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Japanese hardware sales, July 21 - July 27: Expansion edition
We've grown quite content to simply sit on our fat surpluses and crank out Japanese hardware sales charts to the enraptured masses week after week -- however, the all-important figures you see at the bottom of every entry seem to always get lost in a maelstrom of eloquent prose. We thought long and hard about how to improve the format of these posts without changing the time-tested formula that has served us so well over the years -- surprisingly, we decided to take a cue from the MMO market. Yes, after months of silent development, we're proud to announce the first ever expansion to this distinguished feature: Japanese Hardware Sales: Rise of the Lavender Fluke.This exciting addition is currently in ultra-secret closed epsilon testing, and the feedback we've been receiving has been entirely positive. Well, except for all the complaints, bug reports, vulgar e-mails, death threats, and one actual attempt on our lives. Aside from that, we're pretty optimistic that we can hit the Q1 2009 release date we set for ourselves -- though our development team mistook Q1 2009 to mean "one quinquennium from 2009", so it should actually be arriving sometime in 2014. Trust us, it's worth it.We've got the full list of updates and changes featured in JHS:RotLF posted after the jump. Make sure you check them out -- but not before paying your dues to the facts and figures posted below. We would hate for you to miss any of the excitement.- PSP: 67,452 6,572 (8.88%) - DS Lite: 56,968 2,437 (4.47%) - Wii: 41,024 221 (0.54%)- PS3: 10,692 561 (4.99%) - PS2: 9,291 244 (2.56%) - Xbox 360: 4,941 733 (17.42%) [Source: Media Create] See: The pre-expansion archives
Japanese hardware sales, July 14 - July 20: Turn-based edition
Video above provides suggested musical accompaniment for the following post. A wild Japanese Hardware Sales Chart attacks!Go, Fanboy!Fanboy uses Defense Force!Fanboy's DEF sharply increased!Sales Chart uses Red Arrows!It's not very effective...Fanboy uses Faulty Logic!Sales Chart counters with Embarrassing Correction!Fanboy self-destructs!I choose you, Developer!Developer uses Hype Beam!It's very effective!Sales Chart uses Green Arrows!Sales Chart regains health!Developer is counting down...Sales Chart uses Publisher!Publisher interrupts the countdown!Developer uses Big Reveal!But it fails...Sales Chart uses Negative Fan Reaction!Developer fainted!The enemy is weak, go get 'em, Blogger!Blogger uses Sarcatsic Post!Blogger made a typo!Sales Chart uses Angry Editor!It's super effective!Blogger uses an Ultra Ball!Blogger caught a Japanese Hardware Sales Chart! - PSP: 74,024 17,026 (29.87%) - DS Lite: 54,531 5,991 (12.34%) - Wii: 40,803 965 (2.31%)- PS3: 11,253 1,205 (9.67%) - PS2: 9,535 870 (8.36%) - Xbox 360: 4,208 401 (10.53%) [Source: Media Create] See: Would you like to rename the captured archives?
Japanese hardware sales, July 7 - July 13: Birth of gaming journalism edition
During the first few days of last week, Santa Monica, Calif. played host to a bevy of video game journalists, slaveringly searching for scoops to present to you, our dearest readers. Thousands of reporters representing hundreds of publications, both online and tangible, were in attendance, restlessly toiling to bring you up-to-the-minute coverage of all the major keynotes and conferences. During the seldom breaks in our otherwise hectic schedules, it was difficult not to reflect on our chosen profession, and inquire about the origins of our singular career path.After rigorous research, we here at the Japanese Hardware Sales Institute of Gaming Journalism History discovered the earliest known example of ludological reporting -- a fantastic exposé from an O'Reilly era episode of Inside Edition, which introduces a pair of pipefitting siblings that recently made their way into the hearts and minds of our nation's children. You may have seen this particular video before, and become familiar with reporter Joel Loy's intrepid coverage of the 8-bit sensation known as "Nintendo", and his poetic assertion that the iconic plumbers represent the righteousness and dauntlessness of the human spirit.Modern day game bloggers could take a lesson from the piece you see above. Sure, we no longer live in a world where bowties and mullets serve as appropriate work attire. Nintendo's game counselors have dispersed, putting the skills they've developed during their tenure to good use at Taco Bells across the nation. However, the exuberance and romanticism you see applied in the video above, the two traits that most game journalists have unceremoniously traded in for sarcasm and trepidation, should never have never been lost over the years.Kids and fantasy, indeed, Mr. O' Reilly.- PSP: 56,998 559 (0.99%) - DS Lite: 48,540 1,085 (2.29%) - Wii: 41,768 2,757 (6.19%)- PS3: 12,458 1,901 (13.24%) - PS2: 10,405 1,363 (11.58%) - Xbox 360: 3,807 969 (20.29%) [Source: Media Create] See: The mullet-clad archives
