July 30th, 2005 (11:29pm) - More new game releases have invaded Japan this week with Capcom’s Devil Kings for the PS2 taking the No. 1 spot as it sells through 88,000 units, and games such as Mario Superstar Baseball for the GameCube, Full Metal Alchemist 3 for the PS2, and Yu-Gi-Oh! Nightmare Troubadour for the Nintendo DS made their sales debut with some strong numbers as well. Of course, consistent chart toppers Gentle Brain Training and DS Brain Training for Adults continue to perform strongly as they help keep the DS selling strongly as it once again sells through 40,000 units for the week. The PSP, on the other hand, has actually dropped under the 20,000 unit mark for the first time ever.
Top 10 Japanese game titles for the week of July 18 - July 24, 2005:
Game Title, (Platform, Publisher) - Units Sold During the Week (Approx.) - Total Sales (Approx.)
1. Devil Kings (PS2, Capcom) - 88,711 - new
2. Powerful Pro Baseball 12 (PS2, Konami) - 57,101 - 335,008
3. Mario Superstar Baseball (GCN, Nintendo) - 49,189 - new
4. Full Metal Alchemist 3 (PS2, Square Enix) - 34,429 - new
5. Gentle Brain Training (NDS, Nintendo) - 33,715 - 230,877
6. Yu-Gi-Oh! Nightmare Troubadour (NDS, Konami) - 31,564 - new
7. Mushiking (GBA, Sega) - 31,417 - 368,868
8. Ape Escape 3 (PS2, SCE) - 26,985 - (121,612)
9. Bleach (GBA, Sega) - 20,686 - new
10. DS Brain Training for Adults (NDS, Nintendo) - 20,027 - 315,891
Hardware sales for the week of July 18 - July 24, 2005:
System - Sales this week - Sales Last Week - Sales this Year - Life-to-Date (If applicable)
1. Nintendo DS - 41,982 - 35,827 - 1,190,762 - 2,686,358
2. PlayStation 2 - 25,980 - 29,841 - 1,184,584
3. PlayStation Portable - 19,043 - 21,025 - 1,060,529 - 1,542,781
4. Game Boy Advance SP - 10,935 - 9,132 - 421,994
5. GameCube - 2,995 - 2,773
6. Game Boy Advance - 397 - 318
7. Xbox - 163 - 221
Note: The number of annual total sales are the total from December 30, 2004
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