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Media Create Japan Software Sales: March 12th-18th

Another fun filled week of sales data from Japan, and things continue to remain the same - Nintendo DS software dominates the spots. Yoshi's Island DS remains in first place with 132k sold through. World Puzzle, a debut for Namco-Bandai, took in 72k sold. And Capcom continues to walk strong with Monster Hunter Portable 2nd, as it went on to sell another 64k units - climbing past the one million mark sold (not shipped). Only three debuts made on to the chart, and games like Wii Sports, Wii Play, Professor Layton, and Dragon Quest Monster Joker continue to remain in the top 10. Gundam Musou has dropped off the chart after two weeks, but it's not too far out at the 14th spot.

Position/Platform/Publisher/Game Name/Weekly Sold/Total
1. NDS, Nintendo - Yoshi's Island DS - 131,843 / 434,958
2. NDS, Bandai-Namco - Word Puzzle Mojipittan DS - 71,701 / Debut
3. PSP, Capcom - Monster Hunter Portable 2nd - 64,368 / 1,000,599
4. WII, Nintendo - Wii Sports - 38,560 / 1,204,234
5. PS2, Koei - Kin-iro no Corda 2 - 34,585 / Debut
6. NDS, Level 5 - Prof. Layton and the Mysterious Village - 31,371 / 297,388
7. WII, Nintendo - Wii Play - 30,416 / 1,033,044
8. NDS, Konami - Tokimeki Memorial: Girl's Side 1st Love - 29,033 / Debut
9. NDS, Banpresto - Super Robot Wars W - 25,139 / 200,759
10. NDS, Square-Enix - Dragon Quest Monsters Joker - 22,462 / 1,250,726

March 5th-11th
1. NDS, Nintendo - Yoshi's Island DS - 303,114 / Debut
2. PSP, Capcom - Monster Hunter Portable 2nd - 93,099 / 936,231
3. NDS, Level 5 - Prof. Layton and the Mysterious Village - 45,344 / 266,017
4. PS2, Spike - Kenka Bancho 2: Full Throttle - 42,131 / Debut
5. NDS, Banpresto - Super Robot Wars W - 36,310 / 175,620
6. WII, Nintendo - Wii Sports - 35,298 / 1,165,674
7. PS3, Bandai-Namco - Gundam Musou - 31,145 / 201,869
8. NDS, Square-Enix - Dragon Quest Monsters Joker - 26,452 / 1,228,264
9. WII, Nintendo - Wii Play - 26,340 / 1,002,628
10. NDS, Nintendo - More Brain Age - 20,716 / 4,060,566

Media Create Japan Hardware Sales: March 12th-18th

The last two weeks has shown that the PS3 is quite capable of performing well and that all it needs is a hit or two. The software list for the PS3 is back to being dry once again, with nothing notable in sight for the console in Japan. Because of this, the PlayStation 3's sales have slumped back down to its original state, as the console took in 22k sold. The Nintendo Wii saw a boost in sales, as restock has arrived in Japan and Nintendo's console sold 67k. The PSP is still riding on the success of Monster Hunter, and it managed to take in another 44k handhelds sold. The DS saw an increase in sales with nearly 122k more dual screen wonders in the hands of gamers.

Nintendo DS - 121,630
Nintendo Wii - 67,070
Sony PSP - 43,769
Sony PlayStation 3 - 21,635
Sony PlayStation 2 - 13,321
Microsoft Xbox 360 - 2,910

March 5th-11th
Nintendo DS 108,631
Sony PSP 56,175
Nintendo Wii 44,495
Sony PlayStation 3 32,115
Sony PlayStation 2 14,585
Microsoft Xbox 360 3,333

Media Create Japan Software Sales: March 5th-11th

For the week of March 5th-11th the top 10 saw a few surprises and milestones. Firstly, the top spot last week belonged to Yoshi's Island for the DS. It racked in over 300k in copies sold. The next most notable mention is Monster Hunter Portable 2nd remaining firmly on the countdown at #2 with 93k games sold. What's surprising is that if you look over at the 7th spot, you'll notice that Gundam Musou has remained in the countdown and went on to sell another 31k copies, bringing its total to nearly 202k sold.

With that in mind, roughly 1 out of every 4 PS3 owners own a copy of Gundam Musou now. Also, last week finally had Wii Play reaching its million mark milestone, as the game is now the second Wii title to sell over 1M units. Lackluster week for debuts, as you can see - only two made the chart. And lastly, it's worth noting that Power Smash 3 (Virtua Tennis 3) debuted at the not-so-great 19th spot. Hardware numbers should arrive later tonight - look for them.

