Japan Hardware Sales: May 14 - May 20 (Media Create)

http://www.m-create.com/jpn/s_ranking.html

DSL 111,213
Wii 52,193
PSP 27,505
PS2 10,881
PS3 8,659
Xbox360 2,026
GBM 428
GBASP 330
GC 276
GBA 33
DS 26

The way I see it, there's only room for one big guy in Japan.

Even though it was Nintendo, they didn't do well last time, and the time before that they were probably off bad there too.

In a few months, the PS3 will be at 360-type numbers.joeblak

Boy the Ps3 is really tearing it up huh.... HA HA HA HA the 360 is right on its heels
colmusterd28

[QUOTE="joeblak"]In a few months, the PS3 will be at 360-type numbers.Carmilla31

i thought they loved the DSMr_Abandon

How many people live in Japan?

You would think by now... Eveyone in Japan would already have a DS. :shock:

Sales for Nintendo are out of this world.

Who the heck would still buy a GameCube considering the Wii can play all of it's games at a decent price? :?BreakTheseLinks

How many people live in Japan?

You would think by now... Eveyone in Japan would already have a DS. :shock:

Sales for Nintendo are out of this world.

Truth_Hurts_U

I don't think the DS has overtaken PS2 sales in Japan yet, in terms of the Life-To-Date sales and the PS2 is a home console...a situation with 3 or 4 DSLs in one house is completely realistic so I guess it'll sell like crazy for some time to come. 

[QUOTE="BreakTheseLinks"]Who the heck would still buy a GameCube considering the Wii can play all of it's games at a decent price? :?Jandurin

GB/GBC back compatability.  You can still find used GB/GBC games at EB/Gamestop. 

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=158204

Hardware - This Week | Last Week |       YTD |        LTD
1. NDS   -   111,239 |   163,824 | 3,163,455 | 17,169,134
2. WII   -    52,193 |    52,544 | 1,556,909 |  2,476,552
3. PSP   -    27,505 |    34,433 |   901,333 |  5,433,462
4. PS2   -    10,881 |    10,414 |   345,899 | 20,500,758
5. PS3   -     8,659 |     8,839 |   434,554 |    892,112
6. 360   -     2,026 |     2,105 |    97,681 |    362,383
7. GBA   -       791 |       769 |    36,867 | 15,334,946
8. NGC   -       276 |       315 |     7,354 |  4,176,822 

[QUOTE="Jandurin"][QUOTE="BreakTheseLinks"]Who the heck would still buy a GameCube considering the Wii can play all of it's games at a decent price? :?Iyethar

GB/GBC back compatability. You can still find used GB/GBC games at EB/Gamestop.

Who the heck would still buy a GameCube considering the Wii can play all of it's games at a decent price? :?BreakTheseLinks

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=158204

Hardware - This Week | Last Week |       YTD |        LTD
 NDS   -       111,239 |   163,824 | 3,163,455 | 17,169,134
 PS2   -          10,881 |    10,414 |   345,899 | 20,500,758

-cnc-

That is shocking to me. DS might have outsold PS2 in Japan by the end of the year. 

[QUOTE="-cnc-"]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=158204

Hardware - This Week | Last Week |       YTD |        LTD
 NDS   -       111,239 |   163,824 | 3,163,455 | 17,169,134
 PS2   -          10,881 |    10,414 |   345,899 | 20,500,758

cakeorrdeath

That is shocking to me. DS might have outsold PS2 in Japan by the end of the year. 

At 130k a week, the DS will sell 3.25 million more.  But, the PS2 is still selling some ;).

It will be EXTREMELY close.  Probably nose to nose.

32 weeks left.  That's 4.16 million.  (At 130k a week).

[QUOTE="colmusterd28"]Boy the Ps3 is really tearing it up huh.... HA HA HA HA the 360 is right on its heels
agentfred

well to be fair, we're dealing with much smaller numbers down there ;) 

[QUOTE="-cnc-"]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=158204

Hardware - This Week | Last Week |       YTD |        LTD
 NDS   -       111,239 |   163,824 | 3,163,455 | 17,169,134
 PS2   -          10,881 |    10,414 |   345,899 | 20,500,758

cakeorrdeath

That is shocking to me. DS might have outsold PS2 in Japan by the end of the year.

what is it? like 2 years do to what the ps2 took 7? wow. that is amazing. 

