Week 17 September - 23 September 2007
Cloud and gang are certain getting a lot of attention nowadays. For the second week running, FFVII: Crisis Core tops the Japanese games sales chart with 108,519. No wonder Square Enix is milking as much they could possibly can out of the series.
And second on the chart is yet another PSP game, Kojima's MGS series - Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops Plus (93,354). That pushes both Pokemon down the 3rd and 4th spots. Does this mark the end of Nintendo's honeymoon? Or is it just a minor hiccup? Only time will tell.
But DS games still take a stranglehold on the number of games on the top 50 week in, week out, it's hard to imagine Nintendo losing market share anytime soon.
Best selling games for each platform (that is on the chart) this week
PSP - Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core
DS - Pokemon Dungeon
PS2 - Kiniro no Corda 2 Anchor
Wii - Mario Striker Charged
PS3 - Everybody's Golf 5
Number of titles in the top 50 for each platform this week:
DS - 28
PSP - 8
PS2 - 7
Wii - 5
PS3 - 2
Console War VII: Battle for Nippon
With the slim PSP on sales on the 20th and the influx of FFVII sales still going strong into its second week, it's no surprise that PSP has taken over the hardware sale this week for the second week running.
Much like what happens with the DS not so long ago, PSP sold more than twice as many unit as everything else combined. It's so quick how the tide turns. Certainly not a good week for Nintendo, no doubt the Sony guys are laughing now. But is this a long term thing, or will it be over in a month? Sit tight, PSP still has a very very long way to go till they catch up with the DS. Maybe the DS is not selling because everyone and his dog in Japan has one?
PSP - 277,794
DSL - 70,523
Wii - 24,992
PS2 - 11,373
PS3 - 10,732
Xbox360 - 1,687
Market share this week
DSL vs PSP
20.25% vs 79.75%
Wii vs PS3 vs XBox 360
66.80% vs 28.69% vs 4.51%
Source: Media Create
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