Nintendo sales drop in Japan, PS3 grows thanks to Bladestorm
The weekly rankings in Media Create are in. For the first time ever (in this year, at least), Nintendo’s best-selling handheld turned out a total number of sales that didn’t reach past the 100,000 mark. Despite this, the Nintendo DS still remains king of the hill with 94,339 units sold for the week ending September 2.
The Nintendo Wii follows its handheld brother with 39,371 units sold, while the PSP sits with figures of 22,196 units sold at third place. It’s the PS3, however, that showed some considerable spike up in the Japanese sales charts with 18,068 units sold.
This sudden rush of PS3 sales could be attributed to Koei‘s Bladestorm: The Hundred Years’ War, which debuted in the software charts this week straight up at the top two spot. Meanwhile, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 is trailing after the pack from sixth place with 1,635 consoles sold.
Here’s the full list of the Top 10 software sales in Japan:
- Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates (DS) – 78,572
- Bladestorm: The Hundred Years’ War (PS3) – 58,996
- Gintama Gin-San to Issho (PS2) – 57,084
- Sengoku Musou 2: Moushouden (PS2) – 52,320
- One Piece: Gear Spirit (DS) – 41,207
- Mario Party 8 (Wii) – 39,019
- Summonight: Twin Age (DS) – 27,692
- Phoenix Wright 3 (DS) – 20,444
- My Housekeeping Diary (DS) – 20,412
- Wii Play (Wii) – 18,657
The weekly rankings in Media Create are in. For the first time ever (in this year, at least), Nintendo’s best-selling handheld turned out a total number of sales that didn’t reach past the 100,000 mark. Despite this, the Nintendo DS still remains king of the hill with 94,339 units sold for the week ending September 2.
The Nintendo Wii follows its handheld brother with 39,371 units sold, while the PSP sits with figures of 22,196 units sold at third place. It’s the PS3, however, that showed some considerable spike up in the Japanese sales charts with 18,068 units sold.
This sudden rush of PS3 sales could be attributed to Koei‘s Bladestorm: The Hundred Years’ War, which debuted in the software charts this week straight up at the top two spot. Meanwhile, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 is trailing after the pack from sixth place with 1,635 consoles sold.
Here’s the full list of the Top 10 software sales in Japan:
- Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates (DS) – 78,572
- Bladestorm: The Hundred Years’ War (PS3) – 58,996
- Gintama Gin-San to Issho (PS2) – 57,084
- Sengoku Musou 2: Moushouden (PS2) – 52,320
- One Piece: Gear Spirit (DS) – 41,207
- Mario Party 8 (Wii) – 39,019
- Summonight: Twin Age (DS) – 27,692
- Phoenix Wright 3 (DS) – 20,444
- My Housekeeping Diary (DS) – 20,412
- Wii Play (Wii) – 18,657