Sales Chart JPN: Mario still reigns and so is the PS3

Week 12 November - 18 November 2007

Same guy, same game. Japan is still having a Mario frenzies right now. The week before, it was Mario Galaxy, last week, it was Mario Party DS, and this week, it still is Mario Party DS, selling roughly half of last week (115,680). But still managed to beat the second place, Bio Hazard (aka Resident Evil) Umbrella Chronicles (82,637). Shin San Goku Musou 5 (or better known as Dynasty Warrior) still doing well at third place (75,515). The Xbox 360 version, however, dropped to 19th. Sports still play a great part on the DS, with Pro Baseball Family Stadium taking out 4th (49,365). PS2 is still hanging onto the top 10 chart, with Armored Soldiers at 10th. Professor Layton and the Curious Village upped another 5 spots to 44th. The second installment is well and truly going to be a hit over Christmas, one would hope.

And it's now looking a bit more rosy for PS3. It has more games on the chart than PS2.

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

DS - Mario Party DS
Wii - Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles
PS3 - Shin San Goku Musou 5
PS2 - Armored Soldiers
XB360 - Shin San Goku Musou 5
PSP - Dungeon Explorer: The Promised Door

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

DS - 26
Wii - 7
PSP - 6
PS3 - 5
PS2 - 4
360 - 2

Console War VII: Battle for Nippon

The PS3 has outsold the Wii again! What's going on? Has the Japanese crazed finally faded? Or has the people finally accept the PS3? Or is it just that they have finally saved enough money to buy one ever since Kutaragi said they should? Who knows? All we know are the numbers.

DSL - 76,069
PSP - 65,609
PS3 - 39,178
Wii - 36,230
PS2 - 8,855
Xbox360 - 6,525

Market share this week

DSL vs PSP
53.69% vs 42.78%

Wii vs PS3 vs XBox 360
44.22% vs 47.72% vs 7.96%

Source: Media Create