Japan Software and Hardware charts

[wraggster]

The PS2 and DS dominate the software charts with no other console getting a lookin. heres the software charts.

1. PS2 Minna no Tennis 87814
2. NDS Final Fantasy III 56596
3. NDS New Super Mario Bros. 56045 / 3136171
4. NDS Gintama DS: Banji Ousoudou! 39737
5. NDS Brain Training 2 34879
6. NDS Animal Crossing: Wild World 25617
7. PS2 Rurouni Kenshin: Enjou! Kyoto Rinne 24712
8. NDS Tingle RPG 23168
9. NDS Cooking Navi 22504
10. PS2 Harukanaru Toki no Naka De Maihitoyo 22100

The hardware charts look the same as every other week with the DS Lite thrashing all, heres the chart:

DSL 139,835
PS2 32,673
PSP 23,118
GBASP 2,145
GBM 1,186
Xbox360 1,109
GC 763
DS 316
GBA 20
Xbox 8

[ACID]

I swear every japanese has to have at least 10 nds with this numbers so high all the time.

[kcajblue]

Final Fantasy III is almost there. :D

[saward85]

how did a tennis game out sell final fantasy 3?

[Video_freak]

It's not even funny anymore. They're brainwashing Japs! :eek:

[Veskgar]

Yeah, they were not kidding when they said the NDS is a phenemenon in Japan. It seems like the PSP's numbers are DROPPING. Lets hope November gives the PSP a boost.

[-=me=-]

People buy the ds lite because they don't they don't understand the capabilities of a homebrew running PSP.

Also, how can there be only 8 xboxes sold in Japan last week....... wow....... i don't know if i can believe this.....

[Basil Zero]

Wow, just WOW, PS2 surpassed PSP....WTF?

[the_eternal_dark]

People buy the ds lite because they don't they don't understand the capabilities of a homebrew running PSP.

Also, how can there be only 8 xboxes sold in Japan last week....... wow....... i don't know if i can believe this.....

No, actually, people buy the DS for the games, not the homebrew (which isn't that bad, it's finally getting good ports now).

Seriously, I understand how the DS still outperforms the PSP in Japan; better battery life with out buying bigger batteries, no need for extra memory (unless running homebrew), no load times, no UMDs (battery killer, game killer - who likes waiting), Final Fantasy (I know, we're supposed to be getting one for PSP, we've waited too long!), the download and play multiplayer function, and on and on and on.

Sony needs to step it up a bit if they want to still be a big competition for Nintendo. Sony is in it mostly for the money, Nintendo is in it for the games (don't hate on Mario, why else do you have an N64 emu besides for Legend of Zelda).

***TO SONY*** WE NEED A GOOD FPS, MAYBE UNREAL, HALF-LIFE, OR QUAKE III!!!!

[lexluthor]

Wikipeida tells me the population of Japan is 128,085,000. NDS is getting there... Haha.

[Adrenalin]

again, unsurprising. but if i'm not mistaken (quite possibly), it looks like the 360 is has performed slightly better than in previous weeks.

[the_eternal_dark]

again, unsurprising. but if i'm not mistaken (quite possibly), it looks like the 360 is has performed slightly better than in previous weeks.

They are starting to see that Americans can make a decent system, but it will never see PS2 numbers or American GC numbers (which were low).

[goldenmage]

The NDS sells so high because they sell to more than just gamers. I'd even go so far as to say that most of the ones that are sold are not to hardcore gamers, but to casual gamers, girls, and small children. Why? because it's a system that caters to casual gamers.

1. Cheap
2. Easy to pick up and play
3. Stylus eliminates the need to learn difficult controls
4. Most of the games are directed towards girls and small children. I know there are some more 'mature' games, but the majority of the games on the DS ARE overly-simplistic and cute-injected games.


When I see a hardcore gamer in Japan (I watch japanese TV and news), they usually have a PSP in their hands, but now I'm beginning to see girls playing pink DSs in subways and parks.