DSi LL gives Nintendo Japanese bump
While Left 4 Dead 2 does suprisingly well.
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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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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Japan loves zombies
/cocks combat shotgun
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I don't have poor eyesight and I'm not senile yet, and I love them big screens. I will get on of those LL's.
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eBay, was gonna use onilne importers but thought screw it and bought of some dude in Hong Kong.
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I agree, Japans got a fascination with anything scary, freaky or even slightly undead.
/shotguns combat cock
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I have a DS and a DS Lite, but would still love to get my hands on the LL. But if that means having to ditch my US or JAP games, I'll have to give it a miss.
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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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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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That's what donnie said lol simple facts are the PS3 has stayed at 30k for 2 months and after FF isn't GT5 coming out???
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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.
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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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28/11/09 @ 16:29
I'm with MDL199 - I can't enjoy playing games unless my console is selling the most units
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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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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