Week 19 November - 25 November 2007If you think remakes can't make money, you should know better, especially when you are talking about Square Enix. Yep, this week's number 1 is yet another Square Enix remake special. It's Dragon Quest IV, selling over half a million (597,301).
Besides Mario Party DS (109,522), which was last week's number 1, everything else on the top 10 is new. Soccer is still big, with Winning Eleven 2008 PS2 version (293,926) edged out the PS3 version (141,432).
I am surprised that gamers are still playing FFXI. Final Fantasy XI: Wings of the Goddess sold 67,724 copies, while the Xbox 360 version debuted at 26th place. Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games is 6th (62,550), not particularly good, if you ask me. And why on earth are the Japanese playing Pachinko (10th; 35,882) on a gaming console? Strange bunch of people, they are.
Some of the bad performers include Heavenly Swords (from 7th down to 39th) and Armored Soldiers (from 10th to 50th).
My prediction next week, Professor Layton and the Devil's Box going straight to the top.
Top 5 games:
DS - Dragon Quest IV
PS2 - Winning Eleven 2008
PS3 - Winning Eleven 2008
DS - Mario Party DS
PS2 - Final Fantasy XI: Wings of the Goddess
Number of titles in the top 50 for each platform this week:
DS - 27
Wii - 7
PS2 - 6
PS3 - 5
PSP - 3
360 - 2
Console War VII: Battle for Nippon
After 2 weeks of dominance, the PS3 has gone back to the old days. But not by much. Everything has gone up by a lot since this week. Must be the start of the holiday season, everyone gearing up for the Christmas end of year spending spread. But it is still a familiar sight with Nintendo taking charge on both counts.
DSL - 116,694
PSP - 75,027
Wii - 54,362
PS3 - 50,564
PS2 - 14,875
Xbox360 - 7,117
Market share this week
DSL vs PSP
60.87% vs 39.13%
Wii vs PS3 vs XBox 360
48.52% vs 45.13% vs 6.35%
Source: Media Create
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