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Title: Japanese Weekly Software and Hardware Charts for Jan. 28-Feb. 3
Post by: famicomplicated on February 09, 2008, 12:23:26 PM
The week Mario and friends smashed The Devil and made him cry.
 http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/newsArt.cfm?artid=15251

 Incredibly, there were six new non-Nintendo entries this week - even one on the Xbox 360.  In fact, this week there are only three Nintendo games in the top ten, which is quite a change of pace from the norm.    


Of course the front-runner was Nintendo’s hotly-anticipated mascot brawler Super Smash Bros. Brawl, which sold an astounding 820,000 copies in just three days. It will no doubt pass the one million mark next week, much faster than even Wii Fit.  It should also be noted that it sold precisely four times as many copies as the second-place PS3 version of Devil May Cry 4, one of the biggest releases on Sony’s platform this year.    


Sales / Total Sales
   


01. [Wii] Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo) – 820,000 / (New Entry)
 02. [PS3] Devil May Cry 4 (Capcom) – 205,000 / (New Entry)
 03. [PS2] Tales of Destiny: Director’s Cut (Bandai-Namco) – 117,000 / (New Entry)
 04. [PS2] Haruhi Suzumiya’s Wonderment (Banpresto) – 114,000 / (New Entry)
 05. [Wii] Wii Fit (Nintendo) – 73,000 / 1,356,000)
 06. [PS3] Disgaea 3 (Nippon Ichi Software) – 55,000 / (New Entry)
 07. [360] Devil May Cry 4 (Capcom) – 40,000 / (New Entry)
 08. [NDS] Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo) – 34,000 / 175,000)
 09. [PS3] Assassin’s Creed (Ubisoft) – 28,000 / (New Entry)
 10. [PSP] World Soccer Winning Eleven (Konami) – 26,000 / 102,000)
   


The effects of Super Smash Bros. Brawl were also felt in hardware sales.  Wii sales rose to almost 100,000 for the week, beating out the DS and PSP with ease.    


Weekly Hardware Sales
   


Wii - 94,473?
 PSP - 72,528?
 DS Lite - 67,472
 PS3 - 41,796
 PS2 - 12,115?
 Xbox 360 - 6,060

Title: RE:Japanese Weekly Software and Hardware Charts for Jan. 28-Feb. 3
Post by: Toruresu on February 09, 2008, 12:27:43 PM
Nice! Good week for Sony, I mean, finally the top 10 isnt dominated by Nintendo. Heck, even the 360 has a spot!

Did Smash potentially eat up other Nintendo related game sales?
Title: RE: Japanese Weekly Software and Hardware Charts for Jan. 28-Feb. 3
Post by: Gylldas on February 09, 2008, 06:16:21 PM
I keep forgetting how popular the Tales series is in Japan. Never expected the Tales of Destiny remake to place so high on the list even if it may only be a short time.  
Title: RE: Japanese Weekly Software and Hardware Charts for Jan. 28-Feb. 3
Post by: IceCold on February 09, 2008, 06:57:35 PM
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DS Lite - 67,472
What the hell happened there?
Title: RE: Japanese Weekly Software and Hardware Charts for Jan. 28-Feb. 3
Post by: Infernal Monkey on February 09, 2008, 07:26:41 PM
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What the hell happened there?


FAD'S OVAH.
Title: RE: Japanese Weekly Software and Hardware Charts for Jan. 28-Feb. 3
Post by: Kairon on February 09, 2008, 07:35:49 PM
Japan ran out of people.
Title: RE:Japanese Weekly Software and Hardware Charts for Jan. 28-Feb. 3
Post by: KDR_11k on February 09, 2008, 09:29:17 PM
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Originally posted by: NewsBot
It will no doubt pass the one million mark next week, much faster than even Wii Fit.


Wasn't Wii Fit heavily undersupplied?