Frank-ProvoGood ol' Media Create has released their Japanese Sales chart for the week ending August 22.
In hardware, the GBA and PS2 continue to rule, while throughout the whole of 2004 there have been fewer Xbox systems sold in Japan than in many individual states in the U.S.
In software, Suikoden IV claimed the top spot with 185,962 copies sold.
Konami and Nintendo pretty much own the top 10, although Sammy's Pachi-Slot game continues to have staying power.
Hardware – Units/Week (Year to Date)
Game Boy Advance SP: 40,229 (1,680,739)
PlayStation 2: 32,291 (1,694,848)
GameCube: 8,161 (454,223)
Game Boy Advance: 3,437 (174,828)
Xbox: 366 (24,376)
PSOne: 134 (12,924)
Wonder Swan Crystal: 102 (6,586)
Software – Units/Week (Year to Date)
1 PS2 – Suikoden IV – Konami 185,962 (185,962)
2 PS2 – World Soccer Winning 11 8 – Konami 86,107 (936,568)
3 GBA – Summon Night: Craft Sword Story 2 – Banpresto 52,053 (52,053)
4 GCN – Paper Mario 2 – Nintendo 24,734 (322,115)
5 GBA – Famicom Mini: Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo 23,256 (122,382)
6 GBA – Densetsu no Starfi 3 – Nintendo 23,169 (109,410)
7 PS2 – Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 11 – Konami 19,522 (???)
8 PS2 – Gunslinger Girl Vol.3 – Marvelous Entertainment 16,972 (16,972)
9 PS2 – Pachinko Slot! Fist of the North Star – Sammy 15,728 (???)
10 GBA – Final Fantasy I + II Advance – Square Enix 15,020 (232,436)