July 8th, 2005 (1:56pm) - Lots of new releases invaded Media Create’s software sales charts for the week of June 27 - July 3 with Bandai’s Gundam True Odyssey topping off the charts with approx. 86,000 units sold. Following it is a new Nintendo DS release, another non-game called Yawaraka Atamajuku. Yawaraka Atamajuku is actually a spin-off or sorts to Adult Brain Training, however, this one is meant to cater to players of a younger age group; it made its debut with over 72,000 units sold.
In regards to hardware, the Nintendo DS continues its handheld domination as it outsells the PSP for the 14th week straight. However, this week marks the PSP breaking 1 million units sold for the year of 2005.
Top 10 Japanese game titles for the week of June 27 - July 3, 2005:
Game Title, (Platform, Publisher) - Units Sold During the Week (Approx.) - Total Sales (Approx.)
1. Gundam True Odyssey (PS2, Bandai) - 85,989 - new
2. Yawaraka Atamajuku (NDS, Nintendo) - 72,656 - new
3. Genji (PS2, SCE) - 70,082 - new
4. Kagerou II (PS2, Tecmo) - 61,949 - new
5. Mushiking (GBA, Sega) - 58,751 - 267,151
6. Onihama Pachislot (PS2, Succes) - 31,684 - new
7. Adult Brain Training DS (NDS, Nintendo) - 27,066 - 246,148
8. Mai Hime (PS2, Marvellous) - 25,366 - new
9. Melheaven (GBA, Konami) - 24,809 - new
10. Fist of the North Star Pachilslot (PSP, Sega) - 19,700 - new
Hardware sales for the week of June 27 - July 3, 2005:
System - Sales this week - Sales Last Week - Sales this Year - Life-to-Date (If applicable)
1. Nintendo DS - 35,083 - 32,789 - 1,070,450 - 2,567,046
2. PlayStation 2 - 29,992 - 28,515 - 1,100,054
3. PlayStation Portable - 21,901 - 20,862 - 1,010,071 - 1,461,464
4. Game Boy Advance SP - 12,509 - 21,904 - 391,842
5. GameCube - 2,602 - 2,649 - 125,023
6. Game Boy Advance - 310 - 452 - 13,736
7. Xbox -182 - 184 - 8,007
Note: The number of annual total sales are the total from December 30, 2004
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