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Another Week in Japan: Hardware and software numbers 6/16-6/22

Posted Jun 27th 2008 11:45AM by Candace Savino
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The DS found itself back in cozy old third place in this week's chart, as the hype from Metal Gear Solid 4 died down a bit in Japan:

• PSP: 59,531 (5,325)
  
• Wii: 41,037 (4,527)
• NDS: 36,599 (2,602)
• PS3: 20,336 (54,975)
• PS2: 6,346 (951)
• Xbox 360: 2,555 (392)

Meanwhile, Let's Make a Pro Baseball Team's steady climb back into the top ten makes us wonder if supply just wasn't meeting demand a few weeks earlier, when the game fell out of the top thirty.

Yet overall, the DS had a relatively boring week in terms of software, with no exciting new releases to congratulate or poke fun at (unless you consider the budget-priced re-release of Puyo Puyo 15th Anniversary "exciting" and "new").

If you want to see what Japanese gamers were buying last week, though, just click on past the break.

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Another Week in Japan: Hardware and software numbers 6/9-6/15

Posted Jun 20th 2008 7:00PM by Candace Savino
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Just as we were starting to get comfortable with the DS coming in third consistently on the Japanese hardware charts, Metal Gear Solid 4 came out and helped push our favorite handheld down to fourth. Fourth! Meaning, it only did better than the PS2 and 360. Snaaaaaaaaaaaaaaake!

DS hardware did get a little boost, though, despite the fact that not much new software made its way into the charts:

• Playstation 3: 75,311 (64,455)
• PSP: 64,675 (2,659)
  
• Wii: 45,564 (925)
• Nintendo DS: 39,201 (4,181)
• PlayStation 2: 7,297 (1,018)
• Xbox 360: 2,163 (117)

There were some surprises this week, as Let's Make a Pro Baseball Team! found itself back in the top thirty (so did Pokémon Diamond). But, you can just see all the hot software action for yourself after the break.

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Another Week in Japan: Hardware and software numbers 6/2-6/8

Posted Jun 13th 2008 11:45AM by Candace Savino
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We're crying for Namco Bandai's Tears of 99 right now, as the game debuted in the twenty-third spot this week. We guess Japanese gamers just didn't feel like being bummed out, and therefore avoided buying this original title. Sad, indeed.

The rest of DS software didn't do so hot, either. Detective game Misa Yamamura Suspense premiered in fifth, and Beautiful Letter Training continues to sell incredibly well for a nongame about calligraphy, but otherwise sales were a disappointment. Front Mission 2089 and Endless Frontier: Super Robot Wars OG Saga are already showing a lack of legs, since both of the games dropped considerably from the previous week. Glory of Herakles and Let's Make a Pro Baseball Team! have even fallen out of the top thirty completely.

Hardware is the same old story:

• PSP: 62,016 (9,970)
  
• Wii: 44,639 (6,212)
• Nintendo DS: 35,020 (3,335)
• PlayStation 3: 10,856 (1,687)
• PlayStation 2: 6,279 (924)
• Xbox 360: 2,280 (321)

Check out all the software numbers and rankings for yourself, should you feel so inclined. They're listed after the break.

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Another Week in Japan: Hardware and software numbers 5/26-6/1

Posted Jun 6th 2008 11:45AM by Candace Savino
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Two DS games debuted in the top ten this week (Endless Frontier: Super Robot Wars OG Saga and the cutesy spatial puzzler Empty Space Training), but otherwise, DS software had a relatively lackluster performance. Only twelve titles ended up in the top thirty, which is low for Nintendo's handheld. As for hardware, the DS is getting comfortable in third place behind the PSP and Wii:

• PSP: 71,986 (7,537)
  
• Wii: 50,851 (1,804)
• Nintendo DS: 38,355 (951)
• PlayStation 3: 9,169 (98)
• PlayStation 2: 7,203 (14)
• Xbox 360: 1,959 (12)

Front Mission 2089: Border of Madness is another game that premiered last week, taking twelfth in the charts. If it follows the path of games like Let's Make a Pro Baseball Team! and Glory of Herakles, though, it's likely to drop soon. As for English of the Dead, the game didn't debut in the top fifty, and according to Famitsu it only sold 1,500 copies in its first week.

