It's a slow sales week in Japan this week, with the top selling game only selling 33k units, and the tenth rank game selling 15k. The top seller this week is a new release,
Seaman 2 for the PS2, selling the aforementioned 33k units. Following it is a DS non-game, the quite nifty
DS Literature Collection with 32k units sold. Rounding out the top five is the PS2 version of
Dragon Ball Z: Sparking! Meteor (PS2 - 20k),
last week's #1 DS Nishimura Kyotarou Suspense Detective Series: Deadly Intent (NDS - 20k) and
Gundam Battle Chronicle (PSP - 19k)
In terms of hardware numbers, according to
JoshuaJSlone at NeoGAF, with this week, the PSP LTD is now not tripled by the DS' LTD. The PS3 also sees an increase in sales with the
20GB and 60GB version seeing a price drop The 20GB now retails for 44,980 JPY (383 USD) and the 60GB now 54,980 JPY (469 USD). The white 40GB PS3 will not release until November 11th. Wii sales have also increased to 25k this week. Super Mario Galaxy releases in Japan on November 1st. The GBA also reappears on Media Create's list.
Notables:
DBZ Sparking Meteor! (PS2), Gundam Battle Chronicle (PSP) and both Pokémon Mysterious Dungeons (NDS) continue to be in the Top 10.
Beautiful Katamari (360) breaks Top 10 at #7 with 19k sold.
Crisis Core: FFVII (PSP) continues descent, now #18.
Lair (PS3) falls to #21 after being #7 last week.
Archaic Sealed Heat (DS) falls to #26 after being #8 last week.
Spiderman 3 shows up twice, at #35 (PS3) and #43 (PS2)
There is a game called Fashionable Puppy DS. (#48)
Halo 3 (360) is out of the Top 50 after being #48 last week.
Thanks to
Cheesemeister at NeoGAF for translation and compilation.
Media Create Rankings
GPara: Media Create's Top 30 with links to product sites
For Top 10, Numbers: Current Week / Lifetime to Date
Software Numbers:
01. [PS2] Seaman 2 (Sega) - 33,000 / NEW
02. [NDS] DS Literature Collection (Nintendo) - 32,000 / NEW
03. [PS2] Dragon Ball Z: Sparking! Meteor (Bandai-Namco) - 20,000 / 271,000
04. [NDS] DS Nishimura Kyotarou Suspense Detective Series: Deadly Intent (Tecmo) - 20,000 / 81,000
05. [PSP] Gundam Battle Chronicle (Bandai-Namco) - 19,000 / 133,000
06. [NDS] Pokémon Mysterious Dungeon: Time Expedition Party (Pokémon) - 19,000 / 521,000
07. [360] Beautiful Katamari (Bandai-Namco) - 19,000 / NEW
08. [NDS] Pokémon Mysterious Dungeon: Shadow Expedition Party (Pokémon) - 16,000 / 457,000
09. [NDS] Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day (Nintendo) - 15,000 / 646,000
10. [NDS] Racehorse Owner Life Game: Winner's Circle (Genki) - 15,000 / NEW
11. [NDS] Kanji Test 2 (Rocket Co.)
12. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo)
13. [NDS] Tamagotchi no Puchi-Puchi Omisecchi: Thanks Everybody! (Bandai-Namco)
14. [PS2] Galaxy Angel II: Key to the Infinite Corridor (Broccoli)
15. [WII] Mario Party 8 (Nintendo)
16. [NDS] Taiko Drum Master DS (Bandai-Namco)
17. [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
18. [PSP] Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (Square-Enix)
19. [NDS] Tashi Ten (Nintendo)
20. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
21. [PS3] Lair (Sony)
22. [PSP] Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops+ (Konami)
23. [NDS] My Housekeeping Diary (Nintendo)
24. [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo)
25. [PS2] Jikkyou Powerful Major League 2 (Konami)
26. [NDS] Archaic Sealed Heat (Nintendo)
27. [NDS] More Brain Age (Nintendo)
28. [NDS] Animal Crossing Wild World (Nintendo)
29. [WII] Dragon Ball Z: Sparking! Meteor (Bandai-Namco)
30. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (Capcom)
31. [NDS] More English Training (Nintendo)
32. [PS3] Minna no GOLF 5 (Sony)
33. [WII] Mario Strikers: Charged (Nintendo)
34. [NDS] Brain Age (Nintendo)
35. [PS3] Spiderman 3 (Activision)
36. [NDS] English Test DS (Rocket Co.)
37. [NDS] Namco Museum DS (Bandai Namco)
38. [PS2] World Heroes Gorgeous (SNK Playmore)
39. [NDS] Gyakuten Saiban 3 (Capcom)
40. [PSP] Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force 2 (Konami)
41. [PS2] Palais de Reine (NEC Interchannel)
42. [PS3] The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Spike)
43. [PS2] Spiderman 3 (Activision)
44. [NDS] English Training (Nintendo)
45. [NDS] Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates (Square-Enix)
46. [NDS] Home Teacher Hitman Reborn! DS: Flame Rumble 2 (Takara-Tomy)
47. [NDS] Fashionable Puppy DS (MTO)
48. [NDS] The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Nintendo)
49. [PS2] Arcana Heart (AQ Interactive)
50. [NDS] Pokémon Diamond (Nintendo)
Total Number of Games in Top 50 Per System:
NDS - 27
PS2 - 8
PSP - 8
WII - 5
PS3 - 1
360 - 1
Hardware Numbers:
DSL 70,608
PSP 58,669
Wii 24,932
PS3 17,130
PS2 10,281
Xbox360 3,011
GBASP 130
GBM 118
GC 48
GBA 22
[
Last week's Media Create Numbers]
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The only games I'm truly interested are towards the bottom of the list though, and the ones at the top are ridiculously childish, in my opinion.