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Media Create 11/12/07 - 11/18/07 Japanese Sales: PS3 Barely Outsells Wii, Mario Party DS Still #1

Akira_EX | November 22, 2007 | Industry News | Playstation 2 Playstation 3 
Contrasting with Famitsu's numbers, Media Create has the PS3 tracking barely above the Wii. Still notable, but the overall drop is pretty shocking. We can start entertaining various possibilities over what will happen in the next few weeks to these two streams.

The top software seller this week for a second time is Mario Party DS, selling 116k units. The second-seller this week is the newcomer Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles for the Wii, selling 83k units. Rounding out the top five are the PS3 version of Shin Sangoku Musou 5 (PS3 - 76k), and newcomers Pro Baseball Family Stadium DS (NDS - 49k) at #4 and Game Center CX: Arino's Challenge (NDS - 46k).

As for hardware numbers, All systems, except for the PS3, PSP and GBA stayed around their numbers last week, with a +/- 2k range from last week. The PS3 dropped 16k, while still ahead of the Wii, it contrasts the Famitsu numbers. With Heavenly Sword's numbers, it's safe to say that the current PS3 numbers are mainly due to the White 40GB and Musou 5. I'm not informed well enough about upcoming PS3 releases in Japan, but as for the Wii, releases of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games and Wii Fit could spark system sales. However, what could very well happen is the PS3 and the Wii having similar weekly numbers for the rest of the year, and the PS3 will probably break the 1 million mark for the year. PSP sales increased by 7k.

Notables:
Heavenly Sword (PS3) debuts in the top 10 at #7, but at 15k units sold.
Five games in the top 10 are new releases, with Heavenly Sword (PS3) and Armored Soldiers: Votoms (PS2) being the two not in the top five.
Castlevania Chronicle drops to #37 after being #6 last week.

Thanks to Cheesemeister at NeoGAF for translation and compilation.
Media Create Rankings
GPara: Media Create Top 30 with links to product sites

For Top 10, Numbers: Current Week / Lifetime to Date

01. [NDS] Mario Party DS (Nintendo) - 115,680 / 350,000
02. [WII] Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles (Capcom) - 82,637 / NEW
03. [PS3] Shin Sangoku Musou 5 (Koei) - 75,515 / 264,000
04. [NDS] Pro Baseball Family Stadium DS (Bandai-Namco) - 49,365 / NEW
05. [NDS] Game Center CX: Arino's Challenge (Bandai-Namco) - 46,030 / NEW
06. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo) - 39,500 / 365,000
07. [PS3] Heavenly Sword (Sony) - 14,587 / NEW
08. [NDS] Final Fantasy Tactics A2 (Square-Enix) - 14,464 / 230,000
09. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo) - 13,104 / 2,211,000
10. [PS2] Armored Soldiers: Votoms (Bandai-Namco) - 12,408 / NEW
11. [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo)
12. [NDS] Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day (Nintendo)
13. [NDS] DS Nishimura Kyotarou Suspense Detective Series: Deadly Intent (Tecmo)
14. [NDS] My Housekeeping Diary (Nintendo)
15. [PS3] Ratchet & Clank Future (Sony)
16. [WII] Mario Party 8 (Nintendo)
17. [PS2] Hayarigami 2: Police Department Mystery Files (Nippon Ichi Software)
18. [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
19. [360] Shin Sangoku Musou 5 (Koei)
20. [NDS] DS Literature Collection (Nintendo)
21. [NDS] Pokémon Mysterious Dungeon: Time Expedition Party (Pokémon)
22. [NDS] Taiko Drum Master DS (Bandai-Namco)
23. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
24. [PSP] Dungeon Explorer: The Promised Door (Hudson)
25. [NDS] Kanji Brain Test 2.5M (IE Institute)
26. [PSP] I Will Not Forgive You (AQ Interactive)
27. [NDS] Pokémon Mysterious Dungeon: Shadow Expedition Party (Pokémon)
28. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (Capcom)
29. [WII] Ghost Squad (Sega)
30. [PS3] Hot Shots Golf 5 (Sony)
31. [NDS] Animal Crossing Wild World (Nintendo)
32. [NDS] More Brain Age (Nintendo)
33. [NDS] Tamagotchi no Puchi-Puchi Omisecchi: Thanks Everybody! (Bandai-Namco)
34. [PSP] Gundam Battle Chronicle (Bandai-Namco)
35. [NDS] World Soccer Winning Eleven DS: Goal to Goal (Konami)
36. [NDS] More English Training (Nintendo)
37. [PSP] Castlevania Chronicle (Konami)
38. [NDS] Cooking Mama 2 (Taito)
39. [NDS] Kanji Test 2 (Rocket Co.)
40. [WII] Wario Ware Smooth Moves (Nintendo)
41. [NDS] Dungeon Explorer: Evil's Domain (Hudson)
42. [PSP] Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops+ (Konami)
43. [PS3] Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 (Ubi Soft)
44. [NDS] Prof. Layton and the Curious Village (Level 5)
45. [NDS] Dragon Tamer: Sound Spirit (Bandai-Namco)
46. [NDS] Brain Age (Nintendo)
47. [PS2] Dragon Ball Z: Sparking! Meteor (Bandai-Namco)
48. [PS2] Ar Tonelico 2 (Banpresto)
49. [360] Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation (Bandai-Namco)
50. [NDS] English Training (Nintendo)

