Japan’s hardware sales for May increase: Nintendo 78%, Sony 21%, Microsoft 1%
Famitsu publisher Enterbrain just released their report on hardware sales in Japan for the month of May. What’s the overall verdict, you ask? Well, if you compare the total hardware sales of May 2007 to that of last year’s, there’s actually a 10% increase. That means more people in Japan are buying handhelds, consoles, or both. One could then assume that there are more gamers this year then there have been last year. Now, on with the specifics; it’s pie chart time!
The DS Lite still reigns supreme in Japan, munching off around 55.8% of the market. Their half of the pie consists of 600,000 units sold, thus totalling overall DS unit sales (both Lite and Phat) to a whopping 17,152,000 units sold in Japan. The Wii claims the second spot, with 22.7% of total hardware sales.
Around one fifth of the pie is occupied by Sony. Their PSP, PS2, and PS3 are holding steady at 11.1%, 4.8%, and 4.1% respectively. Following Nintendo, Sony’s handheld and console units have a firm grasp of the next top three spots. Rounding up the rest of the hardware sales are the Xbox 360 at 1% and the GBA at .2%.
On the software side of sales though, Sony is king. The PSP’s Final Fantasy Tactics: The Lion War is sitting at the top with 241,901 copies sold during the month of May. Here are the top 10 games sold in Japan:
- Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions – 241,904 (PSP) Square Enix
- Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings – 180,260 (DS) Square Enix
- Super Paper Mario – 156,642 (Wii) Nintendo
- Wii Sports – 140,704 (Wii) Nintendo
- Momotarou Dentetsu DS: Tokyo & Japan – 124,223 (DS) Hudson
- Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree – 113,035 (Wii) Nintendo
- New Super Mario Bros. – 112,486(DS) Nintendo
- Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day – 103,610 (DS) Nintendo
- Shining Wind – 101,138 (PS2) SEGA
- Yoshi’s Island DS – 97,331 (DS) Nintendo
Famitsu publisher Enterbrain just released their report on hardware sales in Japan for the month of May. What’s the overall verdict, you ask? Well, if you compare the total hardware sales of May 2007 to that of last year’s, there’s actually a 10% increase. That means more people in Japan are buying handhelds, consoles, or both. One could then assume that there are more gamers this year then there have been last year. Now, on with the specifics; it’s pie chart time!
The DS Lite still reigns supreme in Japan, munching off around 55.8% of the market. Their half of the pie consists of 600,000 units sold, thus totalling overall DS unit sales (both Lite and Phat) to a whopping 17,152,000 units sold in Japan. The Wii claims the second spot, with 22.7% of total hardware sales.
Around one fifth of the pie is occupied by Sony. Their PSP, PS2, and PS3 are holding steady at 11.1%, 4.8%, and 4.1% respectively. Following Nintendo, Sony’s handheld and console units have a firm grasp of the next top three spots. Rounding up the rest of the hardware sales are the Xbox 360 at 1% and the GBA at .2%.
On the software side of sales though, Sony is king. The PSP’s Final Fantasy Tactics: The Lion War is sitting at the top with 241,901 copies sold during the month of May. Here are the top 10 games sold in Japan:
- Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions – 241,904 (PSP) Square Enix
- Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings – 180,260 (DS) Square Enix
- Super Paper Mario – 156,642 (Wii) Nintendo
- Wii Sports – 140,704 (Wii) Nintendo
- Momotarou Dentetsu DS: Tokyo & Japan – 124,223 (DS) Hudson
- Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree – 113,035 (Wii) Nintendo
- New Super Mario Bros. – 112,486(DS) Nintendo
- Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day – 103,610 (DS) Nintendo
- Shining Wind – 101,138 (PS2) SEGA
- Yoshi’s Island DS – 97,331 (DS) Nintendo
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