Charts: Japan hearts Kingdom Hearts

By Robert Purchese Published 12 June, 2009

Sales down, newcomers scarce.

The Japanese software chart is ruled by Kingdom Hearts 358/2 for a second week, with Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth holding strong at two.

But numbers, when compared with last week's, are well down across the board.

Two new entries shake up the top 10. The first of these is Arc Rise Fantasia for Wii, which debuts at four. Made by Marvelous and imageepooch, Arc Rise Fantasia is a turn-based RPG that scored 32/40 in Japanese magazine Famitsu, for what it's worth. There's a video of Arc Rise Fantasia to watch on Eurogamer TV.

Evangelion: Jo is the other new entry this week, which arrives at six on PSP and 16 on PS2. This is an adaptation of a Japanese animated film that's based on a Japanese animated series. Confusing, isn't it. Namco Bandai's behind the wheel, and there's a trailer on YouTube to digest.

There's no shaking of the hardware hierarchy, although, again, sales are down.

This Week Last Week Title Platform Weekly Sales Lifetime Sales
1 New entry Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days DS 106,000 401,000
2 New entry Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth DS 42,000 214,000
3 New entry Dynasty Warriors 6 Empires PS3 27,000 103,000
4 New entry Arc Rise Fantasia Wii 26,000 26,000
5 4 Sloane and McHale's Mysterious Story DS 26,000 102,0000
6 New entry Evangelion: Jo (Prologue) PSP 15,000 15,000
7 11 Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (BEST) PSP 14,000 722,000
8 5 Half-Minute Hero PSP 9000 36,000
9 13 Wii Fit Wii Fit 9000 3,444,000

Japanese hardware sales:

Platform This Week Last Week 2009 Sales Lifetime Sales
DS 44,447 73,056 1,522,322 26,597,510
PSP 29,070 32,251 1,080,228 12,438,331
Wii 17,177 17,810 562,551 8,041,528
PS3 10,173 12,427 558,259 3,180,727
Xbox 360 6625 4857 209,093 1,038,530
PS2 4096 4120 121,613 21,521,142
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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (8) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • TheStatics #1 3 years ago

    Edited as I'm supremely thick!

    Edited by 1 at 12/06/09 @ 14:31

  • davisorle #2 3 years ago

    Only thing interesting out of the sales is that in Japan all hardware sales went down except the 360's. How come?

  • mashk #3 3 years ago

    360 sales are up! Woohoo!

  • sneetch #4 3 years ago

    @davisorle

    The market is possibly starting to reach saturation point for the other consoles; as in an awful lot of Wiis and PS3 have been sold in Japan leaving fewer and fewer people who still want one but bugger all 360s have been sold there.
    Edited by 1 at 12/06/09 @ 15:21

  • Doctor_What #5 3 years ago

    Those figures of 3:1 PS3:360 are still pretty amazing for the 360 in the region compared to the last generation (but they're still pretty hopeless as a whole).

    I'd disagree that the PS3 is anywhere near saturation, only the saturation for this price point. Drop that and I think that they will get a lot more interest.

  • miiiguel #6 3 years ago

    "Only thing interesting out of the sales is that in Japan all hardware sales went down except the 360's. How come? "

    My bet: E3 and the Milo Effect. Japanese dig that sort of thing.

  • sneetch #7 3 years ago

    @Doctor_What
    I'd disagree that the PS3 is anywhere near saturation, only the saturation for this price point. Drop that and I think that they will get a lot more interest.

    Definitely, drop the price in any region and the sales will increase but at this price point and coming into the summer I'm not surprised to see it drop off.

  • Les #8 3 years ago

    "Those figures of 3:1 PS3:360 are still pretty amazing for the 360 in the region compared to the last generation"

    Primarily because it's the wrong comparison to make relative to last gen though: PS3 isn't exactly setting Japan on fire as the PS2 did. So they've gained against Sony but lost a lot of ground to Nintendo.