[Golden Legacy]

I thought I'd post this. This will be updated consistently, and you are all welcome to post comments, thoughts, speculation, etc. Each week, I will post both the top ten selling games in Japan, as well as the sales of all consoles, as they become available.

Important Note: Sometimes you will see two figures. If it is GAME SALES (i.e. the ones in green), then the one on the left is the sales for that week and the one on the right is the total sales of the unit. But if it is CONSOLE SALES (i.e. the ones in red), the figure on the left is sales for that week, but the figure on the right is for units sold that year only.

Source: The MagicBox

Console Sales: December 11 - December 17
DS Lite 319,708 6,761,521
Wii 108,237 544,034
PlayStation 3 70,942 308,909
PSP 48,962 1,641,910
PlayStation 2 37,730 1,366,557
Xbox 360 17,168 163,014
GBA SP 1,867 219,003
GB Micro 1,491 139,765
GameCube 1,152 73,781

Game Sales: December 11 - December 17
1 Pokemon Diamond NDS Nintendo 123,573 2,119,848
2 Pokemon Pearl NDS Nintendo 97,409 1,766,776
3 Hoshi no Kirby: Sanjou! Dorocche Dan NDS Nintendo 92,173 557,634
4 Fushigi no Dungeon: Fuurai no Shiren NDS Sega 88,242 88,242
5 New Super Mario Bros. NDS Nintendo 77,761 3,617,021
6 Oshare Majo Love and Berry NDS Sega 72,841 608,545
7 Jump Ultimate Stars NDS Nintendo 71,339 349,979
8 Wild Arms: The Vth Vanguard PS2 Sony 70,476 70,476
9 Wii Sports Wii Nintendo 69,923 318,473
10 Pokemon Battle Revolution Wii Nintendo 67,607 67,607




Past Sales

Console Sales: November 27 - December 3
Wii 350,358 350,358
DS Lite 176,901 6,132,183
PlayStation 3 31,436 187,796
PSP 23,917 1,564,018
PlayStation 2 23,115 1,298,367
Xbox 360 4,053 110,503
GBA SP 1,572 215,240
GB Micro 1,252 136,719
GameCube 821 72,060
Nintendo DS 140 957,347

Game Sales: November 27 - December 3
1 Tales of Destiny PS2 Bandai Namco 269,756 269,756
2 Wii Sports Wii Nintendo 176,167 176,167
3 Hajimete no Wii Wii Nintendo 174,297 174,297
4 Legend of Zelda: The Twilight Princess Wii Nintendo 139,011 139,011
5 Final Fantasy VI Advance GBA Square Enix 137,810 137,810
6 Summon Night 4 PS2 Banpresto 115,701 115,701
7 Pokemon Diamond NDS Nintendo 70,190 1,897,417
8 Jump Ultimate Stars NDS Nintendo 66,269 216,572
9 Odoru Made in Wario [WarioWare: Smooth Moves] Wii Nintendo 63,954 63,954
10 Oshare Majo Love and Berry NDS Sega 60,041 481,268

Console Sales: November 6 - November 12
Platform Sales Total
DS Lite 148,174 5,625,283
PlayStation 3 81,639 81,639
PSP 19,123 1,492,596
PlayStation 2 16,157 1,232,921
Xbox 360 3,864 95,393
GBA SP 1,320 211,205
GB Micro 1,213 133,195
GameCube 496 70,149
Nintendo DS 279 956,813
GBA 12 3,213
Xbox 3 1,699

Game Sales: November 6 - November 12
Rank Game Title Platform Publisher Sales Total
1 Imasara Hito niwa Kikenai Otona no Joushikiryoku Training DS NDS Nintendo 102,240 451,106
2 Pokemon Diamond NDS Nintendo 78,744 1,682,896
3 Hoshi no Kirby: Sanjou! Dorocche Dan [Kirby Squeak Squad] NDS Nintendo 77,949 244,081
4 Pokemon Pearl NDS Nintendo 65,574 1,423,990
5 Zaidan Houjin Nippon Kanji Nouryoku Kentei Kyoukai Koushiki Soft NDS IE Institute 33,932 33,932
6 New Super Mario Bros. NDS Nintendo 27,361 3,393,921
7 Kawashima Ryuuta Kyouju Kanshuu: Motto Nouo Kitaeru Otona DS Training NDS Nintendo 24,166 3,412,008
8 World Soccer Winning Eleven DS NDS Konami 23,653 112,928
9 Ridge Racer 7 PS3 Namco Bandai 21,655 21,655
10 Mobile Suit Gundam: Target in Sight PS3 Namco Bandai 21,310 21,310

