPlanet, too. It's more of a family/creative game, so I wouldn't expect to see much talk about it here, where people tend to enjoy FPS and action games more.

That's actually why I like it so much - it's less mainstream, and more fun. It's been a long time since games where just fun - without being explosive graphics showcases. LBP's graphics are awesome, but they add to the game more than define it (one of my big worries with KZ2). I'd buy a Wii for the fun games, but the control system is just stupid. There's a fine line between innovative and idiotic.

[gunnerhkjp]

I'd just like to add that I'm pretty excited about LittleBigPlanet, too. It's more of a family/creative game, so I wouldn't expect to see much talk about it here, where people tend to enjoy FPS and action games more.

That's actually why I like it so much - it's less mainstream, and more fun. It's been a long time since games where just fun - without being explosive graphics showcases. LBP's graphics are awesome, but they add to the game more than define it (one of my big worries with KZ2). I'd buy a Wii for the fun games, but the control system is just stupid. There's a fine line between innovative and idiotic.

The wii controller is actually awesome for shooting games.

Try Resident Evil 4 for the Wii. You'll think that the game was meant to be played with the wii remote and nunchuck.

[The Teej]

1. [NDS] Derby Stallion DS - 148,000

What the hell is this? I haven't heard of this before, why is it top of the charts?

[AlphaPrime]

June 30 - July 6

Hardware

PSP - 56,439

DSL - 47,455

Wii - 44,525

PS3 - 14,359

PS2 - 11,768

360 - 4,776

Software

1. [NDS] Daigasso! Band Brothers DX - 47,000

2. [PS3] Initial D Extreme Stage - 43,000

3. [NDS] Derby Stallion DS - 38,000

4. [WII] Wii Fit - 31,000

5. [NDS] Nanashi no Game - 30,000

6. [NDS] Mario Kart Wii - 28,000

7. [WII] Tales of Symphonia Dawn of a New World - 27,000

8. [WII] Super Mario Stadium Family Baseball - 20,000

9. [PS3] Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots - 18,000

10. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G - 18,000

[AlphaPrime]

July 7 - 13 | 2008

Hardware

PSP - 56,998

DSL - 48,540

Wii - 41,768

PS3 - 12,458

PS2 - 10,405

360 - 3,807

Software

1. [PS2] Persona 4 - 193,000

2. [WII] Wii Fit - 30,000

3. [NDS] Densetsu no Starfi Taketsu - 29,000

4. [WII] Mario Kart Wii - 25,000

5. [NDS] Daigasso Band Brothers - 23,000

6. [WII] Biohazard Zero - 21,000

7. [NDS] Derby Stallion DS - 20,000

8. [NDS] Hanayori Dango: Koi Seyo Onago - 20,000

9. [NDS] Gegege no Kitarou: Youkai Daigekisen - 16,000

10. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G - 16,000

MGS4 drops to #15 but manages to pass the 600,000 mark in Japan. Biohazard (RE) Zero did better than I expected considering the little effort Capcom did to port it. Pretty much all profit for them, perhaps we'll see more ports of the other RE games for the Wii.

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

Wonder if the PSP can go the rest of the year on top?

Persona 4! :D Wished it was on the PS3 though.

[AlphaPrime]

July 14 - 20 | 2008

Hardware

PSP - 74,024

DSL - 54,531

Wii - 40,803

PS3 - 11,253

PS2 - 9,535

360 - 4,208

Software

1. [NDS] Dragon Quest V - 643,764 (NEW)

2. [PSP] Gundam Battle Universe - 137,550 (NEW)

3. [PS2] Persona 4 - 40,680

4. [PS3] Tears to Tiara: Kakan no Daichi - 34,431 (NEW)

5. [WII] Wii Fit - 27,198

6. [WII] Mario Kart Wii - 23,992

7. [NDS] Daigasso! Band Brothers DX - 21,419

8. [NDS] Derby Stallion DS - 16,248

9. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2 G - 16,040

10. [NDS] Densetsu no Stafi: Taiketsu! Dire Kaizokudan - 15,693

[Rudy]

Dragon quest selling like crazy.....as anyone would have expected

[AlphaPrime]

July 21 - 27 | 2008

Hardware

PSP - 67,452

DSL - 56,968

Wii - 41,024

PS3 - 10,692

PS2 - 9,291

360 - 4,941

Software

1. [NDS] Dragon Quest V - 190,438

2. [PS2] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 15 - 83,855 (NEW)

