Week 07 - 13 May 2007
As if one Final Fantasy game at number one is not enough, here comes the second Final Fantasy game to be released into the number one position in three weeks. This time, Final Fantasy Tactics: The Lion's War on the PSP took out the ichiban, with over 154,000 sold, leaving the other Final Fantasy game behind.
Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings looked out of shape, only managed to sell just over 38,000 units. But it still managed to come second (albeit almost 120,000 behind). This week has been quiet week for games. It seems traditionally game sales in Japan are generally weaker after the Golden Week.
Everywhere else has been fairly consistent with no major surprises. Besides Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings, the DS also scored More Brain Training, New Super Mario, Momotarou Dentetsu DS: Tokyo & Japan and Yoshi's Island in the top 10.
Super Paper Mario is still doing well, with 20,670 sold, taking 6th place. But it was Wii Sports that is still heading the charge for the Wii, with another 30,180 sold. It seems like there is no stopping anyone from playing sports on the Wii. That' s a good thing. Do you know how expensive it is to play
Both Phoenix Wright 1 and Phoenix Wright 2 are still on the charts (47th and 33rd respectively), no doubt because of Gyakuten Saiban 4 (Phoenix Wright 4). I guess the biggest surprise of this week is that the best selling PS2 game of the week, Wrestle Kingdom 2, only managed 26th place.
No XBox 360 or PS3 games managed to get into the top 50. Again.
Best selling games for each platform (that is on the chart) this week
PSP - Final Fantasy Tactics: The Lion's War
DS - Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings
Wii - Wii Sports
PS2 - Wrestle Kingdom 2
Number of titles in the top 50 for each platform this week:
DS - 35
Wii - 6
PSP - 5
PS2 - 4
Console War VII: Battle for Nippon
Despite the number one spot, it seems to have no effect on the PSP's sales figure. As a matter of fact, it has dropped slightly. Maybe it's because of the after effect of Golden Week, because every other console have dropped, with the DS dropping a massive 122,000 units back to its normal weekly pattern. So in that regards, PSP is holding up quite well.
The same can't be said of PS3, though. It has broken the 10,000 mark. It only managed 9,000 units. As if Sony is not having enough trouble in America, it doesn't do well back home either. This week, it's being outsold by the Wii at almost 6 to 1. DS outsold PSP by 4.75 to 1. XBox continues to be ignored by the Japanese.
DSL - 163,785
Wii - 52,544
PSP - 34,433
PS2 - 10,414
PS3 - 8,839
Xbox360 - 2,105
Market share this week
DSL vs PSP
82.63% vs 17.37%
Wii vs PS3 vs XBox 360
82.76% vs 13.92% vs 3.32%
Source: Media Create
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