Nintendo still king of the castle in Japan
But PS3 gains momentum.
Nintendo systems are winning Japan once more after a greedy Christmas period.
The DS is streets ahead of competition for the week ending 11th January, but down by over 100,000 sales from last week. Only three games for the handheld populate the top ten, but a further 20 are counted in the overall top 50.
The best-sellers this week are on PSP, which finishes second in the hardware chart. Action spin-off Dissidia: Final Fantasy leads the way, followed by the budget version of Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G. Seven PSP titles in all are in the top 50.
At third, unsurprisingly, is the Wii, which counts platform stalwarts Wii Fit and Mario Kart Wii among the top ten. Wii Music, incidentally, is down at 37. In total, 13 Wii games litter the top 50.
The PS3 continues to gain momentum and finishes at four, as JRPG White Knight Chronicles sits at six in the software stakes, followed by Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Spec III at seven. A further three PS3 games place outside the top ten.
Xbox 360 finishes with under half the PS3 weekly sales, and has no games in the top 50.
Hobbling OAP PS2 finishes last, meanwhile, but manages a top ten entry with a Limited Edition of Gundam Musou 2, and some unpronounceable game at 49.
Various tables, courtesy of Media Create and NeoGAF (we'd marry you if we could) are below.
| Position | Title | Platform | This Week | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dissidia: Final Fantasy | PSP | 49,000 | 818,000 |
| 2 | Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP the Best) | PSP | 34,000 | 305,000 |
| 3 | Rhythm Tengoku Gold | DS | 33,000 | 1,568,000 |
| 4 | Wii Fit | Wii | 29,000 | 3,155,000 |
| 5 | Wagamama Fashion: Girl's Mode | DS | 29,000 | 644,000 |
| 6 | White Knight Chronicles | PS3 | 26,000 | 304,000 |
| 7 | Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Spec III | PS3 | 25,000 | 292,000 |
| 8 | Gundam Musou 2 (Limited Edition) | PS2 | 25,000 | 225,000 |
| 9 | Kirby Super Star Ultra | DS | 23,000 | 1,021,000 |
| 10 | Mario Kart Wii | Wii | 21,000 | 2,155,000 |
| Platform | This Week | Last Week | This Year | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nintendo DS | 101,630 | 230,678 | 332,308 | 25,451,951 |
| PlayStation Portable | 60,495 | 157,088 | 271,583 | 11,575,747 |
| Nintendo Wii | 41,243 | 119,965 | 161,208 | 7,640,109 |
| PlayStation 3 | 28,144 | 60,654 | 88,798 | 2,711,226 |
| Xbox 360 | 10,554 | 19,964 | 30,248 | 860,788 |
| PlayStation 2 | 6,628 | 12,548 | 19,176 | 21,418,700 |
| Platform | This Week | Last Week | This Year | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nintendo DSi | 78,201 | 182,518 | 78,201 | 916,771 |
| Nintendo DS Lite | 23,429 | 48,160 | 23,429 | 17,374,394 |