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Nintendo wrestled dominance of the Japanese hardware market back from Sony this week, launching its new DSi LL to enviable success.
Regional data collector Media Create counted 100,553 sales on 22nd November - one day after the handheld's launch. That's more than Sony's PSPgo has sold in Japan (54,102) since it went on sale on 1st November.
Add DSi (32,070) and DS Lite (5051) sales and Nintendo's handheld posted a region-leading total of 137,674. The PSP (32,752) and PSPgo (4574) combined to sell 37,326 units.
The PS3 (34,752) was still ahead of the Wii (32,844), and the Xbox 360 (4085) and PS2 (2024) were still miles behind everything else.
Interestingly, Valve's infectious tour-de-force Left 4 Dead 2 managed a Japanese software debut in sixth, which is pretty impressive considering what it's up against.
Other newcomers this week were Taiko Drum Master Wii 2 (5th), Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (9th) and Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time (14th).
The week's top-selling game was Pokémon Heart Gold/Soul Silver on DS (55,361), which climbed over the three million lifetime sales mark in the process.
Best-sellers Tomodachi Collection (2nd) Wii Fit Plus (3rd), Inazuma Eleven 2 (4th), PES 2010 (7th), J-League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! 6: Pride of J (8th) and Dragon Ball: Raging Blast (10th) rounded out the top 10.
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The thing people seem to miss with the new DSi is that it is not primarily aimed at people like us.
Nintendo did their research and found that people with poor eyesight (particularly the senile) would benefit from even bigger screens than the original DSi offers.
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Penguinzoot
27/11/09 @ 15:17
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Valve's infectious tour-de-force Left 4 Dead 2 managed a Japanese software debut in sixth
Japan loves zombies :) Actually zombies are pretty popular everywhere! /cocks combat shotgun
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markymark22
27/11/09 @ 16:59
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It's actually a great question, how come sony are not advertising the pspgo?? Adverts with the psp in different colours yes but not even a mention of the newest member to the family. Strange.
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makeamazing
27/11/09 @ 17:38
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They have been advertising the PSP3000 in the uk, the MileyCirus pack or whatever it was, but that was about 3 or 4 weeks ago.
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feistycheese
27/11/09 @ 17:56
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Penguinzoot
I agree, Japans got a fascination with anything scary, freaky or even slightly undead. /shotguns combat cock |
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IronCladChicken
28/11/09 @ 16:29
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I'm with MDL199 - I can't enjoy playing games unless my console is selling the most units
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>Glad to see the PS3 leading the way in Japan
OH DEAR! There are some REALLY sad people around arent there? Oooh, im sooo glad machine X is selling 5% better than machine Y. Sheesh, when you next look in the mirror and wonder why you're still a virgin - have a serious think about it... And if you still cant figure it out - take a long hard think about what you just posted you sad loser. |
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Hmm... PS3 has been beating Wii since price cut + slim release in Japan, but now the sales spike seems to have evened out. At the moment total sales of PS3 are approx 4 million and total sales of Wii are well over 8 million in Japan.
I don't think PS3 is going to catch Wii in Japan anymore. I mean, for example if PS3 would start selling 20,000 units more per week than Wii regularly from this point forward (which is unlikely), it would take 4-5 years for it to catch up. FFXIII is going to have impact for sure, but then again release of DQX will pretty much counter effect that impact. |
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TonyHarrison
29/11/09 @ 12:55
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Japan is completely out of sync with the rest of the world right now, considering the Wii did over 700k worldwide in the latest figures (Sony and MS were way back in the 300k and 200k range respectively), and that number is only going to grow in the next released figures which will include US Black Friday sales.
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smelly
29/11/09 @ 08:25 ignore poster | #25 -1 You buried this comment Comment below viewing threshold Show >Glad to see the PS3 leading the way in Japan OH DEAR! There are some REALLY sad people around arent there? Oooh, im sooo glad machine X is selling 5% better than machine Y. Sheesh, when you next look in the mirror and wonder why you're still a virgin - have a serious think about it... And if you still cant figure it out - take a long hard think about what you just posted you sad loser. ============================================================ ============== Smelly, you're probably the saddest little tw@t on these message boards forever trolling and pissing people off with your smart ass little quips! You're a brave little boy hiding behind your keyboard but in the real world you're probably a scared and pathetic little nerd who only gets his sexual kicks from a sly w@nk over the latest Mario or Zelda game. |
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IronCladChicken
28/11/09 @ 16:29 I'm with MDL199 - I can't enjoy playing games unless my console is selling the most units ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------- Here's the weird thing about me I actually like to see the better consoles and better games selling the most units I get the feeling of a sense of justice in the gaming world. Strange eh? |
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IronCladChicken
29/11/09 @ 18:01
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@MDL199
Then it's a good job you are here to decide for everyone which is the best console and which are the best games - Otherwise people might start making their own decisions about what they enjoy playing ;) |
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