Weekly Japanese Sales: 01/16 - 01/22

DS shortages continue... but can PSP keep up the momentum it had during the holiday season?

Software: 01. NDS - Motto Otona no DS Training/Brain Training 2 (Nintendo): 100,538 (946,423) 02. NDS - Oideyo Dobutsu no Mori/Animal Crossing DS (Nintendo): 79,363 (1,644,614) 03. GCN - Super Mario Strikers (Nintendo): 74,209 (74,209) 04. NDS - Otona no DS Training/Brain Training (Nintendo): 48,833 (1,370,336) 05. NDS - Mario Kart DS (Nintendo): 37,821 (1,028,190) 06. PSP - Monster Hunter Portable (Capcom): 28,513 (405,651) 07. NDS - Tamagochi no PuchiPuchi Missechi (Bandai): 22,843 (893,764) 08. NDS - Biohazard Deadly Silence (Capcom): 20,380 (20,380) 09. NDS - Yawaraka Atama (Nintendo): 19,319 (1,043,298) 10. NDS - Mario & Luigi RPG 2 (Nintendo): 18,669 (279,468)

Hardware: NDS: 64,515 (210,177) PSP: 38,271 (228,714) PS2: 26,271 (146,097) GBASP: 7,912 (35,338) GBM: 4,653 (22,813) GCN: 4,490 (23,378) X360: 3,616 (17,200 GBA: 236 (1,033) XBX: 83 (358)

LTD NDS - 5,857,130 PSP - 2,911,676 NDS Lead - 2,945,454

Nintendo DS shortages continue and prices are still high, but as you can see the DS still managed to take the top spot on the hardware charts away from the PSP this week. The PSP could not keep up the momentum it had over the holidays and is now selling less then the DS even while shortages continue. Nintendo says that they will increase their shipment of the DS at the end of the month so the DS should regain the year to date sales lead the PSP still has over it sometime in February.

src: Media Create, Next-Gen.biz

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  Good to see the DS back on top! :-) XBox360 is selling like crazy in Japan! ;-)

  hazuki, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  No lost magic or iron feather? shame

  Stocka, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  I didn't think Super Mario Strikers would do so good. Didn't think soccer was a big thing in Japan.

  SwigGY, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  Notice the lack of PS2 software in the top ten? First time i've seen that happen. Nintendo and DS kicking ass again and DS sales back at top like it should be.

  flipping_heck, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  @ SwigGy: Soccer is huge in Japan and Europe. Winning Eleven games, for instance, will always garner at least a spot in the Top 5 Software for a couple weeks. Shouldn't be too much of a surprise considering it's Mario + the beloved soccer. I also noticed the lack of PS2 software. I'm quite surprised that Kingdom Hearts II came and went pretty quickly for a pretty highyly anticipated title. O_o. I'll have to check up on placements at the Media Create site.

  jc986, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  wow, the DS doubles the PSP and its during shortages. Go Nintendo.

  MikeMania, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  BOO no lost magic and iron feather or kero7 =/

  yofrancis26, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  Looks like Easter hath started again in JApan. =)

  Ray00101, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  DS shortages will end with January. Glad to see that Nintendo DS is back on top even if there is still a shortage.

  Olpus Bonzo, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  Football is huge in the whole world, and I mean the real Football no that american crap

  satsunohadouryu, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  Sqiggy: Actually, strikers did do quite well but not as good as the other 2 major hits you can tell by looking at strikers and then the games after it.

  cubeenigma, 30-11--0001 at 00:00