Console Sales: October 16 - October 22
1. DS Lite - 116,941 [5,205,331] units
2. PlayStation 2 - 22,380 [1,173,950] units
3. PSP - 20,271 [1,423,840] units
4. GBA-SP - 2,421 [206,584] units
5. GB Micro - 1,660 [129,332] units
6. Xbox 360 - 1,287 [83,384] units
7. GameCube - 638 [68,362] units
8. Nintendo DS - 130 [956,047] units
9. GBA - 12 [3,166] units
10. Xbox - 6 [1,689] units

Game Sales: October 16 - October 22
1. Pokemon Diamond (NDS, Nintendo) - 137,629 [1,371,199] units
2. Pokemon Pearl (NDS, Nintendo) - 94,350 [1,191,282] units
3.Captain Tsubasa (PS2, Namco Bandai) - 41,708 units
4. Zaidan Houjin Nippon Kanji Nouryoku Kentei Kyoukai Kounin: KanKen DS (NDS, Rocket Co.) - 35,911 [156,624] units
5. Gekitou! Custom Robo (NDS, Nintendo) - 34,304 units
6. Final Fantasy V Advance (GBA, Square Enix) - 32,329 [157,169] units
7. New Super Mario Bros, (NDS, Nintendo) - 29,965 [3,304,367] units
8. Dragon Ball Z: Sparking! NEO (PS2, Namco Bandai) - 28,042 [359,582] units
9. Kawashima Ryuuta Kyouju Kanshuu: Motto Nouo Kitaeru Otona DS Training (NDS, Nintendo) - 22,006 [3,336,012] units
10. Oide yo Doubutsu no Mori [Animal Crossing: Wild World] (NDS, Nintendo) - 20,406 [3,349,277] units

Console Sales: September 11 - September 17
1. DS Lite - 134,885 [4,445,542] units
2. PlayStation 2 - 34,189 [1,034,214] units
3. PSP - 26,995 [1,312,479] units
4. GBA SP - 2,330 [196,376] units
5. GB Micro - 1,244 [122,396] units
6. Xbox 360 - 928 [74,949] units
7. GameCube - 630 [65,297] units
8. Nintendo DS - 478 [954,815] units
9. GBA - 27 [3,075] units
10. Xbox - 7 [1,661] units

Game Sales: September 11 - September 17
1. Everybody's Tennis (PS2, Sony) - 226,976 units
2. Rurouni Kenshin: Enjou! Kyoto Rinne (PS2, Banpresto) - 75,007 units
3. Final Fantasy III (NDS, Square Enix) - 57,057 [655,533] units
4. New Super Mario Bros. (NDS, Nintendo) - 53,089 [3,080,126] units
5. God Hand (PS2, Capcom) - 48,280 units
6. Kahashima Ryuuta Kyouju Kanshuu: Motto Nouo Kitaeru Otona DS Training (NDS, Nintendo) - 34,959 [3,186,871] units
7. Ridge Racers 2 (PSP, Namco Bandai) - 28,232 units
8. Nounenrei: Nou Stress Kei Atama Scan (NDS, Sega) - 27,890 units
9. Oide yo Doubutsu no Mori [Animal Forest: Wild World] (NDS, Nintendo) - 24,792 [3,230,554] units
10. Shaberu! DS Oryouri Navi (NDS, Nintendo) - 27,766 [465,958] units

Console Sales: August 28 - September 3
1. DS Lite - 228,939 [4,196,826] units
2. PSP - 27,499 [1,256,343] units
3. PlayStation 2 - 22,703 [980,143] units
4. GBA SP - 2,751 [191,942] units
5. GB Micro - 1,791 [119,351] units
6. Xbox 360 - 1,250 [69,927] units
7. GameCube - 855 [63,971] units
8. Nintendo DS - 320 [953,279] units
9. GBA - 22 [3,035] units
10. Xbox - 0 [1,649] units

