Japan Sales Week of Oct 25-31, 2004

Media Create has released its weekly list of top-selling hardware and software in Japan, for the week of October 25-31, 2004. Check it out, a GameCube game took the top spot for the first time in ages–selling 185,701 copies in just ONE week. Otherwise, Ace Combat 5 continues to gain consumer acceptance here and abroad.

Hardware (Units Week, Units Prior Week, Units 2004)
1. Game Boy Advance SP – 30,506 – 29,324 – 2,053,950
2. PlayStation 2 – 19,345 – 19,530 – 1,844,591
3. Gamecube – 6,170 – 3,992 – 506,977
4. Game Boy Advance – 810 – 744 – 187,671
5. Xbox – 271 – 259 – 26,807
6. PSOne – 75 – 35 – 13,614
7. Swan Crystal – 44 – 38 – 6,972

Software (Units Week, Units 2004)
1. (GC) Mario Tennis – Nintendo – 185,701 – 185,701
2. (PS2) Ace Combat 5: Unsung War – Namco – 47,733 – 220,949
3. (PS2) Armored Core: Nine Breaker – From Software – 43,949 – 43,949
4. (GBA) Mawaru Made in Wario – Nintendo – 40,298 – 182,180
5. (PS2) Stella Deus – Atlus – 33,745 – 33,745
6. (PS2) Pride of the Dragon Peace – SCE – 31,256 – 31,256
7. (PS2) Pachislot Deka Dan 2 – Tecmo – 27,045 – 27,045
8. (PS2) King of Fighters 2003 – SNK Playmore – 24,589 – 24,589
9. (GBA) Pokemon Emerald – Nintendo – 21,970 – 1,131,136
10. (PS2) True Crime: Streets of L.A. Capcom – 16,024 – 16,024