According to Media Crate, the DS is the hottest selling platform in Japan. The kicker? The handheld sold more than any other system combined. Here's the numbers:
Hardware - Week Ending 18th December 2005
DS: 408,770
PSP: 95,689
PS2: 55,342
GBASP: 19,098
GC: 17,849
GBM: 14,432
Xbox 360: 8,623
GBA: 416
Xbox: 182
Software - Week Ending 18th December 2005
1. Tales of Abyss PS2: 405 000 / 405 000 New
2. Animal Crossing DS: 184 000 / 761 000
3. Mario Kart DS: 146 000 / 365 000
4. Final Fantasy IV GBM: 97 000 / 97 000 New
5. Tamagotchi DS 92 000: / 565 000
6. Pokemon Dungeon Red GBA: 85 000 / 356 000
7. Pokemon Dungeon Blue DS: 80 000 / 354 000
8. Adult Brain training DS: 57 000 / 911 000
9. Rogue Galaxy PS2: 51 000 / 288 000
10. Brain training DS: 48 000 / 773 000
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1. Those are absolutely insane sales numbers for the DS.
Seriously, you only see stuff like this happen when something becomes the latest trend. The last time Nintendo has seen something like this was the whole Pokemon craze.
Good news!
Posted at 11:23AM on Dec 23rd 2005 by Pip 0 stars