Game Sales: August 28 - September 3
1. Phantasy Star Universe (PS2, Sega) - 120,202 units
2. New Super Mario Bros. (NDS, Nintendo) - 72,763 [2,974,027] units
3. Kahashima Ryuuta Kyouju Kanshuu: Motto Nouo Kitaeru Otona DS Training (NDS, Nintendo) - 46,662 [3,119,857] units
4. Final Fantasy III (NDS, Square Enix) - 45,949 [549,001] units
5. Mogitate Tincle no Bara Iro Ruppii Land (NDS, Nintendo) - 45,496 units
6. Shaberu! DS Oryouri Navi (NDS, Nintendo) - 35,689 [419,733] units
7. Mario Hoops 3-on-3 (NDS, Nintendo) - 34,001 [267,763] units
8. Oide yo Doubutsu no Mori [Animal Crossing: Wild World] (NDS, Nintendo) - 32,605 [3,181,735] units
9. Rhythm Tengoku (GBA, Nintendo) - 28,361 [123,432] units
10. Tamagotchi no Puchi Puchi Omisecchi Gohi-Kini (NDS, Namco Bandai) - 27,540 [458,474] units

Console Sales: August 21 - August 27

1. DS Lite - 163,274 [3,967,887] units
2. PSP - 29,945 [1,228,844] units
3. PlayStation 2 - 21,829 [957,440] units
4. GBA SP - 2,719 [189,191] units
5. GB Micro - 1,819 [117,560] units
6. Xbox 360 - 1,197 [68,677] units
7. GameCube - 837 [63,116] units
8. Nintendo DS - 410 [952,959] units
9. GBA - 14 [3,013] units
10. Xbox - 12 [1,649] units

Game Sales: August 21 - August 27

1. Final Fantasy III (NDS, Square Enix) - 503,051 units
2. New Super Mario Bros. (NDS, Nintendo) - 65,556 [2,901,264] units
3. Rune Factory: Shin Bokujou Monogatari (NDS, Marvelous) - 42,210 units
4. Kahashima Ryuuta Kyouju Kanshuu: Motto Nouo Kitaeru Otona DS Training (NDS, Nintendo) - 41,784 [3,073,195] units [Brain Age Academy]
5. Shaberu! DS Oryouri Navi (NDS, Nintendo) - 37,326 [384,045] units
6. Tamagotchi no Puchi Puchi Omisecchi Gohi-Kini (NDS, Namco Bandai) - 30,504 [430,934] units
7. Mario Basket 3-on-3 (NDS, Nintendo) - 30,355 [233,762] units
8. Oide yo Doubutsu no Mori [Animal Crossing: Wild World] (NDS, Nintendo) - 30,023 [3,149,130] units
9. Kawashima Ryuuta Kyouju Kanshuu: Nouwo Kitaeru Otona no DS Training (NDS, Nintendo) - 22,866 [2,736,150 ] units [Train your Brain in Minutes per day!]
10. Eigoga Nigatena Otona no DS Training: Eigo Duke (NDS, Nintendo) - 17,465 [1,401,669] units

Comments: A perfect sweep! Top Ten, DS!

[Lemontime]

Great topic. But can you just post the english name? I have no idea what Eigoga Nigatena Otona no DS Training: Eigo Duke is.

And you made an error. [ZOMG].

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The one on the left is the sales for that week and the one on the left is the total sales of the unit.

[Golden Legacy]

Thanks for pointing all that out. It's rather late where I am.

[Aquamarine]

Good idea GL! This topic will prove very interesting once the Wii and PS3 are released... Then the Wii wi(i)ll have a perfect sweep!
But for now... GO DS!

[TheEnglishman]

All DS? I guess this shows the popularity of Nintendo is strongest in Japan.
It sure ain't like that over here.

[Lemontime]

The japanese market is crazy for innovative little things. And innovative little things with hundreds of attachments.. Even better! After all, it ain't the size of your.. Genitals, it's the amount of attachments you have that really matters.
That phrase doesn't go for women. In their case... I got nothing.

[FlamingDuck]

You always make the analogies...

But yeah, translations would be pretty cool. Hooray for quasi-monopolies!

[Golden Legacy]

Updated with console sales for August 21 to August 27. Console sales will be in red, game sales in green.

[Toasty]

And people say GC's are ghey. Looks like they've outsold the Xbox. But does the number in brackets mean the units sold this year? or since release?

[Lemontime]

The DS is obviously still the clear leader. I'm surprised that the original DS has sold so many more than the DS Lite. But one again the DS has a clear lead over everything else, with more than triple the sales than all other consoles.

[TheEnglishman]

Wow nearly 4 million DS Lite's sold? Are there any people left in Japan who don't have one yet?

[Golden Legacy]

Mr.T, on Sep 2 2006, 02:58 AM, said:

And people say GC's are ghey. Looks like they've outsold the Xbox. But does the number in brackets mean the units sold this year? or since release?

Good call, Mr. T.

I have updated the original post with that explanation.

