VGChartz reports that their estimated numbers for Japanese hardware and software chart for week ending June 21st, 2008 was as follows:
Total Hardware: [Last Week #]
PSP: 60,410 (+4%) [58,203]
Wii: 59,994 (+41%) [42,643]
DSL: 51,920 (+40%) [37,032]
PS3: 18,483 (-20%) [23,037]
PS2: 8,148 (+21%) [6,730]
360: 3,530 (+53%) [2,313]
Top 10 Software:
1 Derby Stallion DS (DS) 172,224 172,224 [NEW]
2 Teiruzu obu Shinfonia-Ratatosuku no Kishi (Wii) 164,210 164,210 [NEW]
3 Daigasso! Band Brothers DX (DS) 116,172 116,172 [NEW]
4 Pachislot Series Vol 12: CR Neon Geneses Evangelion (PS2) 49,225 49,225 [NEW]
5 Higurashi no Nakukoru ni Kizuna: Dai-Ichi-Kan - Tatari (DS) 42,804 42,804 [NEW]
6 Ken to Mahou to Gakuen Mono (PSP) 31,818 31,818 [NEW]
7 Wii Fit (Wii) 30,491 2,286,066
8 Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3) 28,420 573,334
9 Mobile Suit Gundam: Operation: Troy (360) 27,940 27,940 [NEW]
10 Mario Super Sluggers (Wii) 27,482 86,313
Other New Releases:
12 Devil Kings X (PS2) 25,166 25,166 [NEW]
13 Bleach: The 3rd Phantom (DS) 25,053 25,053 [NEW]
14 Spice and Wolf (DS) 19,373 19,373 [NEW]
19 Disgaea: Prince of the Demon World and the Red Moon (DS) 17,343 17,343 [NEW]
20 The King of Fighters 98 Ultimate Match (PS2) 16,728 16,728 [NEW]
Software Totals: [Last Week #]
DSL: 589,365 (+154%) [231,940] Tie Ratio: 4.34
Wii: 308,240 (+73%) [177,735] Tie Ratio: 3.48
PS2: 130,269 (+61%) [80,920] Tie Ratio: 5.66
PSP: 116,181 (-30%) [167,071] Tie Ratio: 1.94
360: 48,988 (+445%) [8,985] Tie Ratio: 4.64
PS3: 47,888 (-47%) [89,926] Tie Ratio: 2.70
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.
But 360 beating the PS3 in software in Japan? WTF?
Lol..i think thats supposed to be an error. Theres 1 title in the top 20 for the 360 and the PS3, in which MGS4 sold more than Gundam did..Where they're getting that extra boost of 20 some odd thousand is beyond me. In any case, the fact the PS3 is still selling higher than it's normal 10,000 units per week average shows that if they wanna raise it up to twice that much at least, they need to bring that bundle back and drop the price at least 50 bucks. People are buying, but more people want it alittle cheaper.
Are U ready for another beating next time in Japan, 360?
For Tales of Symphonia 2. I can't wait for that game's release here in the U.S.
Oh, look at the source material. Fake ass numbers. What I find so funny, Ps3 had over 500,000 units sold for June according to TVG and Sim and yet they're still stuck in that 13 million range still. If it's up to VGcharts they'll never get to 14 million.
What a bunch of junk bunk.