Sales Chart JPN: Seaman evolves to number one, just by a nose.

Week 15 October - 21 October 2007

Yet another PS2 game topped the chart this week. Sega's Seaman 2 sold 32,798, just a nose in front of yet another non-game game on the DS, DS Bungaku Zenshuu (32,438), a collection of Japanese literature readable on the dual screen. Why is non-game game so popular on the DS? I have no idea. Goku is still hanging onto top 3. While the detective mystery DS Kyotaro Nishimura Suspense New Detective Series: Kyoto, Atami, Zekkai no Kotou Satsui no Wana still going well in 4th.

Surprise comes at 7th with Beautiful Katamari on Xbox 360. Why it was released on the Xbox 360 only when the last ones were on the PS2, I have no clue either. But 18,935 for an Xbox game in Japan is not bad.

It has been a while since a Wii title is in the top 10, and this week, the best one is Wii Sports at number 12. Has the Japanese finally released the lack of games on the Wii?

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

PS2 - Seaman 2
DS - DS Bungaku Zenshuu
PSP - Gundam Battle Chronicle
XB360 - Beautiful Katamari
Wii - Wii Sports
PS3 - Lair

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

DS - 27
PS2 - 8
Wii - 5
PSP - 5
PS3 - 4
360 - 1

Console War VII: Battle for Nippon

DS is still leading the charge, but no where near as dominant as it once was. It dropped this week while the PSP stayed around the same. The situation is the same with the Wii and PS3, the gap is closing.

Nintendo better release some good games soon. Otherwise, the Japanese might finally get over the "wow" factor, like so many things (read: idols) before it.

DSL - 70,608
PSP - 58,669
Wii - 24,932
PS3 - 17,130
PS2 - 10,281
Xbox360 - 3,011

Market share this week

DSL vs PSP
54.62% vs 45.38%

Wii vs PS3 vs XBox 360
55.31% vs 22.81% vs 6.68%

Source: Media Create