Shrygue
October 2nd, 2008, 17:23
via Games Industry (http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/first-half-of-year-japanese-sales-figures-published)
The Sony PlayStation Portable was the fastest selling piece of hardware in Japan between March 31 and September 28, according to Famitsu (http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/1218501_1124.html), and reported by Kotaku (http://kotaku.com/5057865/first-half-of-2008-hardwaresoftware-sales-data).
Mario Kart Wii was named the highest selling software title for the first half of the year. However this came as news broke that the Japanese home videogame market shrunk 21.3 per cent during the same six month period.
Japanese hardware sales follow:
Nintendo DS
First half of the year: 1,314,919
Total units sold: 23,484,680
PSP
First half of the year: 1,583,731
Total units sold: 10,157,757
Wii
First half of the year: 1,105,174
Total units sold: 6,800,753
PlayStation 3
First half of the year: 352,457
Total units sold: 2,361,949
Xbox 360
First half of the year: 138,740
Total units sold: 741,298
Japanese software sales follow:
Mario Kart Wii
First half of the year: 1,744,387
Total units sold: 1,744,387
Monster Hunter Portable 2ndG
First half of the year: 1,602,386
Total units sold: 2,425,651
Pokémon Platinum
First half of the year: 1,481,725
Total units sold: 1,481,725
Dragon Quest V
First half of the year: 1,152,229
Total units sold: 1,152,229
Wii Fit
First half of the year: 845,238
Total units sold: 2,607,431
The Sony PlayStation Portable was the fastest selling piece of hardware in Japan between March 31 and September 28, according to Famitsu (http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/1218501_1124.html), and reported by Kotaku (http://kotaku.com/5057865/first-half-of-2008-hardwaresoftware-sales-data).
Mario Kart Wii was named the highest selling software title for the first half of the year. However this came as news broke that the Japanese home videogame market shrunk 21.3 per cent during the same six month period.
Japanese hardware sales follow:
Nintendo DS
First half of the year: 1,314,919
Total units sold: 23,484,680
PSP
First half of the year: 1,583,731
Total units sold: 10,157,757
Wii
First half of the year: 1,105,174
Total units sold: 6,800,753
PlayStation 3
First half of the year: 352,457
Total units sold: 2,361,949
Xbox 360
First half of the year: 138,740
Total units sold: 741,298
Japanese software sales follow:
Mario Kart Wii
First half of the year: 1,744,387
Total units sold: 1,744,387
Monster Hunter Portable 2ndG
First half of the year: 1,602,386
Total units sold: 2,425,651
Pokémon Platinum
First half of the year: 1,481,725
Total units sold: 1,481,725
Dragon Quest V
First half of the year: 1,152,229
Total units sold: 1,152,229
Wii Fit
First half of the year: 845,238
Total units sold: 2,607,431