Click on past the break to see the other software numbers and rankings from 5/29 to 6/1.

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Another Week in Japan: Hardware and software numbers 5/19-5/25

Posted May 30th 2008 9:30AM by Candace Savino
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After a somewhat stalwart week, DS software recovered nicely and once again dominated the charts. Even though the same amount of games appeared in the top thirty (fifteen in total), they ranked higher on average than they did in the previous week. Good software sales also gave DS hardware a little boost:

• PSP: 64,449 (6,087)
  
• Wii: 49,047 (7,475)
• Nintendo DS: 37,404 (2,499)
• PlayStation 3: 9.071 (1,370)
• PlayStation 2: 7,189 (167)
• Xbox 360: 1,947 (473)

Four new games debuted in the top thirty, including Sega's Let's Make a Pro Baseball Team!, which nabbed the first place spot from Monster Hunter. The other three games were Glory of Herakles, Scarlet Fragment, and Tea Dogs Room 3. Herakles (or Hercules, if you prefer) is the title that sparks our interest the most, as it's an interesting RPG published by Nintendo. Even so, it's first week sales were (unfortunately) subpar, yet good enough to land it in the top ten.

Check out the sales numbers and rankings for yourself after the break.

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Another Week in Japan: Hardware and software numbers 5/12-5/18

Posted May 23rd 2008 10:15AM by Candace Savino
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The spotlight this week is on Luminous Arc 2: Will, a game that has yet to be confirmed for English language localization. While we're forced to sit and wait jealously, though, forty thousand Japanese gamers ran out and bought the title. Only falling behind the juggernauts Monster Hunter and Mario Kart Wii (and almost squeezing past Nintendo's racer), Image Epoch's SRPG debuted pretty impressively.

In other sales news, the announcement for another Professor Layton game in Japan managed to push the first title in the series back into the top thirty. Aside from that, there weren't any differences in DS software worth mentioning.

In terms of hardware, the numbers for the DS weren't so hot. In fact, we don't remember the sales numbers for Nintendo's handheld ever being this low in Japan. With everyone and their mother already owning a DS in the country, does the system still have room for growth? We won't know for sure until the next big software push, but for now it looks like the dual-screened handheld should get comfy in that third place spot.

• PSP: 70,536 (19,348)
  
• Wii: 41,572 (25,736)
• Nintendo DS: 34,905 (16,323)
• PlayStation 3: 7,701 (353)
• PlayStation 2: 7,022 (442)
• Xbox 360: 1,474 (176)

The software numbers are located after the break, so go on and take a look. They won't bite!*

*DS Fanboy claims no responsibility for those who get bitten by our sales figures.

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Another Week in Japan: Hardware and software numbers 5/5-5/11

Posted May 16th 2008 7:00PM by Candace Savino
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There's no new DS software in the top of the charts to report this week, but that doesn't mean Nintendo's little handheld didn't completely clean house. In fact, nineteen of the top thirty were DS games, showing how gluttonous the dual-screened portable can get when it comes to sales. Some old favorites also popped back up around the bottom, including Brain Age 2, Animal Crossing, and the original Taiko Drum Master DS.

Hardware continues to be a struggle, though. That doesn't mean the DS is doing poorly, because it's not; sales for the handheld even jumped up almost 10,000 units since last week. However, since the PSP and Wii have been doing so well lately, it's hard for Nintendo's handheld to compete:

• PSP: 89,884
• Wii: 67,308
• Nintendo DS: 51,228
• PlayStation 3: 8,054
• PlayStation 2: 7,464
• Xbox 360: 1,298

We have no doubt that the DS will be on top again soon enough, but until then, you can check out the satisfactory software numbers posted after the break.

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