Japanese hardware sales, June 30 - July 6: E4 edition
Here's an amusing anecdote -- while all my fellow co-workers will be soaking up the sun and the overwhelming PR spin at E3 2008 during the next few days, I'll be the only 'Stiqer not in attendance. It's nobody's fault but my own, really -- due to an incident last year involving me, Jamie Kennedy, a claw hammer, and a stern threat to murder Jamie Kennedy with a claw hammer should he ever release a sequel to Son of the Mask (which I may have issued directly to Kennedy immediately following last year's Activision press conference), I'm no longer allowed to cross the state lines of California. (Side note: Has there been a Son of the Mask 2? No, there hasn't. You're welcome, America.)Don't weep for me, empathetic reader. My compatriots don't realize that while they'll be trolling for news in Santa Monica, I'll be attending a much more prestigious and exclusive convention -- so exclusive, in fact, that I'd wager you've never even heard of it. Yes, I'll be the only Joystiq blogger lucky enough to attend the Extreme Electronic Entertainment Expo (E4) -- in fact, I'll be the only member of the gaming media in attendance, as it is held in my apartment, and I was in charge of invitations.Actually, I may be the only person in attendance, as the only other two invitees (Darnell, the club-footed maintenance guy for my apartment building, and this cute cashier that works at a nearby Taco Bell) have yet to RSVP. C'est la vie -- the three day schedule I've written up (which I've included after the break to show the rest of the crew exactly what they're missing out on) will be carried out, come hell or high water, or, you know, loneliness.- PSP: 56,439 2,422 (4.11%) - DS Lite: 47,455 1,429 (2.92%) - Wii: 44,525 3,955 (8.16%)- PS3: 14,359 3,614 (20.11%) - PS2: 11,768 4,095 (53.37%) - Xbox 360: 4,776 328 (6.43%) [Source: Media Create] See: The uninvited archives
Japanese hardware sales, June 23 - June 29: Nineteen hundred and ninety-five edition
With the recent announcement and then following super double announcement of Square-Enix's plans to bring Chrono Trigger to this week's second place finisher, our minds began to to wander like a starry-eyed, formerly monastic governess, vacationing in the hills of Austria. If Squeenix can turn a 16-bit RPG from 1995 into a soon-to-be bestseller in 2008, what other 13-year-old franchises could we breathe new life into in order to turn a tidy profit?We immediately thought of Pogs, which swept the nation like a plague of circular cardboard locusts in the middle of the last decade -- after all, the obsession with collection hasn't waned in the minds of our nation's youngsters. Unfortunately, Archibald von Pogstein passed away last year, taking the secrets of Pog synthesis with him. We then turned our minds to music, and naturally, TLC's "Waterfalls", the official HIV and gun violence-related slow jam of 1995, came to mind. The Joystiq crew gathered to perform a breathtaking cover of the R&B classic -- unfortunately, we lost the master recordings shortly before distribution.We eventually settled on bringing back one of the top-grossing films of 1995, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls. Unfortunately, Mr. Carrey's reluctance to tarnish his new "serious" image by reprising his most beloved role brought the remake's production to a screeching halt. Instead, we're planning on making Ace Ventura quotes hilarious again by incessantly using them around friends and loved ones. We're sure we can find some way to parlay that into a get rich quick scheme -- aaalllllrighty then?- PSP: 58,861 490 (0.83%) - DS Lite: 48,884 12,285 (33.57%) - Wii: 48,480 7,443 (18.14%)- PS3: 17,973 2,363 (11.62%) - PS2: 7,673 1,327 (20.91%) - Xbox 360: 5,104 2,549 (99.77%) [Source: Media Create] See: Kinda hot these arrrchiiiives
Japanese hardware sales, June 16 - June 22: Summer blockbuster edition
With all the recent buzz surrounding big-budget film adaptations of major video game licenses, we began to wonder -- if films based off of games can find funding with movie production companies, why couldn't a film based off of a video game news column? As our minds began to race with thoughts of cross-promotional T-shirts and licensed cereals, we recklessly ran to our laptops, and wrote out a hasty plot synopsis for "Japanese Hardware Sales: The Movie". We're pretty proud of it, and the agent we hired at a local flea market is convinced we can eventually squeeze a trilogy out of the initial concept. Don't worry, gentle readers. We won't forget you when we make it to the big time.The still night air wafting over the Hardware district of the bustling metropolis of Salesbury, Japan, is punctuated with the crackle of gunfire. The