January 21st, 2005 (12:57pm) - Software
The handheld installment of Mario Party has finally made its debut and unsurprisingly at the No. 1 spot as Mario Party Advance tops of charts this week as Gran Turismo 4 continuing to sell strong, possibly selling through 1 million units by the end of the month.
Here are the Top 10 Japanese game titles for the week of Jan. 10 - Jan. 16, 2005:
Game Title, (Platform, Publisher) - Units Sold During the Week - Total Sales
1. Mario Party Advance (GBA, Nintendo) - 67,927 - new
2. Gran Turismo 4 (PS2, SCE) - 63,584 - 843,340
3. Gikei Eiyuden (PS2, From Software) - 41,927 - new
4. WarioWare Touched! (NDS, Nintendo) - 33,537 - 575,069
5. Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Special (PS2, Square Enix) - 25,264 - 299,989
6. Dragon Quest VIII (PS2, Square Enix) - 23,858 - 3,235,861
7. Super Mario 64 DS (NDS, Nintendo) - 22,671 - 593,831
8. Minna no Golf Portable (PSP, SCE) - 18,682 - n/a
9. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (PS2, Konami) - 18,166 - 790,518
10. Shin Sangoku Musou (PSP, Koei) - 17,070 - n/a
Hardware
Surprise, surprise true believers! The PlayStation Portable is selling strong in 2005 as it finally surpasses the Nintendo DS this week by approx. 9,000 units. Along with the PS2, Sony had the upper hand in hardware sales this week as both their platforms top off the charts. Until Nintendo starts pumping out new software that’s actually worth buying for the Nintendo DS, expect Sony’s attractive handheld to gain even more momentum in the passing weeks.
Here are the Hardware sales for the week of Jan. 10 - Jan. 16, 2005:
System - Sales this week - Total this year
PlayStation 2 - 65,837 - 189,238
PlayStation Portable - 62,052 - 126,654
Nintendo DS - 53,527 - 162,088
Game Boy Advance SP - 18,289 - 89,140
GameCube - 7,465 - 27,178
Game Boy Advance - 588 - 2,307
Xbox - 506 - 1,685
Note:The number of annual total sales are the total from December 30, 2004
Click here for the previous sales charts.
