Frank-ProvoMedia Create, that group of swell folks in Japan, has released its list of top selling console hardware and software for the week spanning November 29 and December 5, 2004. So what do the Japanese like? Apparently, Dragon Quest VIII, which is selling there what Halo 2 and GTA: San Andreas are doing here.
Also obvious is the debut of the Nintendo DS, which went on sale in Japan on December 2nd. Not bad for only 3 days of tracking.
Hardware Sales (This Week – Last Week – 2004 Total)
1. Nintendo DS – 468,883 – 468,883 – 468,883
2. PlayStation 2 – 93,829 – 108,148 – 2,292,239
3. Game Boy Advance SP – 27,313 – 31,198 – 2,211,510
4. GameCube – 5,465 – 6,107 – 533,178
5. Game Boy Advance – 822 – 785 – 191,981
6. Xbox – 621 – 669 – 35,495
7. Swan Crystal – 44 – 38 – 7,274
8. PSone – 40 – 30 – 13,864
Software Sales (This Week – 2004 Total)
1. (PS2) Dragon Quest VIII – Square Enix – 476,281 – 2,643,353
2. (NDS) Super Mario 64 DS – Nintendo – 151,373 – 151,373
3. (NDS) Sawaru Made in Wario – Nintendo – 148,825 – 148,825
4. (NDS) Pokemon Dash – Pokemon – 56,337 – 56,337
5. (NDS) Daigasso! Band Brothers – Nintendo – 33,911 – 33,911
6. (GBA) Power Pro Kun Pocket 7 – Konami – 30,410 – 30,410
7. (NGC) Mario Party 6 – Nintendo – 29,959 – 178,352
8. (NDS) Kime no Tame Nara Kimi Shineru – Sega – 27,250 – 27,250
9. (NDS) Chokkan Hitofude – Nintendo – 25,415 – 25,415
10. (NGC) NARUTO: Gekitou Ninja Taisen! 3 – Tomy – 22,799 – 183,834
Tune in two weeks from now when the chart will reflect the impending PSP launch in Japan that's ready to pop on December 12. Like those sales results won't be all over the place from day one, right?
