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Famitsu First Half FY08 Software and Hardware Numbers for Japan

Enterbrain/Famitsu has released their data for the first half of the 2008 fiscal year, for the period of March 31, 2008 to September 28, 2008. Overall, sales are down as compared to last year at this point in time, with drops in both hardware and software sales. Leading the way in terms of hardware is Sony's PlayStation Portable, and leading the way in software is Nintendo's Mario Kart Wii.

The numbers:

Hardware:
XX. Name - Year-to-Date (Lifetime-to-date)
01. PlayStation Portable - 1,583,731 (10,157,757)
02. Nintendo DS - 1,314,919 (23,484,680)
03. Nintendo Wii - 1,105,174 (6,800,753)
04. PlayStation 3 - 352,457 (2,361,949)
05. Xbox 360 - 138,740 (741,298)

Software:
XX. [Platform] Title (Publisher) - Year-to-Date (Lifetime-to-Date)
01. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) - 1,744,387 (1,744,387)
02. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2ndG (Capcom) - 1,602,386 (2,425,651)
03. [NDS] Pokémon Platinum (The Pokémon Company) - 1,481,725 (1,481,725)
04. [NDS] Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride (Square Enix) - 1,152,229 (1,152,229)
05. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 845,238 (2,607,431)

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