VGChartz reports that their estimated numbers for Japanese hardware and software chart for week ending May 17th, 2008 was as follows:
Total Hardware: [Last Week #]
PSP: 62,398 (-25%) [83,071]
Wii: 40,175 (-42%) [69,500]
DSL: 36,125 (-28%) [50,110]
PS3: 6,908 (-18%) [8,443]
PS2: 5,640 (-28%) [7,887]
360: 1,295 (-16%) [1,544]
Top 10 Software:
1 Monster Hunter Freedom 2nd G (PSP) 50,797 2,161,693
2 Mario Kart Wii (Wii) 50,434 1,248,731
3 Luminous Arc 2: Will (DS) 40,087 40,087 [NEW]
4 Bleach: Heat the Soul (PSP) 39,797 39,797 [NEW]
5 Wii Fit (Wii) 34,762 2,070,021
6 Battalion Wars 2 (Wii) 23,137 23,137 [NEW]
7 Meccha Taiko no Tatsujin DS Nanatsu no Shima no Daibouken (DS) 16,476 135,658
8 Link no Bowgun Training (Wii) 15,578 158,392
9 DS Bimoji Training (DS) 11,993 223,864
10 Wii Sports (Wii) 11,229 3,032,42
Other New Releases:
14 The Color Blue (PS2) 8,377 8,377 [NEW]
Software Totals:
DSL: 236,255 (-27%) Tie Ratio: 4.29
Wii: 175,034 (-45%) Tie Ratio: 3.45
PSP: 115,180 (-7%) Tie Ratio: 1.93
PS2: 47,284 (-12%) Tie Ratio: 5.65
PS3: 25,825 (-28%) Tie Ratio: 2.49
360: 9,629 (+16%) Tie Ratio: 4.4
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.
PS3 needs some MGS4 NOW
Yeah for sure!!..
WHO CARES ABOUT JAP SALES THEY should learn how to make next gen games before we care about them .
you kno wats funny. the ps3 is doing horrible in japan,so how is the 360 doing
i admit ps3 is doing bad
Everybody in Japan waits for the PS3+MGS4+DS3-Bundle.
i believethat Sony will sell 90000 - 102000 Units in the week after 12.June