After a week's hiatus, we finally get Media Create's software rankings, along with hardware and software numbers for the week preceding New Year's Day. Contrary to the preceding week's Nintendo domination, games from a system not owned by Nintendo broke into the top ten. Hardware wise, it's still the same old, with the DS, PSP and Wii selling in the six figure range, while the PS3 ranges around 55k.

This week's top seller is the new Super Robot Taisen game, Super Robot Taisen OG Gaiden, for the PS2, selling 197k copies. In second is the game with our favorite new peripheral, Wii Fit, getting through the door 135k copies. Rounding out the top five are Mario Party DS (NDS - 131k), Final Fantasy IV (NDS - 126k), and Star Ocean: First Departure (PSP - 105k).

Hardware-wise, everything slowed down for the major players, aside from the PS2:
This Week - Last Week: +/-
DSL: 218,876 - 279,551: -60,675
PSP: 161,370 - 171,804: -10,434
WII: 152,209 - 232,907: -80,698
PS3: 52,706 - 58,167: -5,461
PS2: 25,569 - 20,397: +5,172
360: 8,304 - 7,908: +396
GC: 67 - 31: +36
GBASP: 61 - 54: +7
GBM: 58 - 42: +16
DS: 18 - 12: +6
GBA: 17 - 4: +13

It's the first time in a while that a non-Nintendo console game is leading the pack in sales, but all things considered, Nintendo still did pretty well in this pre-New Year's week. Wii Fit (#2) is still pushing Wiis, which in turn are pushing out the door other Wii games, most notably Wii Sports (#6) and Super Mario Galaxy (#10). DS Lites are also still selling, and the Nintendo-published games of Mario Party DS (#3) and Super Mario Galaxy are showing good legs.

Sony games have finally broken into the top ten after last week's Nintendo domination, although it was by the strength of third party games. More importantly, software also went out the door with the high PSP sales, with 4 games charting in the top fifty: Star Ocean: The First Departure (#5), Haruhi Suzumiya's Promise (#7), Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (#18), and Hot Shots Golf Portable 2 (#45) The PS3's units are staying rather stationary, but there are also more games charting right now in the top fifty, including Call of Duty 4 (#15), and Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (#26).

The 360 finally makes a dent in the top fifty again, with it's version of Call of Duty 4 (#22).

For third parties, the winners are Banpresto, Square Enix, Namco Bandai and Level 5. Banpresto, publisher and developer of the Super Robot Taisen series, are responsible for this week's #1, Super Robot Taisen Original Generations Gaiden. Square Enix is responsible for Final Fantasy IV DS (#4), the newly released remake, Star Ocean: First Departure, and the latest DS million-seller, Dragon Quest IV DS (#9). Namco Bandai also manages to break into the top ten with a PSP game, capitalizing on the large merchandise-eating fanbase of Haruhi Suzumiya. Level 5 is still showing consistent sales for its two Professor Layton games, more notably the second game, Professor Layton and Pandora's Box (#8).

Thanks to Cheesemeister at NeoGAF for translation and compilation.
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For Top 10, Numbers: Current Week / Lifetime to Date

01. [PS2] Super Robot Wars OG Gaiden (Banpresto) - 196,684 / NEW
02. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 134,928 / 884,000
03. [NDS] Mario Party DS (Nintendo) - 131,428 / 1,288,000
04. [NDS] Final Fantasy IV (Square-Enix) - 126,434 / 414,000
05. [PSP] Star Ocean 1: First Departure (Square-Enix) - 105,104 / NEW
06. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo) - 81,671 / 2,507,000
07. [PSP] Haruhi Suzumiya's Promise (Bandai-Namco) - 81,089 / NEW
08. [NDS] Prof. Layton and Pandora's Box (Level 5) - 79,500 / 607,000
09. [NDS] Dragon Quest IV (Square-Enix) - 77,780 / 1,041,000
10. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo) - 55,914 / 720,000
11. [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo)
12. [WII] Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo)
13. [WII] Mario Party 8 (Nintendo)
14. [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
15. [PS3] Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
16. [PS2] Naruto: Shippuuden N-Ultimate Accelerator 2 (Bandai-Namco)
17. [NDS] Taiko Drum Master DS (Bandai-Namco)
18. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (Capcom)
19. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
20. [NDS] Powerful Pro-kun Pocket 10 (Konami)
21. [WII] Wario Ware Smooth Moves (Nintendo)
22. [360] Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
23. [PS2] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2008 (Konami)
24. [NDS] Tales of Innocence (Bandai-Namco)
25. [NDS] Prof. Layton and the Curious Village (Level 5)
26. [PS3] Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (Sony)
27. [NDS] Animal Crossing Wild World (Nintendo)
28. [NDS] Nep League DS (Jaleco)
29. [NDS] Pokémon Mysterious Dungeon: Time Expedition Party (Pokémon)
30. [WII] Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles (Capcom)
31. [NDS] Fast Card Battle: Card Hero (Nintendo)
32. [NDS] Pokémon Mysterious Dungeon: Shadow Expedition Party (Pokémon)
33. [NDS] Doraemon Baseball: Dramatic Stadium (Bandai-Namco)
34. [NDS] Tamagotchi no Puchi-Puchi Omisecchi: Thanks Everybody! (Bandai-Namco)
35. [NDS] Kirarin Revolution: Make and Show at the Kime-Kira Stage (Konami)
36. [NDS] My Housekeeping Diary (Nintendo)
37. [NDS] Kanji Brain Test 2.5M (IE Institute)
38. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2008 (Konami)
39. [NDS] More Brain Age (Nintendo)
40. [PS2] Powerful Pro Baseball 14, Definitive Edition (Konami)
41. [NDS] Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day (Nintendo)
42. [PS2] SD Gundam G Generation Spirits (Bandai-Namco)
43. [NDS] Mega Man Star Force 2: Berserk × Dinosaur (Capcom)
44. [NDS] Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters World Championship 2008 (Konami)
45. [PSP] Hot Shots Golf Portable 2 (Sony)
46. [NDS] Survival Kids 3 (Konami)
47. [NDS] Mega Man Star Force 2: Berserk × Shinobi (Capcom)
48. [PS3] Shin Sangoku Musou 5 (Koei)
49. [NDS] Dinosaur King: The Seven Fragments (Sega)
50. [WII] Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon: the Labyrinth of Forgotten Time (Square-Enix)

Number of Games in Top 50 Per System:
NDS - 27
WII - 9
PS2 - 5
PSP - 4
PS3 - 4
360 - 1

Hardware Numbers:
DSL 218,876
PSP 161,370
Wii 152,209
PS3 52,706
PS2 25,569
Xbox360 8,304
GC 67
GBASP 61
GBM 58
DS 18
GBA 17

[Last Week's Media Create Numbers]