Xbox 360 tops Wii in Japan sales

[Tellyn]

Not long till the PS3 takes over though, Disgaea 3 hit and Valkyrie is out soon

 

You're aware that both Disgaea and Valkyrie are coming to the DS, right?

 

Meh, Shigeru Miyamoto and co are still pimping their Subarus and getting personal lapdances from Fillipino strippers...Its all good for them. I'm kinda happy this has happened though, Nintendo deserve the kick up the rectum.

 

Since when was 1000 units an arse kicking? DS still has a 30k lead, I don't really think Nintendo are worried at all.

[Hellfire]

It annoys me how all those exclusive DS RPG's that are actually innovative in some ways and look unique and interesting for the system (Inazuma Eleven, Sigma Harmonics and Blue Dragon Plus on that list) sell like absolute shit in Japan because they have absolutely no interest in new hardcore ips nowadays, at least not on Nintendo systems anyway.

 

On the other hand an upgraded port will sell fucking millions(DQ5).

 

It just goes to show how utterly weird the DS' market is. Absolutely insane total sales of the system, yet software only sells if it's in a key franchise or is a casual game.

Being in 11th place doesn't seem like a flop to me, specially since it's a spin off from a 360 game.

[Dante]

Media Create Sales

Media Create says XBOX360 didnt beat Wii this week.

 

Software

1. [NDS] Pokemon Platinum (Pokemon Co.) 963,273 / NEW

2. [NDS] Quiz Magic Academy DS (Konami) 119,134 / NEW

3. [360] Infinite Undiscovery (Square Enix) 90,288 / NEW

4. [WII] One Piece Unlimited Cruise: Episode 1 (Namco Bandai) 61,009 / NEW

5. [NDS] Rhythm Tengoku Gold (Nintendo) 55,772 / 723,000

6. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) 25,257 / 2,635,000

7. [PS2] D.Gray-man: Sousha no Shikaku (Konami) 14,955 / NEW

8. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) 13,990 / 1,762,000

9. [NDS] Daigasso! Band Brothers DX (Nintendo) 13,897 / 340,000

10. [PS2] J-League Winning Eleven 2008 Club Championship (Konami) 12,748 / 148,000

 

11. [NDS] Dragon Quest V (Square Enix)

12. [NDS] Fire Emblem: Shin Ankoku Ryuu to Hikari no Ken (Nintendo)

13. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven (Level 5)

14. [PS3] Afrika (SCEI)

15. [PS2] SEGA AGES 2500 Series Vol.33 Fantasy Zone Complete Collection (SEGA)

16. [NDS] Blue Dragon Plus (AQ Interactive)

17. [PSP] Phantasy Star Portable (SEGA)

18. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2 G (SEGA)

19. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo)

20. [NDS] Taiko Drum Master 2: The Seven Island Adventure (Namco Bandai)

21. [360] Tales of Vesperia (Namco Bandai)

22. [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)

23. [NDS] Hoshizora no Comic Garden (D3)

24. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)

25. [NDS] Beautiful Letter Training DS (Nintendo)

26. [PS2] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 15 (Konami)

27. [NDS] Animal Crossing: Wild World (Nintendo)

28. [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo)

29. [PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu Portable 3 (Konami)

30. [PS3] Battlefield: Bad company (Electronic Arts)

 

31. [NDS] Observation Training (Nintendo)

32. [360] Viva Pinata 2 (Microsoft)

33. [NDS] Bokura wa Kaseki Holder (We are Fossil Diggers) (Nintendo)

34. [NDS] Mame Goma 2: Uchi no Ko ga Ichiban! (My Kid is Number One!) (TDK Core)

35. [PSP] Fate/Tiger Colosseum Upper (Capcom)

36. [NDS] Pokemon Diamond (Pokemon)

37. [WII] Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo)

38. [WII] Wario Land: Shake It! (Nintendo)

39. [PS2] Persona 4 (Atlus Co.)