Position/Platform/Publisher/Game Name/Weekly Sold/Total
1. NDS, Nintendo - Yoshi's Island DS - 303,114 / Debut
2. PSP, Capcom - Monster Hunter Portable 2nd - 93,099 / 936,231
3. NDS, Level 5 - Prof. Layton and the Mysterious Village - 45,344 / 266,017
4. PS2, Spike - Kenka Bancho 2: Full Throttle - 42,131 / Debut
5. NDS, Banpresto - Super Robot Wars W - 36,310 / 175,620
6. WII, Nintendo - Wii Sports - 35,298 / 1,165,674
7. PS3, Bandai-Namco - Gundam Musou - 31,145 / 201,869
8. NDS, Square-Enix - Dragon Quest Monsters Joker - 26,452 / 1,228,264
9. WII, Nintendo - Wii Play - 26,340 / 1,002,628
10. NDS, Nintendo - More Brain Age - 20,716 / 4,060,566

Feb. 26th-March 4th
1. PS3, Bandai-Namco - Gundam Musou - 170,725 / Debut
2. NDS, Banpresto - Super Robot Wars W - 139,311 / Debut
3. PSP, Capcom - Monster Hunter Portable 2nd - 137,851 / 843,132
4. WII, Nintendo - Wii Sports - 39,639 / 1,130,376
5. NDS, Level 5 - Prof. Layton and the Mysterious Village - 33,957 / 220,673
6. WII, Nintendo - Wii Play - 31,702 / 976,288
7. NDS, Bandai-Namco - Iron Left Brain: Mistake Museum 2 - 28,495 / Debut
8. NDS, Square-Enix - Dragon Quest Monsters Joker - 27,236 / 1,201,812
9. NDS, Nintendo - New Super Mario Bros. - 24,545 / 4,193,532
10. NDS, Nintendo - More Brain Age - 22,854 / 4,039,850

Media Create Japan Hardware Sales: March 5th-11th

Last week's sales in Japan sure seem to be full of surprises. Gundam Musou remained on the top 10, and Monster Hunter Portable 2nd continues to sell a plethora. Now there are more surprises in the form of hardware sales. We aren't certain what the reasons are, but the Nintendo Wii's sales have fallen 13k down to 44k. Gamers who reside in Japan claim a shortage of consoles, stating that Wiis are nowhere to be found in the country.

Nintendo has recently gone on record to admit that demand is simply much higher than supply. What's more is that the PS3 is enjoying another week of reasonable sales, taking in 32k consoles sold. The PSP had another terrific week with 56k units moved, and the handheld has surpassed 5-million in sales. Lastly, the Nintendo DS continues to parade like a champ taking in almost the same amount as it did the week before with 109k sold.

Nintendo DS 108,631
Sony PSP 56,175
Nintendo Wii 44,495
Sony PlayStation 3 32,115
Sony PlayStation 2 14,585
Microsoft Xbox360 3,333

Feb. 26th - March 4th
Nintendo DS 111,814
Sony PSP 66,156
Nintendo Wii 57,972
Sony PlayStation 3 44,000
Sony PlayStation 2 15,364
Microsoft Xbox360 3,379

Tie-in Ratio Improves for PS3 and Wii

Now that we know what the software and hardware sales are, what about the spending habits of the gamer? In other words, how many games does the average PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii owner game? The NPD Fungroup estimates that the tie-in ratio for both the PS3 and Wii are fairly close, actually. In January, the average PS3 owner owned 2.7 games, and the average Wii owner had 2.2 games. For February there was a notable increase, as the numbers shot up a point. Now, the average PS3 owner owns 3.4 games, and the average Wii owner has 3.6.

"While some detractors may consider the next generation cycle off to a poor start," said a representative from NPD, "we think that improving tie ratios indicate strong demand for the relatively light software lineup on the next gen consoles, and we believe that once a greater variety of compelling software is released later this year, demand for the new hardware will increase."

