VGChartz reports that their estimated numbers for Japanese hardware and software chart for week ending May 24th, 2008 was as follows:
Total Hardware: [Last Week #]
PSP: 61,788 (-4%) [64,533]
Wii: 43,798 (+7%) [40,990]
DSL: 37,276 (+7%) [34,797]
PS3: 8,330 (+11%) [7,498]
PS2: 6,925 (+7%) [6,448]
360: 1,658 (+12%) [1,480]
Top 10 Software:
1 Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou! (DS) 56,751 56,751 [NEW]
2 Mario Kart Wii (Wii) 51,924 1,300,655
3 Monster Hunter Freedom 2nd G (PSP) 45,748 2,207,441
4 Wii Fit (Wii) 42,287 2,112,308
5 Glory of Heracles: Proof of Spirit (DS) 24,669 24,669 [NEW]
6 Bleach: Heat the Soul 5 (PSP) 15,027 54,824
7 Meccha Taiko no Tatsujin DS Nanatsu no Shima no Daibouken (DS) 13,966 149,624
8 Battalion Wars 2 (Wii) 13,033 36,170
9 Mario Kart DS (DS) 12,693 3,219,613
10 Wii Sports (Wii) 12,647 3,045,068
Other New Releases:
13 Hiiro no Kakera DS (DS) 10,984 10,984 [NEW]
18 Half-Life 2: The Orange Box (360) 8,978 8,978 [NEW]
Software Totals:
DSL: 306,775 (+30%) Tie Ratio: 4.30
Wii: 182,059 (+3%) Tie Ratio: 3.45
PSP: 83,903 (-27%) Tie Ratio: 1.92
PS2: 41,239 (-13%) Tie Ratio: 5.65
PS3: 29,032 (+13%) Tie Ratio: 2.49
360: 18,227 (+88%) Tie Ratio: 4.49
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.
360 is still flopping.
another slow week in japan. jus noticed the 360 as the best game tie ratio after the ps2 lol. looks like another slow week in america to for the 360 and ps3. jus europe havin decent sales this month for the 360 and ps3 i wasnt expectin this so soon after the launch of gta. i guess gta aint the great console shifter i thought it was.
you're not alone with that assumption
What a turn around
I'm more interested to look at Japan numbers when MGS4 come out.