Oh, look. It's the weekly Japanese hardware sales chart. Every time I look around, it's in my face. The ranking, according to number of units sold:- DS Lite: 135,614
149,411 (52.42%)- PSP: 24,595
2,632 (9.67%)- PS2: 18,513
1,285 (6.49%)- GBA SP: 4,364
2288 (34.40%)- Game Boy Micro: 1,270
743 (36.91%)- Xbox 360: 1,245
3 (0.24%)- Phat DS: 1,159
2,967 (71.91%)- Gamecube: 798
318 (28.49%)- Xbox: 43
35 (43.75%)- GBA: 30
14 (31.81%)
[Update: Quite bizarrely, some of the numbers were from last week. Corrected.]
[Source: Media Create]
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6-09-2006 @ 9:01PM
Andy Grey said...
It would help my shocked heart, if you would fix the DS as going down 52,47 percent to 52.47. I nearly had a heart attack!
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6-09-2006 @ 9:05PM
Nushio said...
What criteria did you use to order the console sales?
If its Most Sold, to least sold, then it should be like this
- DS Lite: 135,614 149,411 (52,42%)
- PSP: 24,595 2,632 (9,67%)
- PS2: 19,798 1,285 (6,49%)
- GBA SP: 4,364 2288 (34,40%)
- Phat DS: 4,126 2,967 (71,91%)
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6-09-2006 @ 9:11PM
Nushio said...
Odd, half o the post dissappeared.
I'm guessing its because of the "greater than" symbol I used. Bizzare indeed.
What didnt get posted was the order of the products. DSPhat should be right below GBASP and above Micro.
Also, I think the reason why DSLite's sales dropped 50% is because its soon to be released in USA, Europe and already in Australia.
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6-09-2006 @ 9:18PM
Ludwig Kietzmann said...
Nushio, the sales are ordered from highest to lowest. I mistakenly entered last week's number for the DS Phat, which is why it seemed odd. I've corrected it now.
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6-09-2006 @ 9:50PM
RupeeClock said...
Microsoft only went up by like, 38 units though...
Man, has VG popularity wained?
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6-09-2006 @ 10:29PM
Nushio said...
Ludwig: I knew something was bizarre :P
And RupeeClock: Its the drought. There are no new games coming out on summer. Noone makes games come out on summer. Games drive system sales, not the other way around.
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6-10-2006 @ 12:26PM
Dan said...
"Every time I look around, it's in my face."
LoL! Props for the pic
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6-10-2006 @ 5:58PM
...Jan... Medi said...
Maybe it's because everyone has a DS lite. Or having a hard time finding them.
What I have a hard time wondering is why people buy the original GBA and XBox. Or why it's still in stock.
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6-11-2006 @ 7:55PM
Nik said...
I've been constantly puzzled by what could be making
the ol' DS Phat drop so low. I mean sure the system is hideous compared to the DS. But surely retailers are offering it at a much lower price....
Recently it hit me, Nintendo killed it. When it's younger brother was born. They took the DS Phat out into the yard and SHOT IT DEAD. Monsters..... despicable I say, absolutely despicable.
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6-12-2006 @ 10:02AM
Ianc02 said...
So its quite obviuos the huge bump in DS Lite sales was due to the release of NSMB in Japan(was it 335000?). Even 135000 units is impressive enough. This likely to continue. As for the bizarre increase in Microsofts sales lol, love the sarcasm.
As for the DS large it would seem Nintendo have their wish and it really is finally disappeared from Japans shelves.
Yoshis island 2 please.....
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