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Another week in Japan: Hardware and software numbers 12/17-12/23

Another week in Japan has come and gone, which means yet another week of ridiculous success for the DS. The hardware managed to top 300k for the week, while heavy hitters like Final Fantasy IV, Dragon Quest IV, and Mario Party DS littered the top ten in the software charts. It was also a good week for baseball game Dorabase, which debuted at the number nine spot with 96k, selling 90% of it's total stock.

Hardware:
  • DS: 319,000
  • Wii: 264,000
  • PSP: 162,000
  • PS3: 51,000
  • PS2: 24,000
  • Xbox 360: 8,100
Check after the break to see the software numbers for 12/17-12/23 in Japan.

Software:
  1. Final Fantasy IV (DS) --- 309,000
  2. Mario Party DS (DS) --- 308,000 (1,070,000)
  3. Wii Fit (Wii) --- 210,000 (737,000)
  4. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) --- 109,000 (680,000)
  5. Wii Sports (Wii) --- 109,000 (2,371,000)
  6. Dragon Quest IV (DS) --- 108,000 (963,000)
  7. Wii Play (Wii) --- 105,000 (1,919,000)
  8. Mario & Sonic at Beijing Olympics (Wii) --- 100,000 (307,000)
  9. Doraemon Baseball (DS) --- 96,000
  10. Naruto Shippuuden: Narutimate Accel 2 (PS2) --- 94,000
  11. Pokemon Dungeon (DS) --- 83,000 (1,218,000)
  12. Professor Layton 2 (DS) --- 68,000 (550,000)
  13. Mario Party 8 (Wii) --- 60,000 (1,008,000)
  14. Mario Kart DS (DS) --- 53,000 (2,660,000)
  15. Card Hero DS (DS) --- 49,000
[Via NeoGAF]

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