Total Number of Games in Top 50 Per System:
NDS - 26
WII - 7
PSP - 6
PS3 - 5
PS2 - 4
360 - 2

Hardware Numbers:
DSL 76,069
PSP 65,609
PS3 39,178
Wii 36,230
PS2 8,855
Xbox360 6,525
GBASP 153
GBM 109
GC 38
DS 15

[Last Week's Media Create Numbers]
Cheesemeister

01./01. [NDS] Mario Party DS (Nintendo) - 115,680 / 350,000
02./00. [WII] Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles (Capcom) - 82,637 / NEW
03./02. [PS3] Shin Sangoku Musou 5 (Koei) - 75,515 / 264,000
04./00. [NDS] Pro Baseball Family Stadium DS (Bandai-Namco) - 49,365 / NEW
05./00. [NDS] Game Center CX: Arino's Challenge (Bandai-Namco) - 46,030 / NEW
06./03. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo) - 39,500 / 365,000
07./00. [PS3] Heavenly Sword (Sony) - 14,587 / NEW
08./04. [NDS] Final Fantasy Tactics A2 (Square-Enix) - 14,464 / 230,000
09./07. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo) - 13,104 / 2,211,000
10./00. [PS2] Armored Soldiers: Votoms (Bandai-Namco) - 12,408 / NEW