3. [PSP] Gundam Battle Universe - 42,860

4. [PSP] Eiyuu Densetsu: Sora no Kiseki the 3rd - 38,805 (NEW)

5. [PS3] SIREN: New Translation - 34,532 (NEW)

6. [NDS] Katekyoo Hitman Reborn! - 31,546 (NEW)

7. [WII] Wii Fit - 29,607

8. [WII] Wario Land: Shake It! - 25,377 (NEW)

9. [WII] Mario Kart Wii - 25,359

10. [WII] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 15 - 21,665 (NEW)

[Guest]

Xbox seems to be consistently increasing in sales every week... Didn't expect that after how badly it did last time around. :p

[George P Global Moderator]

More Japanese dev support is the clear sign that the 360 is doing better. Sure it's not that great, but then again games sell systems.

On another note, the MGS4 effect has ended, it did manage to sell pretty well in Japan, probably around 800k or a bit over by now, but it didn't do much for overall PS3 sales. Just shows what I've though, MGS is big in NA mostly.

[Ironman273]

There's not even a specific game that's driving it, though. That's weird.

[AlphaPrime]

Just shows what I've though, MGS is big in NA mostly.

Well I mean it's big in Japan too, one of the biggest selling 'hardcore' franchises. MGS4 even had a better attach rate in Japan than in NA. It's also still selling quite well in Europe. It's just that a lot of the MGS fanbase already owned a PS3.

360 bump is rather interesting. I mean it's not that much, but percentage wise it's fairly big (compared to what it was doing a few months back).

[George P Global Moderator]

Well what I mean is that if you look at the numbers for the older MG and MGS games, they seem to sell less with each new version in Japan. That's what I remember seeing anyways. That's not to say it didn't sell well, I take 500k and higher as a success for any game really.

[AlphaPrime]

Well what I mean is that if you look at the numbers for the older MG and MGS games, they seem to sell less with each new version in Japan. That's what I remember seeing anyways. That's not to say it didn't sell well, I take 500k and higher as a success for any game really.

It's actually fairly on par with the other MGS games in Japan, especially when you consider the smaller userbase this time around. Last known numbers:

MGS1 - 674,000

MGS2 - 789,000

MGS3 - 819,000

MGS4 is currently at 622,000.

[Ji@nBing]

I see a lot of Japanese playing COD4 online late at night (when it would be their day there). I guess a large percentage of 360 owners there play COD4 :p

[AlphaPrime]

July 28 - August 3

Hardware

PSP - 61,181

DSL - 57,398

Wii - 41,109

PS3 - 9,508

PS2 - 9,045

360 - 5,359

Software

1. [PSP] Phantasy Star Universe - 342,000

2. [NDS] Rhythm Heaven Gold - 213,000

3. [NDS] Dragon Quest V - 112,000

4. [PS3] Soul Calibur IV - 75,000

5. [PS2] Powerful Pro Baseball 15 - 37,000

6. [360] Soul Calibur IV - 35,000

7. [Wii] Fatal Frame IV - 33,000

8. [Wii] Wii Fit - 32,000

9. [Wii] Mario Kart Wii - 23,000

10. [PSP] Gundam Battle Universe - 21,000

Also, PSP passes the 10 million mark in Japan. DS is also now at 23 million.

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

A slow week for the PS3 and 360 by the looks of it. I wonder how much the 360 will sell this month due to Tales of Vesperia.

[Matrix XII]

Yeah, I'm also interested in that. You think it will double perhaps?

[The Teej]

If it sells more then the DS Lite/Wii then the hell will officially freeze over :laugh:

[Guest]

The 360 is on the rise in the east :woot:

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

First day sales are in:

Fire Emblem: New Shadow Dragons and the Blade of Light

NDS 80k

Tales of Vesperia

360 70k

Source: VGchartz

Not sure how credible the source is though?

[George P Global Moderator]

I'd think ToV should sell more than 70k, I think LO sold 80k when it was release. We'll just have to wait and see.

[The Teej]

First day sales are in:

Fire Emblem: New Shadow Dragons and the Blade of Light

NDS 80k

Tales of Vesperia

360 70k

Source: VGchartz

Not sure how credible the source is though?

I honestly can't remember when VGChartz was a credible source.