But it sure came close. And it seems to have given the Wii a *bit* of a hardware boost as well.

(Borrowed from gonintendo...)

Week from: Nov 30th - Dec 6th

Hardware

Wii- 101,000
PSP - 66,000
DSi LL- 62,000
PS3 - 50,000
DSi - 45,000
DSL - 6,700
360 - 4,300
PSP Go - 3,600
PS2 - 2,500

Software

1. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii – 935,000 / NEW
2. [PSP] Phantasy Star Portable 2 – 287,000 / NEW
3. [PSP] Gunduam vs. Gundam Next Plus – 223,000 / NEW
4. [WII] Samurai Warriors 3 – 121,000 / NEW
5. [DS] Professor Layton and the Devil’s Flute – 85,000 / 391,000
6. [DS] Tomodachi Collection – 75,000 / 1,822,000
7. [WII] PokePark Wii: Pikachu’s Great Adventure – 64,000 / NEW
8. [DS] Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver – 63,000 / 3,153,000
9. [WII] Wii Fit Plus – 52,000 / 1,044,000
10. [PS3] Assassin’s Creed 2 – 49,000 / NEW
11. [PSP] Tokimeki Memorial 4
12. [DS] Power Pro-Kun Pocket 12
13. [DS] Inazuma Eleven 2: Kyoui no Shinryakusha – Blizzard
14. [DS] Metal Fight Beyblade: Bakutan Cyber Pegasus
15. [Wii] Kamen Rider: Climax Heroes W
16. [360] Assassin’s Creed 2
17. [WII] Momotarou Dentetsu 2010 Senkoku Ishin no Hero Daisyuugou ! No Ken
18. [WII] Wii Sports Resort
19. [DS] Stitch! Ohana to Rhythm de Daibouken
20. [WII] Taiko Drum Master Wii: Dodon to 2 Yome!
21. [DS] Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
22. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010
23. [DS] Kaijuu Busters
24. [DS] New Super Mario Bros.
25. [WII] Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
26. [PSP] J-League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! 6: Pride of J
27. [WII] Mario Kart Wii
28. [DS] Tamagotchi no Narikiri Channeru
29. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP the Best)
30. [DS] Dragon Quest IX

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62,000 DSi LL's in a week, really? Is this Golden Shower week or whatever it's called in Japan?

Posted by

Pandareus

on: 12/11/09, 03:28

Ew.

Even though that's a big number for Japan, it's such a nothingth of what consoles sell in America (NPDs showed the DS at, like, 1.7 MIL for November (holy fuck)). Japan really is kind of an academic curiosity these days (except for the impact of Japanese sales on Japanese development decisions). Then again, the DS is a strange case, because the software seems to sell proportionately better in Japan. Some of it, anyway. I'd like to see an in-depth study. The DS software market always seems really unhealthy to me. A few standouts, and good software, overall, but so many great titles go down in flames.

Posted by

Anand

on: 12/11/09, 04:55

Yeah but remember November and December are not really the "norm" for NA either, whereas I think what we consider the holiday season isn't that big in Japan. Vgchartz (lol) has Japan at about 20-25% of DS sales, which I guess isn't too bad considering The NA and European markets are growing while Japan is sort of floundering.

It is true that DS games sort of fill up the charts in Japan while here the software sells a ton but the games rarely chart (outside Mario/etc.) It's bizarre actually, I wonder if the software tie ratio is low in NA or it is just spread out among a ton of titles.

Posted by

Zero

on: 12/11/09, 06:09

Well, that ties in to what I was saying. Decent-selling Japanese games sell a tiny fraction of what decent-selling American (or European, I guess) games do. These days, a game charting in Media Create doesn't necessarily mean much, if anything. The lower end of the Top 30 list is usually in the hundreds. Games that don't even make the Top 20 NPD can still sell far better than games that seem successful from browsing the weekly Media Create sales.

I mean, Japan might have 20-25% of DS sales, but that is, like, THE system over there. Here, it's just The system.

Japan is just a much smaller region. It used to account for a disproportionately large amount of game and console sales (and probably still does, to a lesser degree), but gaming just isn't as big there anymore.

Oh, and also, I think Japan's best period of sales is also around this period. Isn't Golden Week around this time? Too lazy to Google.

Posted by

Anand

on: 12/12/09, 00:28

Ooooh, Golden Week...

That was an embarassing mistake!

Posted by

Pandareus

on: 12/12/09, 05:23

I mean, Japan might have 20-25% of DS sales, but that is, like, THE system over there. Here, it's just The system.

Hasn't it been pretty neck and neck with PSP in Japan all year though? Whereas here it just dominates.

Posted by

Zero

on: 12/12/09, 06:49

^^^that's just this year though... and even then the DS as still fairly close. I think. Maybe.

I might be wrong on that but I'm too lazy to check right now. Maybe later.

Posted by

roknin

on: 12/12/09, 09:06

Yeah, the PSP has had a good year in Japan, but 1) the DS is still ahead for the year, I think; 2) the DS is much more healthy for software NOT named Monster Hunter; and 3) handhelds have a much higher profile in modern Japan, in general.

Oh, and I checked. Golden Week (ゴールデンウィーク, Gōruden Wīku) is around May. But I'm pretty sure that Japanese consoles get a boost at Christmas, as well. Just not as big of a boost.

Posted by

Anand

on: 12/12/09, 15:43

Is this Golden Shower week or whatever it's called in Japan? LOL

Posted by

Smerd

on: 12/17/09, 00:57