February 07 NPD: Complete Software & Hardware Sales

After last month's painfully delayed January NPD results, the results for February have thankfully arrived just in time. The NPD Fungroup has informed us that the industry has grown 53% in comparison to last year. A quick recap shows us the following in console sales:

Nintendo DS 485,000
Wii 335,000
PlayStation 2 295,000
Xbox 360 228,000
PlayStation Portable 176,000
Game Boy Advance 136,000
PlayStation 3 127,000
GameCube 24,000
Xbox 480

Yes, the PlayStation 3 is dead last. Last month figures of the console were fairly close to that of the Xbox 360's, but in February the X360 outsold the PS3 by 100k units. The very end of February saw the release of Formula One, Virtua Fighter 5 and MLB 2K7 (which actually arrived in most stores March 1st), and that pretty much highlighted the entire list of PS3 games for the month. So once again, a lack of software has done Sony wrong. This performance is poor, no doubt, and we hope that with MotorStorm, the announcement of Home, and various 3rd party releases March's sales make up for February.

Software sales are a little different. While the Nintendo DS outsells in hardware, it's the Xbox 360 that rakes in all of the software sales. Crackdown sold 427k copies, largely due to its Halo 3 beta inclusion - a move that is very similar to what Konami did with Zone of Enders and the Metal Gear Solid 2 demo. And it seems like the Wii Play w/remote package was just too hard to pass up for many, as it went on to sell 371k. Rounding out the top three is Diddy Kong Racing for the DS, a remake of the N64 original.

360 Crackdown 427K
WII Wii Play w/Remote 371K
NDS Diddy Kong Racing 262K
WII Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess 130K
PS2 Guitar Hero 2 w/Guitar 130K
360 Gears Of War 119K
360 Major League Baseball 2K7 113K
360 Lost Planet: Extreme Condition 111K
WII WarioWare: Smooth Moves 109K
360 NBA Street Homecourt 102k

Note: It is important to know that the NPD does not calculate 100% of sales, but closer to 75%. Sales in/from Canada, Mexico, Wal-Mart, Amazon.com, Sam's Club, a variety of retail stores and privately owned electronics/game stores do not get accounted for. These numbers are not concrete and are only used to illustrate a rough estimate of sales performance.

Media Create Japan Software Sales: March 5th-11th

For the week of March 5th-11th the top 10 saw a few surprises and milestones. Firstly, the top spot last week belonged to Yoshi's Island for the DS. It racked in over 300k in copies sold. The next most notable mention is Monster Hunter Portable 2nd remaining firmly on the countdown at #2 with 93k games sold. What's surprising is that if you look over at the 7th spot, you'll notice that Gundam Musou has remained in the countdown and went on to sell another 31k copies, bringing its total to nearly 202k sold.

With that in mind, roughly 1 out of every 4 PS3 owners own a copy of Gundam Musou now. Also, last week finally had Wii Play reaching its million mark milestone, as the game is now the second Wii title to sell over 1M units. Lackluster week for debuts, as you can see - only two made the chart. And lastly, it's worth noting that Power Smash 3 (Virtua Tennis 3) debuted at the not-so-great 19th spot.

Position/Platform/Publisher/Game Name/Weekly Sold/Total
1. NDS, Nintendo - Yoshi's Island DS - 303,114 / Debut
2. PSP, Capcom - Monster Hunter Portable 2nd - 93,099 / 936,231
3. NDS, Level 5 - Prof. Layton and the Mysterious Village - 45,344 / 266,017
4. PS2, Spike - Kenka Bancho 2: Full Throttle - 42,131 / Debut
5. NDS, Banpresto - Super Robot Wars W - 36,310 / 175,620
6. WII, Nintendo - Wii Sports - 35,298 / 1,165,674
7. PS3, Bandai-Namco - Gundam Musou - 31,145 / 201,869
8. NDS, Square-Enix - Dragon Quest Monsters Joker - 26,452 / 1,228,264
9. WII, Nintendo - Wii Play - 26,340 / 1,002,628
10. NDS, Nintendo - More Brain Age - 20,716 / 4,060,566

Feb. 26th-March 4th
1. PS3, Bandai-Namco - Gundam Musou - 170,725 / Debut
2. NDS, Banpresto - Super Robot Wars W - 139,311 / Debut
3. PSP, Capcom - Monster Hunter Portable 2nd - 137,851 / 843,132
4. WII, Nintendo - Wii Sports - 39,639 / 1,130,376
5. NDS, Level 5 - Prof. Layton and the Mysterious Village - 33,957 / 220,673
6. WII, Nintendo - Wii Play - 31,702 / 976,288
7. NDS, Bandai-Namco - Iron Left Brain: Mistake Museum 2 - 28,495 / Debut
8. NDS, Square-Enix - Dragon Quest Monsters Joker - 27,236 / 1,201,812
9. NDS, Nintendo - New Super Mario Bros. - 24,545 / 4,193,532
10. NDS, Nintendo - More Brain Age - 22,854 / 4,039,850