VGChartz reports that their estimated numbers for Japanese hardware and software chart for week ending March 29th, 2008 was as follows:
Total Hardware: [Last Week #]
PSP: 133,984 (+109%) [64,175]
DSL: 63,076 (+1%) [62,343]
Wii: 53,450 (-5%) [56,483]
PS3: 12,053 (-18%) [14,726]
PS2: 10,468 (+8%) [9,685]
360: 2,333 (+13%) [2,064]
Top 10 Software:
1 Monster Hunter Freedom 2nd G (PSP) 857,429 857,429 [NEW]
2 Pokémon Ranger: Batonnage (DS) 102,644 344,752
3 Kidou Senshi Gundam 00 (DS) 49,376 49,376 [NEW]
4 Wii Fit (Wii) 40,759 1,793,466
5 Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch-Lost Colors (PSP) 34,719 34,719 [NEW]
6 Dairantou Smash Brothers X (Wii) 32,928 1,612,003
7 Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch-Lost Colors (PS2) 29,410 29,410 [NEW]
8 Deca Sporta (Wii) 28,007 93,584
9 Sim City DS 2: From the Past to the Future (DS) 23,754 71,425
10 Crayon Shin-chan: Arashi wo Yobu Cinema Land (DS) 17,162 49,146
Other New Releases:
14 Guilty Gear Accent Core Plus (PS2) 13,319 13,319 [NEW]
15 Vitamin X Evolution (DS) 13,298 13,298 [NEW]
16 Lux Pain (DS) 12,341 12,341 [NEW]
17 Kimi ga Aruji de Shitsuji ga Ore de: Otsukae Nikki (PS2) 12,326 12,326 [NEW]
22 Home Teacher Hitman Reborn!DS: Vongole Battle Dice (DS) 10,342 10,342 [NEW]
28 Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 32: Phantasy Star Complete Collection (PS2) 8,451 8,451 [NEW]
34 Dark Sector (360) 7,105 7,105 [NEW]
Software Totals: (Last Week #)
PSP: 951,568 (116,653)
DSL: 479,083 (682,295)
Wii: 179,663 (253,478)
PS2: 119,648 (74,443)
PS3: 51,365 (114,456)
360: 25,915 (47,324)
Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.
Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.
They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.
they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.
Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted
Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments
LucasArts gave Jango Fett his own game in 2002, and it pulled Star Wars into a much dirtier, rougher, and more interesting corner of the galaxy.
The Wii is now a retro console. Let’s get nostalgic about an often maligned system.
Crazy to think the WII is to the Switch 2, as the NES was to the WII back then. 20 Year difference.
My wife asks me to bust it out (heh) everyone once in a while to play bowling and tennis with the kids. There was a ton of slop on it but some good stuff as well.
Wii was great but boy howdy did it cause Microsoft to go on a dark walk with the Kinect and the disastrous XBox One launch that they arguably never recovered from.
Not nostalgic for me.. I was there.. anyone who wasnt a little kid realized it was a gamecube with shit tacked onto it, it was the "joke" system and was well below even the switch in terms of comparing it to the latest machines at the time. The machine was well loved by young people and "casual gamers" who now remember it 20 years on, or in most cases more of its sales came in the 15-20 years ago range not right at launch- but again its not nostalgic for people who were "gamers" then really, just for those who ended up with one in their house, the games , graphics, interface and online features were archaic already in 2006.
Look at Monster Hunter go..
it sure feels like psp is finally coming back to life, not saying it was dead before but it wasnt as hot handled like now, the future of handled will go to psp. and it can of shame on ps3 to sell almost the same as ps2! sony needs to make or buy more exclusive japanese oriented type of games.
Microsft is gonna kill the 360 in a year or two... its turning into SUCH A HUGE FLOP
Japan, gotta love the country. Sudden shifts in hardware sales thanks to one game? And these happen quite constantly...
Imagine a Monster hunter of the PS3