Week 1 October - 7 October 2007
Is it just me, or are the Japanese still not getting sick and tired of Dragonball? The anime went on for 10 years, the manga spanned more than 30 volumes, and then there are endless trading cards, figurines, plushies, etc. And don't get me started with games.
I'm not saying I don't like Dragonball, but come one. It's still number one in Japan? I just don't know anymore. Anyway, yes, Dragonball is still number one in Japan, apparently. And it's still on the PS2. Named Dragon Ball Z: Sparking! Meteor, it sold 203,828. You know you're in trouble when the best game of the week is sold on your previous gen gaming console when your latest one has been out for almost a year.
Dragon Ball Z: Sparking! Meteor on the Wii sold a modest 39,708 to take on 4th place. Gundam Battle Chronicle on PSP (86,208) and Archaic Sealed Heat on DS (49,678) filled up 2nd and 3rd.
Konami's next soccer game, Jikkyou Powerful Major League 2 (34,577), is 5th. Overall, new games filled the top 5 spots.
BTW, if you see Halo 3, please say hi to Master Chief for me. He dropped from 1st to 36th. Not unexpected, but still... Ouch.
Best selling games for each platform (that is on the chart) this week
PS2 - Dragon Ball Z: Sparking! Meteor
PSP - Gundam Battle Chronicle
DS - Archaic Sealed Heat
Wii - Dragon Ball Z: Sparking! Meteor
PS3 - The Elder Scrolls IV
XB360 - Halo 3
Number of titles in the top 50 for each platform this week:
DS - 23
PSP - 10
Wii - 7
PS2 - 6
PS3 - 3
XB360 - 1
Console War VII: Battle for Nippon
It's only back a couple of months ago that you see Wii selling over 40,000 a week. How a couple of months has changed the landscape. Wii only sold just above 20,000 this week. PS3 did half that number.
Things seemed to have died down a bit between DS and PSP, each sold roughly the same, with DS just edging out PSP by less than 1,000 unit. Xbox 360 is back to its normal weekly numbers. It is interesting times indeed. Wonder what next week will hold.
DSL - 87,445
PSP - 86,895
Wii - 20,704
PS3 - 10,822
PS2 - 10,446
Xbox360 - 1,547
Market share this week
DSL vs PSP
50.16% vs 49.84%
Wii vs PS3 vs XBox 360
62.60% vs 32.72% vs 4.68%
Source: Media Create
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