[Aquamarine]

Japanese people very rarely buy or like anything from other countries. That's why the GameCube sells much better than XBox. How does it fare in America? Not as good as the XBox.
Random Fact: One of the rare American things that was popular in Japan was X-Files.

[Golden Legacy]

If you look at the chart, you'll see that the Xbox 360 has sold less than 70,000 units this year. The GameCube has sold nearly that amount for 2006. Clearly, Microsoft has failed once again (the highest sales of Xbox 360 occured with the release of Dead or Alive 4).

[Someone Else]

I guess that's great and all but... am I supposed to care what game/console is selling best in Japan? I'm in America dammit.

[/impulse post >_>;;;;]

[TheEnglishman]

Wind Dude, on Sep 3 2006, 05:38 AM, said:

I guess that's great and all but... am I supposed to care what game/console is selling best in Japan? I'm in America dammit.

[/impulse post >_>;;;;]

I guess it allows a view of game popularity across the world. Then again, pretty much everyone knows Nintendo will sell well in Japan as that's its home.
At least this isn't the the British chart. Last time I checked, Cars was top of the list. :D

[Golden Legacy]

New update, today.

DS tops 200,000 units in sales for that week. On the console/hardware front, Final Fantasy III tops 500,000 units sold since its release two weeks ago (Square Enix expected only 350,000) and New Super Mario Brothers is about to top three million units.

[Aquamarine]

Whoa, that's really quite amazing! I sure hope Wii has the same success as the DS.

[TheEnglishman]

Aquamarine, on Sep 9 2006, 08:08 AM, said:

Whoa, that's really quite amazing! I sure hope Wii has the same success as the DS.

It's pretty likely. Japan are more likely to go with Nintendo than anybody else, though since it is a big part of the country it makes sense.
~1337~ :angry:

[Golden Legacy]

Just to check, are you guys referring to my first post? Because that's where all the new data/sales are.

[Sea of Time]

I can't believe the DS Lite is selling almost four times more copies than the nearest competition! That's a dominance that is almost shocking, compared to the sales here in North America.

[Aquamarine]

Golden Legacy, on Sep 9 2006, 04:51 PM, said:

Just to check, are you guys referring to my first post? Because that's where all the new data/sales are.

Yes, don't worry, it's pretty clear that you add all the updates to the first post. And might I repeat that this topic is a good idea.

[Sea of Time]

I totally agree. I love comparing the sales here to the ones in Japan. It really opens your eyes to what is really popular overseas.

[TheEnglishman]

It also shows you how the people of your country love crappy games. Cars is still first in the British chart. ;)

[Sea of Time]

Doesn't that mean your country loves crappy games? We manufacture them but you're the ones who buy them.

[TheEnglishman]

Sea_of_Time, on Sep 10 2006, 08:29 PM, said:

Doesn't that mean your country loves crappy games? We manufacture them but you're the ones who buy them.

Sorry SoT I meant that in a more general way rather than aimed at you SoT. I meant that Britain seems to love the awfulness. Sorry if I made that look wrong.

[Toasty]

Cars isn't a bad game. It's actually pretty fun. But it's still amazing that that particular game is at the top of the charts. I would've expected something else.

[Aquamarine]

Almost every game based on an animated movie sells very well, even if the game is crap. I remember Finding Nemo being at the top of the charts for GameCube, AND it's a million seller. And everyone says that game is crap.

[TheEnglishman]

I guess that seeing the character's face on the front of the box is enough to set kids off to buy it in their millions. Movie games are generally just a cash in on a films popularity, but there are some acceptions. Spiderman is meant to be good and there are quite a few good Star Wars games (amongst some fairly crappy ones as well). And recently there has been a rise of better movie games. Perhaps this is the start of a new trend? Probably not but it wouldn't affect their dominance of the charts.

[Golden Legacy]

Updated for the week of September 11 to September 17, game and console sales.

[Aquamarine]

I'm quite surprised that the PS2 is still selling so well, what with PS3 coming out soon, and I'm really amazed that the normal DS is selling so badly now. I mean, I know everyone wants a Lite, but still... it's surprising.

[Golden Legacy]

You do realize that the normal DS has been discontinued?

[TheEnglishman]

Golden Legacy, on Sep 23 2006, 03:55 PM, said:

You do realize that the normal DS has been discontinued?

Has it? I didn't know that.
Makes sense though. The Lite is just so much better, that no one else would be after the original.

[Golden Legacy]

Of course it has. At the very least, it has in North America and in Japan.

Any remaining regular DS systems that are sold are just those left over from before the Lite was released.