40. [NDS] Kanji Brain 2 + Dictionary (IE Institute)

41. [NDS] Mario Party DS (Nintendo)

42. [PSP] Gundam Battle Universe (Namco Bandai)

43. [NDS] Densetsu no Stafi: Taiketsu! Dire Kaizokudan (Nintendo)

44. [WII] Super Mario Baseball Stadium (Nintendo)

45. [NDS] Puyo Puyo! (BEST) (SEGA)

46. [NDS] Tottadoo! Yoiko's Deserted Island Life (Namco Bandai)

47. [NDS] Brain Training 2 (Nintendo)

48. [WII] Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse (Nintendo)

49. [PS3] Conflict: Denied Ops (Spike)

50. [NDS] Pokemon Pearl (Pokemon)

 

TOP 50

NDS:25

Wii:9

PS2:5

PSP:5

XBOX360:3

PS3:3

 

Hardware  | This Week | Last Week | Last Month |     YTD    |    LTD              
DS        |    63,859 |    51,412 |    227,705 |  2,181,458 |  23,417,921
PSP       |    30,156 |    34,462 |    153,886 |  2,698,699 |  10,330,455
WII       |    29,686 |    33,128 |    133,742 |  2,104,237 |   6,750,083
PS3       |     8,053 |     8,317 |     35,165 |    639,404 |   2,150,825
360       |    28,188 |     1,044 |     35,907 |    131,507 |     671,204
PS2       |     7,669 |     7,948 |     32,847 |    278,701 |  21,205,738

 

 

Based on the latest Famitsu hardware numbers...

 

PSP comparisons: After 196 weeks, PSP is where PS2 was at 147.9 weeks (December 28, 2002), where DS was at 88.8 weeks (August 11, 2006), and where GBA was at 125.4 weeks (August 13, 2003).

 

PS3 comparisons: After 96 weeks, PS3 is where PS2 was at 21.3 weeks (July 25, 2000), where PSP was at 53.2 weeks (December 12, 2005), where GCN was at 100.6 weeks (August 14, 2003), and where Wii was at 23.3 weeks (May 8, 2007).

 

Wii comparisons: After 93 weeks, Wii is where GBA was at 89.3 weeks (December 3, 2002), where DS was at 70.0 weeks (April 1, 2006), where PS2 was at 97.5 weeks (January 9, 2002), and where PSP was at 152.7 weeks (November 9, 2007).

 

Based on the latest Media Create hardware numbers...

 

DS vs PSP: Weekly shares of 67.9 / 32.1, DS's strongest since the week before Crisis Core. This brings total shares to 69.4 / 30.6. If DS stopped selling and PSP continued at this week's rate, it would catch up in 434.0 weeks (January 8, 2017).

 

X360 vs PS3: Weekly shares of 77.8 / 22.2 bring total shares to 22.5 / 77.5. At this week's rates, X360 catches PS3 in 81.3 weeks (April 6, 2010). If PS3 stopped selling and X360 continued at this week's rate, it would catc up in 58.1 weeks (October 26, 2009).

 

PS3 vs Wii: Weekly shares of 21.3 / 78.7, bringing total shares to 25.5 / 74.5. If Wii stopped selling and PS3 continued at this week's rate, it would catch up in 551.7 weeks (April 12, 2019).

 

X360 is now having its best year ever, besting its 2007 performance this far in.

 

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[James McGeachie]

Being in 11th place doesn't seem like a flop to me, specially since it's a spin off from a 360 game.

 

Well it's when you look at the total sales in brackets, which means it's first week was pretty poor. It'll also probably trail off pretty quickly (as most hardcore DS games do nowadays) and never break 100K total sales.

 

This is an rpg with art design by Akira Toriyama too. That's part of why the DQ series is such a big draw since his style has always been incredibly popular in Japan. It seriously seems like next to nothing draws people to new IP's on DS in Japan unless it's casual. Sigma Harmonics was an innovative looking title by Square Enix and Inuzuka Eleven was being designed by Level 5, responsible for a lot of recent Japanese top sellers. People just don't seem to care though unless it's a franchise they already love.

 

Dante, that Market share graph confuses me. Is that in relation to software sales or something? It's odd to see the PS3 drastically above Wii on any chart. Unless the Legend is the wrong way around or something.

[Dante]

Dante, that Market share graph confuses me. Is that in relation to software sales or something? It's odd to see the PS3 drastically above Wii on any chart. Unless the Legend is the wrong way around or something.

 

Just ignore that because it was somekind of joke from the person who made the chart.

 

For reference (and perspective), 360 sales since February 2008:

06/23/08 - 5,140

06/30/08 - 4,776

07/07/08 - 3,807

07/14/08 - 4,208

07/21/08 - 4,941

07/28/08 - 5,359

08/04/08 - 24,962

08/11/08 - 7,358

08/18/08 - 3,551

08/25/08 - 3,124

09/01/08 - 1,044

09/08/08 - 28,188

[RoadKill]

I thought the Japanese had some sort of morbid fear of Bill Gates.

 

No, they have a morbid fear of the American devil.

 

Or they just have a long tradition of buying Japanese.

 

Or both.