DS Lite and Final Fantasy III Top Japan Sales Charts

From August 21 to 27, the Nintendo DS dominated MediaCreate’s Japan game console sales chart moving 163,274 units within a week. This brings the total DS Lite units sold to almost 4 million. PSP is a distant second (21, 829) while the Xbox 360 was at No. 6 (1,197). The “other” DS sold 410 units putting it at No. 8.

On the games title chart, Final Fantasy III for DS went straight to the top on its first week of release selling more than half a million copies. The only other new release, Rune Factory, landed at No. 3 with 42,210 copies sold. All games in the Top Ten are DS titles.

Note: The number in parenthesis is the total units sold since the system/game was originally released.

Game Consoles:

1. Nintendo DS Lite – 163,274 (3,967,887)
2. PlayStation Portable – 29,945 (3,911,800)
3. PlayStation 2 – 21,829 (19,662,064)
4. Game Boy Advance SP – 2,719 (5,881,627)
5. Game Boy Micro – 1,819 (533,249)
6. Xbox 360 – 1,197 (139,243)
7. GameCube – 837 (4,156,706)
8. Nintendo DS – 410 (6,577,160)
9. Game Boy Advance – 14 (8,822,654)
10. Xbox – 12 (475,522)

Game Titles:

1. Final Fantasy III – 503,051 (NEW)
2. NEW Super Mario Bros. – 65,556 (2,901,264)
3. Rune Factory –  42,210 (NEW)
4. Brain Age 2  –  41,784 (3,073,195)
5. Cooking Navi – 37,326 (384,045)
6. Tamagotchi 2 – 30,504 (430,934)
7. Mario Basketball 3-on-3 – 30,355 (233,762)
8. Animal Crossing Wild World – 30,023 (3,149,130)
9. Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day – 22,866 (2,736,150)
10. English Training – 17,465 (1,401,669)

From August 21 to 27, the Nintendo DS dominated MediaCreate’s Japan game console sales chart moving 163,274 units within a week. This brings the total DS Lite units sold to almost 4 million. PSP is a distant second (21, 829) while the Xbox 360 was at No. 6 (1,197). The “other” DS sold 410 units putting it at No. 8.

On the games title chart, Final Fantasy III for DS went straight to the top on its first week of release selling more than half a million copies. The only other new release, Rune Factory, landed at No. 3 with 42,210 copies sold. All games in the Top Ten are DS titles.

Note: The number in parenthesis is the total units sold since the system/game was originally released.

Game Consoles:

1. Nintendo DS Lite – 163,274 (3,967,887)
2. PlayStation Portable – 29,945 (3,911,800)
3. PlayStation 2 – 21,829 (19,662,064)
4. Game Boy Advance SP – 2,719 (5,881,627)
5. Game Boy Micro – 1,819 (533,249)
6. Xbox 360 – 1,197 (139,243)
7. GameCube – 837 (4,156,706)
8. Nintendo DS – 410 (6,577,160)
9. Game Boy Advance – 14 (8,822,654)
10. Xbox – 12 (475,522)

Game Titles:

1. Final Fantasy III – 503,051 (NEW)
2. NEW Super Mario Bros. – 65,556 (2,901,264)
3. Rune Factory –  42,210 (NEW)
4. Brain Age 2  –  41,784 (3,073,195)
5. Cooking Navi – 37,326 (384,045)
6. Tamagotchi 2 – 30,504 (430,934)
7. Mario Basketball 3-on-3 – 30,355 (233,762)
8. Animal Crossing Wild World – 30,023 (3,149,130)
9. Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day – 22,866 (2,736,150)
10. English Training – 17,465 (1,401,669)