Another Week in Japan: Hardware and software numbers 3/24-3/30

For the first time in a long time, the Wii is down to having only five games in Japan's top thirty. As House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return fell of the charts in its second week and Everyone's General Knowledge Training TV disappeared after having a good run, only the regulars remain.

Deca Sports is the exception, being the only Wii title on the charts without either "Wii" or "Smash Bros." in its name, but even that is showing early signs of fatigue. While the game managed to nab the eighth spot and sell 29,000 copies, its Nintendo counterpart, Wii Sports, is nipping at its heels in spot twelve. This may seem insignificant, but keep in mind that Wii Sports has been out for around seventeen months, wheras Deca Sports has only been out for two weeks.

In the hardware department, the Wii got a beat down from the handhelds (especially the PSP), but still continues to do better than any other console in Japan. This week, for example, the Wii sold over four times the amount of PS3s, its closest console competitor.

Of course, you can just take a look at all the numbers for yourself by clicking past the break.

Hardware:

• PSP: 129,986
  

• Nintendo DS: 58,916
  

• Wii: 48,785
  

• PlayStation 3: 11,206
  

• PlayStation 2: 10,296
  

• Xbox 360: 1,547

Software:

01. (__) [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G --- 880,000 (New)
02. (01) [NDS] Pokémon Ranger: Batonnage --- 106,000 (348,000)
03. (__) [NDS] Mobile Suit Gundam 00 --- 49,000 (New)
04. (05) [WII] Wii Fit --- 42,000 (1,794,000)
05. (__) [PSP] Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion: Lost Colors --- 34,000 (New)
06. (07) [WII] Super Smash Bros. Brawl --- 34,000 (1,524,000)
07. (__) [PS2] Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion: Lost Colors --- 30,000 (New)
08. (02) [WII] Deca Sports --- 29,000 (94,000)
09. (04) [NDS] Sim City DS 2: From the Past to the Future --- 25,000 (74,000)
10. (08) [NDS] Crayon Shin-chan: Arashi wo Yobu Cinema Land --- 19,000 (54,000)

11. (__) [NDS] Vitamin X Evolution
12. (15) [WII] Wii Sports
13. (09) [NDS] DS Beautiful Letter Training
14. (10) [NDS] Time Hollow: Seeking the Lost Past
15. (__) [NDS] Lux Pain
16. (__) [PSP] Guilty Gear Accent Core Plus
17. (03) [PS3] Armored Core for Answer
18. (18) [WII] Wii Play
19. (__) [NDS] Home Teacher Hitman Reborn! DS: Vongole Battle Dice
20. (24) [NDS] Mario Party DS
21. (__) [PS2] Kimi ga Aruji de Shitsuji ga Ore de: Otsukae Nikki
22. (21) [NDS] Mario Kart DS
23. (14) [PS3] Yakuza 3: Kenzan!
24. (16) [PS2] Gundam Musou Special
25. (12) [PSP] Echochrome
26. (26) [NDS] Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games
27. (23) [NDS] Harvest Moon: Shining Sun and Friends
28. (06) [PSP] Tales of Rebirth
29. (31) [NDS] New Super Mario Bros.
30. (30) [NDS] Taiko Drum Master DS

[Via NeoGAF]