February 3rd, 2005 (11:06pm) - Software
A slew of new releases have invaded this week’s Media Create sales charts. Some of the game’s which made their debut include Radiata Stories for the PS2, Yoshi’s Touch n Go for the Nitnendo DS, and the critically acclaimed Resident Evil 4 for the GameCube
Here are the Top 10 Japanese game titles for the week of Jan. 24 - Jan. 30, 2005:
Game Title, (Platform, Publisher) - Units Sold During the Week - Total Sales
1. Another Century’s Episode (PS2, Banpresto) - 180,885 - new
2. Radiata Stories (PS2, Square Enix) - 174,281 - new
3. Resident Evil 4 (GCN, Capcom) - 142,025 - new
4. Yoshi’s Touch n Go! (NDS, Nintendo) - 63,733 - new
5. Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tune 2 (PS2, Atlus) - 51,246 - new
6. Death by Degrees (PS2, Namco) - 36,683 - new
7. Monster Hunter G (PS2, Capcom) - 26,206 - 154,052
8. Gran Turismo 4 (PS2, SCE) - 23,524 - 907,909
9. WarioWare Touched! (NDS, Nintendo) - 22,817 - 628,561
10. Super Mario 64 DS (NDS, Nintendo) - 19,824 - 638,601
Hardware
Now, for the third straight week in a row, the PSP has once again surpassed the Nintendo DS in sales for the week. As of the moment, the PSP has sold more hardware pieces than the Nintendo DS in 2005, although the Nintendo DS still has a significant lead on the PSP due to its strong launch in December.
Here are the Hardware sales for the week of Jan. 24 - Jan. 30, 2005:
System - Sales this week - Total this year
PlayStation Portable - 74,405 - 267,602
PlayStation 2 - 58,673 - 304,285
Nintendo DS - 43,336 - 249,922
Game Boy Advance SP - 11,589 - 114,046
GameCube - 8,214 - 40,751
Xbox - 467 - 2,650
Game Boy Advance - 399 - 2,038
Note: The number of annual total sales are the total from December 30, 2004
Click here for the previous sales charts.
