It's not a really interesting week this time around, with this week being the week before two big games come out in Japan. As such, there is also a healthy mix of games in this top fifty that is also reflected in the top ten.
The top selling game this go around is the crtically-acclaimed nongame
Wii Fit, selling 89k copies. Coming in second is
World Soccer Winning Eleven: Ubiquitous Evolution 2008 for the PSP, selling 77k copies. Rounding out the top five are
Lucky Star: Misasagi Sakura Gakuen Sakura Fuji Festival (PS2 - 71k),
Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (NDS - 50k), and
Wii Sports (WII - 26k).
On the hardware side, numbers were around the same as last week:
This Week - Last Week: +/-
DSL: 79,370 - 88,575:
-9,202
PSP: 77,933 - 79,923:
-1,990
WII: 74,544 - 81,638:
-7,094
PS3: 34,363 - 38,117:
-3,754
PS2: 11,364 - 13,539:
-2,175
360: 4,296 - 4,552:
-256
It's still the non-holiday slump in Japan, with the only games getting noteworthy weekly numbers being Wii Fit (WII), Winning Eleven (PSP), Lucky Star (PS2) and Mario and Sonic (NDS). Hardware-wise, it is the third week in a row with constant drops, although next week, the Wii, PS3 and 360 will probably see some green increases.
The more important week ends up being next week, with the two heavyweight releases, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and Devil May Cry 4. Other games also come out that week, but none will have the impact of these two.
Thanks to
Cheesemeister at NeoGAF for translation, compilation and the boxarts.
Media Create Rankings
GPara: Media Create Top 30 with links to product sites
For Top 10, Numbers: Current Week / Lifetime to Date
01. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 89,248 / 1,283,000
02. [PSP] World Soccer Winning Eleven: Ubiquitous Evolution 2008 (Konami) - 76,669 / NEW
03. [PS2] Lucky Star: Misasagi Sakura Gakuen Sakura Fuji Festival (Kadokawa Shoten) - 71,512 / NEW
04. [NDS] Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo) - 50,169 / 140,000
05. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo) - 25,788 / 2,714,000
06. [NDS] Mario Party DS (Nintendo) - 21,840 / 1,581,000
07. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (Capcom) - 20,606 / 1,555,000
08. [NDS] Doraemon Baseball: Dramatic Stadium (Bandai-Namco) - 19,598 / 138,000
09. [PSP] Yggdra Union (Sting) - 17,304 / NEW
10. [NDS] Prof. Layton and Pandora's Box (Level 5) - 15,332 / 746,000
11. [NDS] Final Fantasy IV (Square-Enix)
12. [NDS] Prince of Tennis: Driving Smash! Side King (Konami)
13. [NDS] Dragon Quest IV (Square-Enix)
14. [WII] Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo)
15. [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
16. [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo)
17. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo)
18. [NDS] Prof. Layton and the Curious Village (Level 5)
19. [WII] Mario Party 8 (Nintendo)
20. [NDS] Taiko Drum Master DS (Bandai-Namco)
21. [NDS] Powerful Pro-kun Pocket 10 (Konami)
22. [PS3] Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
23. [NDS] Kanji Brain Test 2.5M (IE Institute)
24. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
25. [NDS] Animal Crossing Wild World (Nintendo)
26. [NDS] Rune Factory 2 (Marvelous Entertainment)
27. [PS2] Yakuza 2 (Sega)
28. [PS2] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2008 (Konami)
29. [NDS] DS Literature Collection (Nintendo)
30. [NDS] My Housekeeping Diary (Nintendo)
31. [NDS] More Brain Age (Nintendo)
32. [PS3] Juiced 2 (THQ Japan)
33. [WII] Mario Strikers Charged (Nintendo)
34. [NDS] Tales of Innocence (Bandai-Namco)
35. [NDS] More English Training (Nintendo)
36. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2008 (Konami)
37. [PSP] Hot Shots Golf Portable 2 (Sony)
38. [NDS] Nep League DS (Jaleco)
39. [NDS] Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day (Nintendo)
40. [NDS] Kanji Test 2 (Rocket Co.)
41. [NDS] Exit DS (Taito)
42. [PSP] Star Ocean 1: First Departure (Square-Enix)
43. [NDS] Cute Kitten DS (MTO)
44. [PSP] Haruhi Suzumiya's Promise (Bandai-Namco)
45. [WII] Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles (Capcom)
46. [NDS] Pokémon Diamond (Pokémon)
47. [PS2] Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition (Capcom)
48. [PS3] Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (Sony)
49. [PS3] Shin Sangoku Musou 5 (Koei)
50. [NDS] Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters World Championship 2008 (Konami)
Number of Games in Top 50 Per System:
NDS - 27
WII - 8
PSP - 6
PS3 - 5
PS2 - 4
Hardware Numbers:
DSL 79,370
PSP 77,933
WII 74,544
PS3 34,363
PS2 11,364
360 4,296
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They're too full of themselves? Seriously, the 360 has the most JRPG gamea of Next Gen's consoles, so it's not whether they like the library of games or not, it's because it's a "Western" console and therefore should be "outcasted" as such, someone correct me if I'm wrong.
Hell, I think it was Ryan Payton (Kojima Productions) that mentioned that in the Tokyo Game Show, the 360's section was nearly empty as opposed to Nintendo and Sony's booths