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Famitsu 09/08/08 - 09/14/08 Japanese Sales: Pokémon Platinum 967,675 Sold, 360 Sells More than Wii

September 17, 2008 in Industry News comments 11

In the latest issue of Weekly Famitsu, magazine publisher and sales tracker Enterbrain has posted what is their sales numbers for the second week in September. It was already reported that Pokémon Platinum had sold 967,675 copies in two days. The Xbox 360, on the strength of a price cut and the release of Infinite Undiscovery, actually has sold more than the Wii for the first time in its lifetime, by only a thousand units.

New Releases:
1. Pokémon Platinum (NDS) 967.675 [967.675]
2. Quiz Magic Academy DS (NDS) 103.632 [103.632]
3. Infinite Undiscovery (360) 86.708 [86.708]
4. One Piece Unlimited Cruise: Episode 1 - Nami ni Yureru Hihou (Wii) 57.158
10. D.Gray-man: Sousha no Shikaku (PS2) 11.000 [11.000]
18. Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 33: Fantasy Zone Complete Collection (PS2) 7.200 [7.200]
22. Hoshizora no Comic Garden (NDS) 5.100 [5.100]
xx. Conflict: Denied Ops (PS3) 2.700
xx. Viva Pinata 2 (360) 2.000
xx. Stranglehold (PS3) 1.900
xx. Theresia: Dear Emile (NDS) 1.500
xx. Conflict: Denied Ops (360) 970
xx. Spore Creatures (NDS) 610

Stay tuned later this week for the sales numbers from other sales tracker Media Create. There has been discrepancies between the two in the past.

NDS: 63.000
360: 28.681
WII: 27.057
PSP: 26.000
PS3: 8.050
PS2: 7.500

1. Pokémon Platinum (NDS) 967.675 [967.675]
2. Quiz Magic Academy DS (NDS) 103.632 [103.632]
3. Infinite Undiscovery (360) 86.708 [86.708]
4. One Piece Unlimited Cruise: Episode 1 - Nami ni Yureru Hihou (Wii) 57.158
5. Rhythm Heaven Gold (NDS) 39.000 [710.000]
6. Wii Fit (Wii) 21.000 [2.563.000]
7. Daigasso! Band Brothers DX (NDS) 13.000 [328.000]
8. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) 13.000 [1.719.000]
9. J-League Winning Eleven 2008 Club Championship (PS2) 11.000 [141.000]
10. D.Gray-man: Sousha no Shikaku (PS2) 11.000 [11.000]

11. Blue Dragon Plus (NDS) 9.400 [35.000]
12. Fire Emblem: Shin Ankoku Ryuu to Hikari no Ken (NDS) 9.400 [229.000]
13. Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride (NDS) 8.800 [1.140.000]
14. Phantasy Star Portable (PSP) 8.600 [595.000]
15. Meccha Taiko Drum Master DS: Adventure in Seven Islands (NDS) 8.300 [336.000]
16. Inazuma Eleven (NDS) 8.200 [88.000]
17. Afrika (PS3) 7.200 [57.000]
18. Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 33: Fantasy Zone Complete Collection (PS2) 7.200 [7.200]
19. Wii Sports (Wii) 6.100 [3.127.000]
20. Mario Kart DS (NDS) 5.700 [3.201.000]
21. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP) 5.500 [2.417.000]
22. Hoshizora no Comic Garden (NDS) 5.100 [5.100]
23. Tales of Vesperia (360) 4.600 [140.000]
24. Sigma Harmonics (NDS) 3.900 [43.000]
25. New Super Mario Bros. (NDS) 3.800 [5.278.000]
26. Animal Crossing: Wild World (NDS) 3.600 [4.730.000]
27. Pokémon Diamond/Pearl (NDS) 3.600 [5.575.000]
28.
29. Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 15 (PS2) 3.500 [199.000]
30. We're Fossil Diggers (NDS) 3.500 [210.000]

xx. Conflict: Denied Ops (PS3) 2.700
xx. Viva Pinata 2 (360) 2.000
xx. Stranglehold (PS3) 1.900
xx. Theresia: Dear Emile (NDS) 1.500
xx. Conflict: Denied Ops (360) 970
xx. Spore Creatures (NDS) 610
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  • 1
    Storm Sep 17, 08
    With Infinite Undiscovery and Tales of Vesperia, the 360 is looking better and better over in Japan. A more "diverse" library.
  • 0
    DusktoDawn Sep 17, 08
    Kids Can't get enough of pokemon.
  • 2
    Red 9 Sep 17, 08
    28,000 is an unheard of number for 360 in Japan, especially outselling PS3 threefold. But I doubt this will be consistent.
    • 1
      Final Blade Sep 17, 08
      Its always been that way Red.

      lol @ Storm and NyffTotal90 thinking the 360 is getting better and better in Japan.

      Lets make something clear, the 360 has always had short burst of increase in Japan then falls flat afterwards. This has been the problem with the 360 over there. Sure it may sell good amount at one point, then goes down for several more months and being beaten by the Wii and PS3. This isn't hardly anything surprising or something awesome.
      • 1
        Storm Sep 18, 08
        I didn't say it was getting better, I just said it was looking better. There's a difference. If Microsoft expands even more in their library, they are bound to win over Japan. One of the biggest reasons why the Japanese didn't accept the Xbox or the 360 was because they didn't have many games that they were interested in. That drawback is going away, slowly but surely.
        • 0
          Final Blade Sep 19, 08
          Not really the point, either way MS needs to forget about Japan cause it will not, and has yet, to really do good there.
  • 1
    Reason Sep 17, 08
    Wow, the 360 selling more than the Wii and PS3 is a real surprise. Nice to it taking off over there.
  • 0
    Twisted Sep 17, 08
    Goddam you Akira. D:

    That is pretty surprising, the 360 beating the Wii? I've never seen that before... Even if it is only by 1000 systems.
  • 1
    therealNgamer Sep 17, 08
    The real question is if it can keep this up, which I doubt. Even so, it has a long way to go before it can even place a close third. It'll probably just spike every month a new JRPG comes out on it.
  • 0
    Zeon I Sep 18, 08
    In Japan, Hell, known as Jigoku in Japan, freezes over quite often.
  • 0
    Red 9 Sep 19, 08
    I love how people think this could be a turning point, when in reality, things'll be back to normal by week's end...

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