Well, there are 25 weeks left in the year or so? Maybe a few more?

At 130k a week, the DS will sell 3.25 million more. But, the PS2 is still selling some ;).

It will be EXTREMELY close. Probably nose to nose.

32 weeks left. That's 4.16 million. (At 130k a week).

Jandurin

Dragon Quest IX should see it through. 

[QUOTE="Jandurin"][QUOTE="BreakTheseLinks"]Who the heck would still buy a GameCube considering the Wii can play all of it's games at a decent price? :?Iyethar

GB/GBC back compatability.  You can still find used GB/GBC games at EB/Gamestop. 

I want a copy of Dragon Warrior Monsters for the GBC again :cry:

That game pwned all other games.

Not too bad for the PS3 over the course of 6 days, almost 9,000 units in that time span is a decent number, not fantastic mind you.DSgamer64

you and i have vastly different opinions of what is  a decent number ;) 

Not too bad for the PS3 over the course of 6 days, almost 9,000 units in that time span is a decent number, not fantastic mind you.DSgamer64

It's not when it was selling twice or thrice as much a month or two ago, and when it's being outsold 6:1 by it's only real competitor... and when it's nearing the same order of magnitude than the 360 (which only the hardcorest lems will deny is a joke).

[QUOTE="Jandurin"]

Well, there are 25 weeks left in the year or so? Maybe a few more?

At 130k a week, the DS will sell 3.25 million more. But, the PS2 is still selling some ;).

It will be EXTREMELY close. Probably nose to nose.

32 weeks left. That's 4.16 million. (At 130k a week).

cakeorrdeath

Dragon Quest IX should see it through.

I just thought about that. DQ9 and the hoildays? Nintendo better open another manufacturing plant...like yestereday...they are gonna need it.

The DS being so popular and taking over the PS2 makes sense though...1 PS2 per house...how many DS units to a house? Still...crazy numbers.

Nintendo needs to let DS demos be dled through the Wii so it can ride the ds wave a bit more. 

I don't like Japanese hardware sales as much because we don't have that GBA vs. PS3 flavor. :(karicha9

PS3 VS 360 The epic battle coming to Japan summer '07

Regarding DS vs. PS2 LTD:

DS will pass PS2 this year.  PS2's best years of sales are all behind it - it will be buoyed by the end-year holidays, but not to a degree even approaching what DS can do in November and December.

The only real question is whether it will happen before November or not.  If it hasn't happened by November, that month's sales will easily push it over. 

Not too bad for the PS3 over the course of 6 days, almost 9,000 units in that time span is a decent number, not fantastic mind you.DSgamer64

In a few months, the PS3 will be at 360-type numbers.joeblak

But 360 will take off with the release of Eternal Sonata, Naruto, Cirlce of Doom and Lost Odyssey

In a few months, the PS3 will be at 360-type numbers.joeblak

Yeah when Eye of Judgement and Folklore hits japan look for great sales for ps3. Japanese love card games and the ps3 is defining and bringing that type of game such as pokemon to life with Eye of Judgement. :)

Square Enix has to be sweating at this point, they love to bring their games to the console with the big userbases. FF or DQ would never be a lanch game since there would never be the installed base to support SE's budget. The PS3 is showing no signs of stopping the Wii from expanding the great divide between them. This could get ugly...fast.Majatt

I agree, Square has always been a bandwagon whore.. I dont' think it will be Financially sound of Square-Enix to keep FFXIII exclusive if sales of the PS3 continue to be this bad. They would take a huge loss and never make their money back on their flagship game.

While this is still good news for Nintendo, notice how sharply all console sales are going down. Wii went down around 20k units in sales, and the DS Lite went down about 10k in sales, and similar patterns obviously apply for the other consoles as well.REVOLUTIONfreak