11./11. [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo)
12./09. [NDS] Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day (Nintendo)
13./08. [NDS] DS Nishimura Kyotarou Suspense Detective Series: Deadly Intent (Tecmo)
14./18. [NDS] My Housekeeping Diary (Nintendo)
15./10. [PS3] Ratchet & Clank Future (Sony)
16./14. [WII] Mario Party 8 (Nintendo)
17./00. [PS2] Hayarigami 2: Police Department Mystery Files (Nippon Ichi Software)
18./13. [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
19./05. [360] Shin Sangoku Musou 5 (Koei)
20./15. [NDS] DS Literature Collection (Nintendo)
21./16. [NDS] Pokémon Mysterious Dungeon: Time Expedition Party (Pokémon)
22./40. [NDS] Taiko Drum Master DS (Bandai-Namco)
23./17. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
24./00. [PSP] Dungeon Explorer: The Promised Door (Hudson)
25./12. [NDS] Kanji Brain Test 2.5M (IE Institute)
26./00. [PSP] I Will Not Forgive You (AQ Interactive)
27./20. [NDS] Pokémon Mysterious Dungeon: Shadow Expedition Party (Pokémon)
28./30. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (Capcom)
29./37. [WII] Ghost Squad (Sega)
30./32. [PS3] Hot Shots Golf 5 (Sony)
31./28. [NDS] Animal Crossing Wild World (Nintendo)
32./25. [NDS] More Brain Age (Nintendo)
33./27. [NDS] Tamagotchi no Puchi-Puchi Omisecchi: Thanks Everybody! (Bandai-Namco)
34./22. [PSP] Gundam Battle Chronicle (Bandai-Namco)
35./21. [NDS] World Soccer Winning Eleven DS: Goal to Goal (Konami)
36./26. [NDS] More English Training (Nintendo)
37./06. [PSP] Castlevania Chronicle (Konami)
38./00. [NDS] Cooking Mama 2 (Taito)
39./31. [NDS] Kanji Test 2 (Rocket Co.)
40./43. [WII] Wario Ware Smooth Moves (Nintendo)
41./00. [NDS] Dungeon Explorer: Evil's Domain (Hudson)
42./36. [PSP] Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops+ (Konami)
43./19. [PS3] Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 (Ubi Soft)
44./47. [NDS] Prof. Layton and the Curious Village (Level 5)
45./29. [NDS] Dragon Tamer: Sound Spirit (Bandai-Namco)
46./38. [NDS] Brain Age (Nintendo)
47./35. [PS2] Dragon Ball Z: Sparking! Meteor (Bandai-Namco)
48./34. [PS2] Ar Tonelico 2 (Banpresto)
49./23. [360] Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation (Bandai-Namco)
50./45. [NDS] English Training (Nintendo)

NDS - 26
WII - 7
PSP - 6
PS3 - 5
PS2 - 4
360 - 2



Code:

Hardware - This Week | Last Week | YTD | LTD
1. NDS - 76,084 | 78,884 | 6,037,183 | 20,042,862
2. PSP - 65,609 | 58,964 | 2,310,547 | 6,842,676
3. PS3 - 39,178 | 55,924 | 883,746 | 1,341,304
4. WII - 36,230 | 34,546 | 2,896,660 | 3,816,303
5. PS2 - 8,855 | 9,043 | 667,628 | 20,822,487
6. 360 - 6,525 | 5,817 | 195,241 | 459,943
7. GBA - 262 | 923 | 50,165 | 15,348,244
8. NGC - 38 | 69 | 10,341 | 4,179,809

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  • -2 thumbs!
    Final Blade | November 23, 2007
    I don't trust neogaf numbers to be honest. Something about there site reeks fanboyism, thats just what i seen from the site. But whatever, i think the PS3 Japanese line-up will be killer.
    • 1 thumbs!
      Akira_EX | November 24, 2007
      NeoGAF numbers? These are Media Create numbers. I only link to NeoGAF because 1.)they already translated the top 50 and 2.)Media Create uses the same URL for their weekly rankings.
      • -2 thumbs!
        Final Blade | November 24, 2007
        So!, doesn't mean there right, media numbers most of the time are wrong, hence why its called media. Unless its from a completely unbiased site i don't trust this site. The last article is more convincing and the fact i did state that the site reeks fanboyism to me. Its just like they favor Nintendo products IMO. Besides i don't see the whole point of weeks sales over month sales. Month sales are alot different than week sales. In which its total. Im not going to argue with you on it cause its pointless, and i have no time to post arguments at the moment.
        • 1 thumbs!
          Akira_EX | November 24, 2007
          What? Media Create is a sales tracking company much like the NPD Group. Like I said, I use the NeoGAF thread as a source because it is both in English and a unique URL, which Media Create does not have for its weekly rankings.

          Oh, and NeoGAF fanboyish? Don't make me laugh.
  • 1 thumbs!
    AznLiquid | November 24, 2007
    Wow, the DS has been dominating the charts for quite a while now. Good job Nintendo.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Saiya | November 24, 2007
    Uhhhh!!! Just the other day the PS3 was highly in the lead and Mario was selling so well.

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