September 4^th, 2003 (12:00am) - Due to the release of Namco’s exclusive Cel Shaded GameCube RPG Tales of Symphonia, for the first time in two years (since the release of Super Smash Bros. Melee in Japan), the GameCube has surprisingly outsold the PlayStation 2. Even though this won’t make much of a difference with the hardware standings in Japan, it’s nice to see a jump in the GameCube’s hardware performance.

Last Week’s Numbers in Parenthesis

HARDWARE:

1. Nintendo Game Boy Advance SP 42,600 1,575,400 (32,300)
2. Nintendo GameCube 35,600 486,200 (15,200)
3. SCE Playstation 2 35,300 1,953,300 (33,300)
4. Nintendo Game Boy Advance 12,100 1,031,800 (12,200)
5. SCE Playstation 960 54,300 ( 760)
6. Microsoft Xbox 650 72,500 ( 490)
7. Wonderswan Crystal 520 29,500 (------)
8. Wonderswan Color 180 15,100 (------)

Notes: The number of annual total selling is the total from December 30, 2002

SOFTWARE:

1. GC NAMCO Tales of Symphonia 193,500/193,500
2. GBA Square-Enix Sword of Mana 153,000/153,000
3. PS2 KONAMI World Soccer Winning Eleven 7 53,400/900,000
4. PS2 KOE Winning Post 6 33,900/33,900
5. GC Square-Enix Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles 20,300/328,600
6. GBA Nintendo Pokemon Pinball Ruby & Sapphire 19,400/170,247
7. GBA Nintendo Super Mario Advance 4 17,200/334,000
8. GC Nintendo Kirby’s Air Ride 16,500/278,500
9. PS2 Tecmo Monster Farm 4 15,600/143,400
10. PS2 KONAMI On-the-spot Powerful Professional Baseball 10 14,900/452,100

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