Japanese software sales: week ending 02.25.07
Media Create's Japanese sales data for the past week has just been released, revealing a PS3-free Top 30 that is headed by a monster hit (yes) for the PSP at Number One. For more mixed signals, set your dials to receive this week's Top Ten:
Monster Hunter Portable 2nd - 705,281 units sold last week (new entry / Capcom, PSP)
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - 80,002 (new entry / Alchemist, PS2)
Fire Emblem: Dawn Goddess - 75,359 (new entry / Nintendo, Wii)
Sim City DS - 50,826 (new entry / EA, DS)
Professor Layton and the Mysterious Town - 49,979 (186,716 sales to date / Level-5, DS)
Wii Sports - 47,503 (1,090,736 / Nintendo, Wii)
Naruto: Gekitou Ninja Taisen EX - 45,792 (new entry / Tomy, Wii)
Dragon Quest Monsters Joker - 40,507 (1,174,576 / SquareEnix, DS)
Wii Play - 35,811 (944,586 / Nintendo, Wii)
Picross DS - 26,693 (183,357 / Nintendo, DS)
And here are some lessons we can learn from the big figures:
The PSP is ALIVE, and Monster Hunter is the WINNER
EA
hashad a place in Japan, after all (see also: firing the whole Japanese studio was a really clever thing for EA to do)There are as many Wii titles as there are DS games in this week's Top Ten -- Japan is bowing to its Nintendo duarchy