VGChartz reports that their estimated numbers for Japanese hardware and software chart for week ending April 5th, 2008 was as follows:
Total Hardware: [Last Week #]
PSP: 110,992 (-19%) [137,183]
DSL: 56,160 (-6%) [59,697]
Wii: 49,076 (-0%) [49,137]
PS2: 10,603 (+3%) [10,249]
PS3: 10,268 (-17%) [12,345]
360: 1,832 (-18%) [2,239]
Top 10 Software:
1 Monster Hunter Freedom 2nd G (PSP) 581,102 1,438,531
2 Warriors Orochi: Maou Sairin (PS2) 215,643 215,643 [NEW]
3 Star Ocean: The Second Evolution (PSP) 89,947 89,947 [NEW]
4 Pro Baseball Spirits 5 (PS2) 80,277 80,277 [NEW]
5 Yoiko's Life on an Uninhabited Island (DS) 54,082 54,082 [NEW]
6 Pro Yakyuu Spirits 5 (PS3) 52,452 52,452 [NEW]
7 Pokemon Ranger: Batonnage (DS) 52,179 396,931
8 Wii Fit (Wii) 36,908 1,830,374
9 Dairantou Smash Brothers X (Wii) 24,463 1,636,466
10 Deca Sporta (Wii) 18,778 112,362
Other New Releases:
21 Detective Conan: Kieta Hakase to Machigai Sagashi no To (DS) 8,083 8,083 [NEW]
Software Totals: (Last Week #)
PSP: 730,701 (964,887)
DSL: 369,797 (479,083)
PS2: 355,494 (106,329)
Wii: 144,275 (180,329)
PS3: 87,701 (51,365)
360: 14,365 (25,915)
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.
actually sold 1.5 million copies according to Capcom official reports.
Good numbers for Star Ocean as well
PS2 and PS3 are being outsold by the Wii and DS. But the Playstation brand is dominating.
is going on with the PS3 in Japan?. Japan division really must do something soon.
Monster Hunter #'s are crazy.. damn imagine if Capcom had kept it PS3 exclusive..what it would have done for the console.....Sony needs to pull a MS on Capcom..and bribe them for MH...on the PS3...