Japan: DS Hardware Continues Reign

[RuudBoy07]

DS hardware continues to dominate the weekly charts in Japan, as PlayStation platform titles make up the majority of the top ten software sellers in the region.

ImageTwo new Namco-Bandai games topped Japanese sales charts for the week ended April 8, according to Japanese [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] tracker Media Create.

PlayStation platform titles made up six of the top 10-selling games this week.

This week (last week)

1. Naruto: Shippuuden N-Ultimate Accelerator (Bandai-Namco, [Only registered and activated users can see links. ])—75,453 (New)
2. Gundam SEED Alliance vs. ZAFT Portable (Bandai-Namco, [Only registered and activated users can see links. ])—58,751 (New)
3. Yoshi's Island DS ([Only registered and activated users can see links. ], DS)—47,566 (629,459)
4. Pro Baseball Spirits 4 (Konami, PS2)—40,891 (82,052)
5. Musou Orochi (Koei, PS2)—36,168 (515,803)
6. More English Training (Nintendo, DS)—34,933 (84,645)
7. [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] Sports (Nintendo, Wii)—30,807 (1,315,931)
8. Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball Portable 2 (Konami, PSP)—29,944 (New)
9. Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix + (Square-Enix, PS2)—29,638 (202,850)
10. Prof. Layton and the Mysterious Village (Level 5, DS)—27,833 (392,135)

On the hardware front, the Nintendo DS increased its sales 39 percent week-over-week landing the top spot once again. Wii follows behind with a modest increase in sales as the PlayStation 3 drops week-over-week. [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] sales continue to flag.

1. DS—110,935 (80,012)
2. Wii—52,583 (51,365)
3. PSP—31,503 (39,077)
4. PS3—14,520 (16,889)
5. PS2—14,234 (17,787)
6. Xbox 360—2,963 (3,889)
7. Game Boy Advance—1,357 (1,206)
8. GameCube—255 (205)

[PinkSnap]

i new they would keep going.

[smonme]

while a hug number of nintendo ds's are selling, for more older gamers looking for more than a cheap thrill i have yet to see ds being attractive enough for me to buy, I mean as a old school pokemon fanatic, I find other than pokemon buying a DS just a extremely bad move, Buying systems for 1 console while seeming like a great idea, isnt always for the best. I honestly want nintendo to not turn its back on the older gamers looking for more than cheap plot twists.