Sales Chart JPN: Detective found out how to get to ichiban.

Week 8 October - 14 October 2007

After a couple of weeks away from the top, DS has regain the top spot. If you are not a follower of Japanese literature, you won't know why this week's number one is a detective suspense game based on works by Nishimura Kyotaru. He is apparently, a famous writer in Japan.

But I've got a question, what is with Japanese and a bloody long name? The full name of this week's number one is *big breath* DS Kyotaro Nishimura Suspense New Detective Series: Kyoto, Atami, Zekkai no Kotou Satsui no Wana *phew*. 33 Japanese characters. God, that was long. A detective story that uses your brain. I bet you haven't been using that rusty brain of yours besides the occasional brain age, right?

Anyway, it sold 60,707 copies, beating Goku down to number 2 with 47,085. This week only 3 new games, one is the DS Kyotaru Nishi... blah blah blah, and the other one is Arcana Heart on PS2 (22,891) looks like a chick fighting game (but not the Dead of Alive kind of chick), and Lair on PS3 (21,813). The rest is the old stuff. Pokemon is still there, and so is Gundam. Master Chief is still hanging on at 48.

Best selling games for each platform (that is on the chart) this week

DS - DS Kyotaro Nishimura Suspense New Detective Series: Kyoto, Atami, Zekkai no Kotou Satsui no Wana
PS2 - Dragon Ball Z: Sparking! Meteor
PSP - Gundam Battle Chronicle
Wii - Mario Party 8
PS3 - Lair
XB360 - Project Gotham 4

Number of titles in the top 50 for each platform this week:

DS - 27
PS2 - 8
Wii - 6
PSP - 5
PS3 - 2
360 - 2

Console War VII: Battle for Nippon

Is PSP faze over? By the look of it this week, yes. DSL fell, but not as much as the PSP fall. It's not dropping back to the 'pre-slim' 30-40K range for the PSP, maybe the slim PSP is doing something right for once. Wii is about the same, while the PS3 rose just a little bit. Xbox sold more hardware this week with PG4, than the week with Halo 3. Go figure.

DSL - 78,746
PSP - 59,584
Wii - 20,575
PS3 - 12,365
PS2 - 10,181
Xbox360 - 6,161

Market share this week

DSL vs PSP
56.93% vs 43.07%

Wii vs PS3 vs XBox 360
52.62% vs 31.62% vs 15.76%

Source: Media Create