August 6th, 2005 (11:49pm) - Software sales in Japan have risen for the week of July 25th through the 31st in Japan thanks to a large amount of new releases for the PS2. Taking the No. 1 spot for the week is Banpresto’s Super Robot Wars Alpha 3 for the PS2, which sold a tremendous 470,003 units in a single week.
Surprisingly, no game in the top ten managed to sell below 30,000 units, and even more surprising is the fact that the Nintendo DS still managed to be the best selling console for the week, selling more than the previous week, with no new releases for the console making it into the top ten. In fact, only one DS game made an appearance and that’s Nintendo’s successful Gentle Brain Training video game.
It is believed that DS hardware sales will see a slight drop in sales next week since a new color for the handheld will launch the following week along with the sure to be blockbuster Jump Super Stars on August 8th..
Top 10 Japanese game titles for the week of July 25 - 31, 2005:
Game Title, (Platform, Publisher) - Units Sold During the Week (Approx.) - Total Sales (Approx.)
1. Super Robot Wars Alpha 3 (PS2, Banpresto) - 470,003 - new
2. Let’s Make A Pro Baseball Team 3! (PS2, Sega) 58,230 - new
3. Shadow Hearts: From the New World (PS2, Aruze) - 51,829 - new
4. Kaido Battle: Touge no Densetsu (PS2, Genki) - 51,512 - new
5. Fatal Frame 3 (PS2, Tecmo) - 38,617 - new
6. Simple 2000 Series Vol. 81: The Earth Defense Forces 2 (PS2, D3P) - 36,604 - new
7. Boktai 3 (GBA, Konami) 36,339 - new
8. Magister Negi Magi 2: Jikanme (PS2, Konami) - 35,378 - new
9. Gentle Brain Training (NDS, Nintendo) - 31,772 - 262,649
10. Mushiking (GBA, Sega) - 30,726 - 399,594
Hardware sales for the week of July 25 - 31, 2005:
System - Sales this week - Sales Last Week - Sales this Year - Life-to-Date (If applicable)
1. Nintendo DS - 44,518 - 41,982 - 1,235,280 - 2,730,876
2. PlayStation 2 - 33,705 - 25,980 - 1,218,291
3. PlayStation Portable - 20,031 - 19,043 - 1,080,560 - 1,562,812
4. Game Boy Advance SP - 12,555 - 10,935 - 434,550
5. GameCube - 3,147 - 2,995 - 136,141
6. Game Boy Advance - 530 - 397 - 15,270
7. Xbox - 196 - 221 - 9,154
Note: The number of annual total sales are the total from December 30, 2004
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