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Posted by Wii Sports Resort Fan | October 16th, 2009

This week’s report from Japanese sales tracker Media Create shows that recent price drops on Nintendo’s Wii and Sony’s PlayStation 3 are having nearly equal impact on sales of each console, a slight edge going to the PS3.

A curious tie, we suppose, as Wii Sports Resort and Wii Fit Plus continue to sell better than the PlayStation 3 competition. But less curious is the continued dominance of the Nintendo DSi and PSP, both doing just fine on the software and hardware front.

For the bestselling console hardware in Japan for the week of October 5 to 11, look down.

• Nintendo DSi – 50,144
• PSP – 40,100
• PlayStation 3 – 30,896
• Wii – 30,741
• Nintendo DS Lite – 5,454
• Xbox 360 – 3,326
• PlayStation 2 – 2,133

Tags: Console taisen, Hardware, media create, Only in Japan, sales, The japanese hardware chart

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Posted by Wii Sports Resort Fan | October 8th, 2009

The release of Wii Fit Plus has been met with open arms in Japan. The newest Wii Balance Board-powered fitness game from the house of smiles sold more than 340,000 copies in its first week on sale.

It was a good week for Nintendo platforms, with Level 5′s soccer RPG sequel Inazuma Eleven 2: Kyoui no Shinryokusha scoring the second place spot, an impressive 280,000-plus copies moved week one. It was also the first week that Square Enix’s Dragon Quest IX didn’t appear in the top ten since its release in Japan. It was pushed out by four new PSP and PS3 releases.

Yeah, that’s right. It was also a very good week for Sony’s platforms, with Gran Turismo and Macross Ultimate Frontier for the PSP making appearances at the top of the chart. Also showing strong (enough) were Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 and Shin Sangoku Musou: Multi Raid Special for the PlayStation 3.

Looks like sales tracker Media Create is now clumping together sales of Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver. Probably for the best!

01. Wii Fit Plus (Wii) – 340,000 / NEW
02. Inazuma Eleven 2: Kyoui no Shinryokusha (DS) – 281,000 / NEW
03. Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver – 267,000 / 2,285,000
04. Gran Turismo (PSP) – 134,000 / NEW
05. Macross Ultimate Frontier (PSP) – 81,000 / NEW
06. Tomodachi Collection (DS) – 68,000 / 1,288,000
07. Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 (PS3) – 42,000 / NEW
08. Wii Sports Resort (Wii) – 27,000 / 1,253,000
09. Shin Sangoku Musou: Multi Raid Special (PS3) – 27,000 / NEW
10. Tales of Vesperia (PS3) – 26,000 / 292,000

11. Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu Portable 4 (PSP)
12. Dragon Quest IX (DS)
13. Love Plus (DS)
14. Minna no Sukkiri (PSP)
15. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP)
16. SaGa 2: Hihou Densetsu – Goddess of Destiny (DS)
17. Trinity Universe (PS3)
18. Monster Hunter 3 (Wii)
19. Winning Post 7 2009 (PSP)
20. Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s Tag Force 4 (PSP)
21. Mana Khemia 2: Ochita Gakuen to Renkinjutsushi Tachi Portable+ (PSP)
22. Shin Hisui no Shizuku: Hiiro no Kakera 2 (PS2)
23. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Bargain Edition) (PS3)
24. Dynasty Warriors Multi Raid Special (Xbox 360)
25. Ys 7 (PSP)
26. Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
27. Sloane to MacHale no Nazo no Story 2 (DS)
28. Penguin no Mondai X: Tenkuu no 7 Senshi (DS)
29. Halo 3: ODST (Xbox 360)
30. Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha Kanshu Shiranai Mama dewa Son wo Suru: Mono ya Okane no Shikumi DS (DS)

Media Create Weekly Software Sales [Gpara]

Tags: media create, Only in Japan, sales, Sales get, Software, The japanese software chart

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Posted by Wii Sports Resort Fan | September 21st, 2009

It’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for! Yes, this week’s UK Charts are here once again to remind us all that the British public can’t stop buying Mario Kart Wii. This week, Guitar Hero 5 has been knocked off the top slot after just a…

