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Forums - Sales Discussion - Famitsu Japan Monthly Sales: January 2008

http://gameinfo.yahoo.co.jp/ranking/monthly_sales.html

Data Collected by Famitsu: from 12/31 to 01/27.

Software Top 50

 Pos.   Sys.   Game Title   Publisher  Units
Sold 
Total
Sales
Wii  Wii Fit  Nintendo  391,134  1,209,300 
DS  Mario Party DS  Nintendo  324,450  1,557,094
Wii  Wii Sports Nintendo 227,142 2,691,876 
Wii  Wii Play Nintendo 162,473 2,153,142
DS  Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Nintendo 144,652  
Wii  Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Nintendo 124,711 487,812 
7 DS  Final Fantasy IV Square Enix 117,808 564,895
DS  Mario Kart DS Nintendo  113,659 2,809,087
DS  Layton Kyoju to Akuma no Hako Level-5 111,456 726,794
10  Wii  Mario Party 8 Nintendo  109,066 1,163,000
11  Wii  Super Mario Galaxy Nintendo 105,333 853,017
12  DS  Dragon Quest IV: Michibikareshi Monotachi Square Enix 104,978  1,157,805 
13  PSP  Monster Hunter Freedom 2  Capcom 94,263 1,584,161
14  DS  Rune Factory 2 Marvelous 88,730   
15  DS  New Super Mario Bros. Nintendo 73,678 5,068,831 
16  PSP  Star Ocean: The First Departure Square Enix 72,349 188,169 
17  PS2  Super Robot Taisen OG Gaiden Banpresto 70,524 269,063 
18  PSP  Winning Eleven 2008 Konami  70,313  
19  DS  Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time/Darkness Pokemon 66,927 1,323,443
20  PS2  Winning Eleven 2008 Konami 66,710 611,734
21   DS  Power Pro-kun Pocket 10  Konami   64,526  223,000 
22  PS2  Lucky Star: Ryo-ou Gakuen Outo-sai  Kadokawa Shoten  61,448   
23  DS  Animal Crossing: Wild World  Nintendo  58,473  4,571,995 
24  PS2  Naruto: Shippu-den Narutimate Accel 2  Namco Bandai  55,918  180,514 
25  DS  Professor Layton and the Curious Village  Level-5  55,653  821,411 
26  DS  Zaidan Hojin Nihon Kanji Noryoku Kentei Kyokai Koshiki Soft: 250-man-nin no KanKen Shin Tokoton Kanji-nou 47,000 + Joyo-Kanji Jiten Yoji-Jukujo Jiten  IE Institute  50,379  161,642 
27  PS2  Ryu ga Gotoku 2 [Playstation 2 the Best]  Sega  46,257  111,314 
28   DS  Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day  Nintendo  46,222  4,828,793 
29  PSP  Minna no Golf Portable 2  Sony  45,021  210,189 
30  PS3  Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare  Activision  44,539  65,231 
31  DS  Ryusei no Rockman 2: Berserk x Dinosaur/Berserk x Shinobi  Capcom  43,160  268,381 
32  DS  Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day  Nintendo  42,468  771,781 
33  DS  Ganbaru Watashi no Kakei Diary  Nintendo  40,547  410,006 
34  Wii  Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles  Capcom  37,808  250,225 
35  PS3  Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Blu-ray Disc Version  Sony  37,706  196,082 
36  DS  Pocket Monster Diamond/Pearl  Pokemon   37,364  5,434,568 
37  PS2  Sengoku Basara 2 Heroes  Capcom  33,463  210,025 
38   DS  Taiko no Tatsujin DS: Touch de Dokodon!  Namco Bandai  32,863  311,861 
39  DS  Tales of Innocence  Namco Bandai  32,298  210,697 
40  DS  Nep League DS  Jaleco  31,670  92,833 
41   DS  Zaidan Hojin Nihon Kanji Noryoku Kentei Kyokai Konin: KanKen DS 2 + Joyo-Kanji Jiten  Rocket Company  31,401   
42  DS  Bungaku Zenshu  Nintendo  30,735   
43  PSP  Yusha no Kuse ni Namaiki da.  Sony  30,727  96,934 
44  DS  Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day  Nintendo  30,194  3,640,092 
45  DS  Kosoku Card Battle Card Hero  Nintendo  29,416  97,432 
46  PS2  Jikkyo Powerful Pro Yakyu 14 Ketteiban  Konami  27,846  84,035 
47  Wii  Mario Strikers Charged  Nintendo  27,651   
48  DS  Dinosaur King - 7 Pieces  Sega  26,740  174,508 
49  DS  Dorabase: Dramatic Stadium  Namco Bandai  26,481  141,229 

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Around the Network

febuary will be much higher with software



tag:"reviews only matter for the real hardcore gamer"

Brawl will outsell the top 6 or so on that list combined in Feb.



"[Our former customers] are unable to find software which they WANT to play."
"The way to solve this problem lies in how to communicate what kind of games [they CAN play]."

Satoru Iwata, Nintendo President. Only slightly paraphrased.

Wii starting to take over from the DS - and a couple of PSP titles squeak in. PS3 should have an entry or two next month.



Gesta Non Verba

Nocturnal is helping companies get cheaper game ratings in Australia:

Game Assessment website

Wii code: 2263 4706 2910 1099

This proves that only Nintendo games sell on Nintendo consoles. Oh wait, let me get that one again. This proves that only Nintendo games sell.

In top 20, 10 Nintendo released games. 11, depending how you count Pokemon Company.
15/20 games for Nintendo consoles.



Ei Kiinasti.

Eikä Japanisti.

Vaan pannaan jalalla koreasti.

 

Nintendo games sell only on Nintendo system.

Around the Network

http://www.elspa.com/?i=7254

January 2008: Software Top 50



Wow no PS3, that surprises me. I thought there would be a couple.



 


 

^ There are two PS3 titles, CoD4 (30) and GT5: Prologue (35).

Anyways, non eventful month. February will be much more interesting.



Is hardware to be added sometime?



January 2008: Hardware Sales

 Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Jan/2008 
NDS 312,000 103,000 91,000 74,000 580,000 
PSP 189,000 84,000 65,000 61,000 399,000 
WII 243,000 82,000 76,000 79,000 480,000 
PS3 70,000 34,000 32,000 29,000 165,000 
360 13,000 5,500 4,400 4,200 27,000 
PS2 35,000 15,000 13,000 11,000 74,000