[Aquamarine]

Golden Legacy, on Sep 23 2006, 04:55 PM, said:

You do realize that the normal DS has been discontinued?

Oh, I didn't know that either. But as Me111 said, it makes sense, since it's so much better. But is the Lite more expensive than the original? If it is then all this makes EVEN more sense. Nintendo would want to make as much money as they could, even if it meant not allowing consumers to buy the cheaper of the two.

[Golden Legacy]

DS Lite - 134,885 [4,445,542] units
PSP - 26,995 [1,312,479] units

Even if the Lite is priced the same as the original, just look at those statistics. It's sold five times as much as the PSP this week, and in total over three times as many units (this year alone). Include another million for the regular DS, and you can see how Nintendo has continued to dominate the Japanese handheld market.

[My Best Wishes]

It's because everyone (including me) has realised that Nintendo is soooo much more fun then Sony. (I traded in my PSP for a game cube: P )

I love it how the 360 is doing so poorly, waddle on Microsoft, waddle on.

[Aquamarine]

Whoa, I thought you were always a Sony fan watch! Or maybe that was someone else... Possibly Anubis. But yes, Ninty IS far more fun than Sony and Microsoft put together. I wish everyone else in the world would open their eyes and see that powerful and realistic graphics don't make a good game.
It seems all more and more likely that Nintendo will be number 1 once again. The DS obviously is already, but I'm talking about the console wars. The 360 isn't doing very well and it's been available for, what, a year? The PS3 will launch with a pathetic amount of systems and everyone seems to adore the Wii. Good on Nintendo!

[TheEnglishman]

Aquamarine, on Sep 25 2006, 08:49 PM, said:

Whoa, I thought you were always a Sony fan watch! Or maybe that was someone else... Possibly Anubis. But yes, Ninty IS far more fun than Sony and Microsoft put together. I wish everyone else in the world would open their eyes and see that powerful and realistic graphics don't make a good game.

Yes but it does make a good looking game which people are more interested in. That's why they aren't as popular.

[My Best Wishes]

Aquamarine, on Sep 26 2006, 05:49 AM, said:

Whoa, I thought you were always a Sony fan watch! Or maybe that was someone else... Possibly Anubis. But yes, Ninty IS far more fun than Sony and Microsoft put together. I wish everyone else in the world would open their eyes and see that powerful and realistic graphics don't make a good game.
It seems all more and more likely that Nintendo will be number 1 once again. The DS obviously is already, but I'm talking about the console wars. The 360 isn't doing very well and it's been available for, what, a year? The PS3 will launch with a pathetic amount of systems and everyone seems to adore the Wii. Good on Nintendo!

Yea I was. I think I ditched Sony when I was playing SSBM for the first time sometime last week at a mates. I then went out and traded my old SP and PSP stuff (but I kept my DS :P).

I also could no be stuffed with the whole Sony V Microsoft thing. Nintendo is just plain old fun.

[Golden Legacy]

I know it's been a while, but I've updated the first post with Console and Game sales for October 16 to October 22nd. Sorry for the delay.

[Aquamarine]

Wow, I just CAN'T believe that Diamond and Pearl are the two best sellers. *sarcasm*

Anyway, we forgive you GL. ;)

[FlamingDuck]

Wow, Nintendo is pretty much killing everyone. A lot. Heh, I can't help but to laugh at the 6 Xbox sales. I know its really old and hardly anyone wants one, now that there's the 360, but still...

[Golden Legacy]

Newly Updated. Launch of Wii, PS3's second week.

[Golden Djinn13]

I'm glad to see that the PS3 hasn't been completely murdered by the Wii. Theres still a gap between them, but its not as big as I thought it was.

[Golden Legacy]

Not to mention, also, that the Wii has many more units being shipped than PS3. The Wii sold nearly 400,000 units at launch day, five times what Sony shipped for PS3.

[Aquamarine]

This is quite interesting:
http://www.nintendow...cfm?artid=12527

Good going Nintendo!

[TheEnglishman]

Well it's likely that they'll have a large share of the market if they have two consoles and two handhelds available to be purchased, though I guess there won't be many more sales for Gamecube or GBA anymore.

[Golden Djinn13]

The psp still seems to be making sales. Thats probably due to the large amount of idiots that mess with the files on it and screw it up, then going to buy a brand new one....Trust me, I should know n.n;

[Golden Legacy]

Newly updated with sales for December 11 to December 17.

[Lemontime]

The Wii is owning.
'Nuff said!