April 22nd, 2005 (3:01pm) - The latest Media Create software and hardware sales charts from Japan are showing one of the slowest weeks for videogames in 2005 during the week of Apr. 11 - Apr. 17. With only two new game releases, software and hardware sales both saw a drop in sales. However, after being outsold by the Nintendo DS for three consecutive weeks, the PSP slightly outsold the Nintendo DS for the week of Apr. 11 - Apr. 17. The difference in units sales for the PSP and Nintendo DS is just below 900,000 units, with the Nintendo DS in the lead.
Top 10 Japanese game titles for the week of Apr. 11 - Apr. 17, 2005:
Game Title, (Platform, Publisher) - Units Sold During the Week (Approx.) - Total Sales (Approx.)
1. Tengai Makyou III (PS2, Namida) - 87,000 - new
2. Gundam: One Year War (PS2, Bandai) - 46,000 - 205,000
3. Pro Baseball Spirits (PS2, Konami) - 24,000 - 80,000
4. Tekken 5 (PS2, Namco) - 24,000 - 242,000
5. Saint Seiya (PS2, Bandai) - 18,000 - 108,000
6. Winning Eleven 8 Liveware Evo (PS2, Konami) - 14,000 - 343,000
7. Touch! Kirby (NDS, Nintendo) - 10,000 - 138,000
8. Mega Man EXE Team of Colonel (GBA, Capcom) - 6,000 - 156,000
9. Shin Sangoku Musou 4 (PS2, Koei) - 6,000 - 856,000
10. Wild Arms: 4th Detonator - 5,000 - 174,000
Hardware sales for the week of Apr. 11 - Apr. 17, 2005:
System - Sales this week
1. PlayStation 2 - 30,572
2. PlayStation Portable - 28,950
3. Nintendo DS - 21,698
4. Game Boy Advance SP - 10,529
5. GameCube - 3,376
6. Game Boy Advance - 397
7. Xbox - 315
Note: The number of annual total sales are the total from December 30, 2004
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