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Four games topped 100,000 units this week.One of those titles, Fire Emblem pushed DS hw & PSP hw to nearidentical numbers, while Tales of Vesperia pushed Xbox 360 hw above PS3hw this week.
Jacob Mazel
Summary:
Last week three games sold over 100,000 units inJapan. This week is even bigger. Four games sold over 100,000 units.Two of them were on DS while PSP and Xbox 360 had the others. Therelative resurgence of console software last week, which saw PS2, PS3,Xbox 360 and Wii games take nine of the top 20 in the preliminary data,has receded in the wake of a big week for the portables. DS softwareaccounted for ten of the top twenty games this week, while PSP hadthree of the top twenty. Still, overall software in the preliminary toptwenty is down about 90,000 units from last week to ~855,000.
Key Points:
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Tales of Vesperia pushed Xbox 360 sales past PS3 sales in Japan this week. The game itself sold over 110,000 units.
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Wii, PS3, and PS2 had very quiet weeks, with no software topping 30,000 units.
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Fire Emblem DS continued the drive in Japan to push DS back to parity with PSP.
Understanding the Japanese Preview:
Rather than saying xgame for y platform sold between 20,000 and 28,000 units as in thepast, the preliminary data will be broken down into charts by platform.Within these charts, there will two additional categories besides therounded sales figure under ‘sales’. On the left will be ‘low end’depicting the lowest amount the title likely sold for the week, whileto the right will be ‘high end’ depicting the highest amount the titlelikely sold for the week. As always, this data is preliminary, andtherefore, not final, but it is based on a sample. The varying platformmarket share the sample represents is why consistent sellers like WiiFit do not always appear in the preliminary data. Sales for this report are for the week ending August 10, 2008.
Software by Platform Breakdown :
Wii Software - Mario Kart was the only Wii titlein the preliminary data. It sold about 20,000 units. Wii Fit, FatalFrame, Mario Baseball and Warioland are all candidates to appear in thefinal data with sales between 5,000 and 30,000 units but none of themshowed up in the preliminary data. Expect Wii hardware sales to remainin the 35,000 to 45,000 unit range.
Preliminary Top Twenty Wii Software
| Sales
| Low End
| High End
| Mario Kart Wii
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PS3 Software – Soul Calibur 4 sold another 16,000units this week according to the preliminary data. No other PS3 titleswere represented, though Siren likely just missed the top twentythreshold at something like ~4,000 to 6,000 units. Expect PS3 hardwaresales to remain in the 8,000 to 12,000 unit range this week.
Preliminary Top Twenty PS3 Software
| Sales
| Low End
| High End
| Soul Calibur 4
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Xbox 360 Software – Tales of Vesperia debuted forthe Xbox 360 this week. The preliminary data puts the game at 113,000units week one. Considering Blue Dragon is still the only Xbox 360 gameto top 103,000 units in Japan, Microsoft and Namco have to be quitehappy with how the game has done so far. From the Tales push, expectXbox 360 hardware sales to hit 12,000 to 20,000 units this week.
Preliminary Top Twenty Xbox 360 Software
| Sales
| Low End
| High End
| Tales of Vesperia
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PS2 Software – Four PS2 titles were in thepreliminary top twenty, though two were different versions of the samegame. The top seller was the latest Powerful Pro Baseball game, whichsold over 20,000 units. Persona 4, and Sona Scarlett Black Ledger werethe other titles to chart. Expect PS2 hardware sales to remain in the6,000 to 10,000 unit range this week.
Preliminary Top Twenty PS2 Software
| Sales
| Low End
| High End
| Powerful Pro Baseall 15
| | | | Sora Scarlett Black Ledge Kakera 3
| | | | Sora Scarlett Black Ledge Kakera 3 (Limited Edition)
| | | | Persona 4
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PSP Software – PSP software was once again toppedby Phantasy Star Portable which sold 134,000 units this week. PowerfulPro Baseball Portable 3 and Monster Hunter Portable 2G remained in thehigh four digit range this week. No other PSP titles were in thepreliminary top twenty. Expect PSP hardware sales drop slightly thisweek, into the 58,000 to 68,000 unit range.
Preliminary Top Twenty PSP Software
| Sales
| Low End
| High End
| Phantasy Star Portable
| | | | Powerful Pro Baseball Portable 3
| | | | Monster Hunter Portable 2G
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DS Software – DS had ten of the top twenty gamesin the preliminary data this week. That constitutes a big week. The topseller was the first DS Fire Emblem. It reached over 150,000 unitswhich is in line with the GBA Fire Emblem debuts. Rhythm Heaven Goldtopped 100,000 units in week two, while Dragon Quest V dipped to 72,000units in its fourth week of sales. Summon Night 2 was the top debutamong third party DS games this week, topping out at 62,000 units.Other DS titles sold 5,000 and 40,000 units this week. Expect DShardware sales to rise slightly this week, into the 60,000 to 70,000unit range.
Preliminary Top Twenty DS Software
| Sales
| Low End
| High End
| Fire Emblem: New Shadow Dragons and the Blade of Light
| | | | Rhythm Heaven Gold
| | | | Dragon Quest V
| | | | Summon Night 2
| | | | Pac-Pix Heaven Arcade
| | | | Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch R2 - Banjou no Geass Gekijou
| | | | DS2 Monster Farm raised again! Masuta Burida Legends
| | | | Heaven's War of Three Kingdoms
(Limited Edition)
| | | | Go! Go! Shiodome (Ron Q Highland game)
| | | | Meccha Taiko Drum Master DS: Adventure in Seven Islands
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