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Posted by Wii Sports Resort Fan | September 10th, 2009

It’s almost not even worth noting anymore that the industry is in decline. This makes the sixth month in a row we’ve seen a decrease, but there are signs of the games business getting back some steam as we finish out the year. This month’s decline had a lower impact than recent months, which means the decline could be slowing. Sony’s mid-month price drop spurred sales of the console to nearly match the Xbox 360, even as some eager buyers were no-doubt waiting for the Slim launch this month. The dueling Xbox 360 and PS3 price cuts should make for an interesting September. Nintendo, as usual, topped the list with combined sales of the Wii and DS that beat all of the other systems put together.

August 2009 Hardware Sales

• Nintendo DS — 552,900
• Wii — 227,400
• Xbox 360 — 215,400
• PlayStation 3 — 210,000
• PlayStation Portable — 140,300
• PlayStation 2 — 105,900

July 2009 Hardware Sales

• Nintendo DS — 538,900
• Wii — 252,500
• Xbox 360 — 202,900
• PlayStation Portable — 122,800
• PlayStation 3 — 121,800
• PlayStation 2 – 108,000

Software sales for the month carried some heavy hitters, particularly Madden NFL 10 which saw combined sales of almost 2 million units. Wii Sports Resort squeezed in a spot comfortably between the two major Maddens; it sold 500,000 in just five days last month, so if it had been released in early August instead it might have taken the top spot from the football franchise. The PlayStation 2 crowd for Madden is starting to die down, finishing in sixth place this year. Both versions of Batman: Arkham Asylum topped it, and while the Joker challenge rooms weren’t quite enough to put the PS3 version on top, the two finished surprisingly close given the difference in install bases.

Bloomberg reports that EA CEO John Riccitiello said it is “discouraging that one of our highest-rated and best-marketed ‘Madden’ titles in years is facing strong headwinds.” He doesn’t sound too pleased with the sales, but at least no one will be getting free copies of Wolfenstein. The shooter didn’t even crack the top 10, and was beaten out by Fossil Fighters.

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Posted by Wii Sports Resort Fan | September 7th, 2009

Batman: Arkham Asylum is a great game. What’s more, it’s a great game at the top of the UK Chart, a position usually reserved for bad games that the idiotic general public lap up. This almost qualifies as a paradox, and I’m fairly certain…

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Posted by Wii Sports Resort Fan | August 29th, 2009

Nintendo announced that it has sold more than 1 million copies of Wii Sports Resort since July 26th in the U.S. Amazing! That also means another 1 million MotionPlus games are out there too. Wii Sports still has it beat with over 50 million copies available, but that game came packed in with the Wii. [...]

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Posted by Wii Sports Resort Fan | August 8th, 2009

Wii Sports Resort continues to sell like hot cakes, with over 600,000 copies sold since July 24th in Europe. Along with the more than 500,000 copies in the U.S., and Japan’s more than 800,000 copies, that’s a helluva lot of Wii Sports Resort love out there! Suppose this means we’ll be seeing a Wii Sports [...]

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Posted by Wii Sports Resort Fan | August 5th, 2009

Americans love their Wii Sports Resort, and rightfully so. Nintendo’s sequel has sold some 500,000 copies of the Wii Sports sequel in merely 8 days. That also means 500,000 Wii MotionPlus peripherals, and over 1.5 million total sold thus far! According to Nintendo of America, Wii Sports Resort sold one copy ever 1.5 seconds. Holy [...]

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Posted by Wii Sports Resort Fan | August 3rd, 2009

Edge-Online is reporting that Wii Sports Resort is still number one on the UK software sales charts, and that it actually increased its sales by six percent! We expect to see the game continue to take off, as Wii Sports was one of the top games for the Nintendo Wii, we can only imagine Wii [...]

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Posted by Wii Sports Resort Fan | July 31st, 2009

No wonder there’s a Wii Sports Resort. Nintendo’s latest earnings statement had some quality info in it. Most notably that Wii Sports has a total sales number of 47.62 million! Wow. Yes, the majority of those are bundles with the Wii but that’s still an impressive figure. You can read the Nintendo financial statement here.

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