town's many residents realize with a start that Sunday's midnight hour has come, and quickly retreat into their bullet-riddled homesteads. From the shadows of the city's seemingly endless alleyways emerge the six gangs who fight weekly for the unspoken control of Salesbury: the powerful reigning champs known as the "Park Street Pistols", the young and lively contenders known simply as "The Wii-vils", the once invincible "DoorStep Lighteners", the mercenaries of "The Third Order of Private Soldiers", their once-parent organization "The Second Order of Private Soldiers", and the mysterious, poorly-funded outfit known as "The Xterminators of 360th Street".Who will come out on top at the end of this four-hour-long cinematic masterwork? Only time, and the purchasing habits of the people of Japan, will tell. Starring Samuel L. Jackson as Coolidge, the leader of the Park Street Pistols; Kevin James as Archie, his carefree sidekick; Rose McGowan as Belladonna, the feisty captain of The Wii-vils, and a guy who kinda looks like Bruce Vilanch as the menacing "Red Arrow". - PSP: 59,351 5,324 (8.23%) - Wii: 41,037 4,527 (9.94%) - DS Lite: 36,599 2,602 (6.64%)- PS3: 20,336 54,975 (73.00%) - PS2: 6,346 951 (13.03%) - Xbox 360: 2,555 392 (18.12%) [Source: Media Create] See: The bullet-riddled archives
Japanese hardware sales, June 9 - June 15: C-C-C-C-Combo breaker edition
The gaming journalism world is an ever-changing maelstrom of high-stress deadlines and headline-making breaking news, so it should come as no surprise that we here at Joystiq absolutely adore routine. Like a freshly-fluffed down pillow, we find comfort in mundane repetition, as it so rarely comes our way. For nearly three months now, we've sat down to compile the sales figures of consoles in Japan, and as sure as the turning of the tide, Sony's gaming handheld would come out on top. It was a simplistic sort of routine, and one we found great solace in.Alas, this repetition is no more -- with the recent release of a particular cutscene-laden stealth title came an onslaught of PlayStation 3 purchases; a swell that billowed above the trustworthy handheld, cascading over its unsuspecting crown. Will the new king hold down the fort in the following weeks? It is too soon to tell, but regardless, the damage is done. The PS3 has burgled this week's link from the PSP's expansive chain -- and as any blacksmith worth his salt will tell you, a chain with a missing link is not a chain at all, but rather, multiple smaller chains. Unless that link was at the beginning or end of the chain, then we guess it's still a chain. Blacksmiths say that kind of stuff all the time.Yes, the c-c-c-c-combo is broken. It lies sundered, torn in twain -- as do our hearts. - PS3: 75,311 64,455 (593.73%) - PSP: 62,016 2,659 (4.29%) - Wii: 45,564 925 (2.07%) - DS Lite: 39,201 4,181 (11.94%) - PS2: 7,297 1,018 (16.21%) - Xbox 360: 2,163 117 (5.13%) [Source: Media Create] See: The chained archives
Japanese hardware sales, May 26 - June 1: Sales Chart Pie edition
Sales Chart Pie -- A decadent blend of several luxurious flavors piled high atop a hand-made crust and topped with a breathtakingly rich vanilla and cinnamon cremé. Decadently sinful and delciously rich with luxurious flavor.Step One: Assuming you have purchased graham crackers, crush graham crackers into a fine powder using a judge's gavel crafted from ebony and bone, or, if necessary, break the graham crackers apart with your hands. Moisten powder with liquid substance of your choosing. Rainwater, milk, Mountain Dew, Nyquil, Syrup of ipecac -- it's entirely up to you. The world, and this pie, is your oyster. (Editor's note: The author of this recipe strongly advises against using oysters to moisten powder).Step Two: Creating the thinnest slices possible, cut up fifty-eight apples, twelve watermelons, thirty-one mandarin oranges, sixteen lemons, three-hundred and sixty-six maraschino cherries, ninety-one strawberries, seven onions, two pumpkins, and a ping-pong ball. This should take three days, if your slices are thin enough. Now, throw these fruit slivers directly in the garbage. Begin regretting the incredible amount of time you've just wasted. Wait for this regret to become tangible. Mix regret into a fine syrup. Place in refrigerator to cool.Step Three: Obtain your moistened graham cracker powder and chilled regret, and place in garbage with fruit slivers. Go to grocery store. Buy pie created by certified piecrafter. Garnish purchased pastry with six green arrows, adding a dash of your own witty comments about how well your console of choice is faring in Japan. (Editor's note: Remove arrows before ingesting pie, as their triangular shape lends itself to tongue and gum-related trauma.) Enjoy! - PSP: 71,986 7,537 (11.69%) - Wii: 50,851 1,804 (3.68%) - DS Lite: 38,355 951 (2.54%) - PS3: 9,169 98 (1.08%) - PS2: 7,203 14 (0.19%) - Xbox 360: 1,959 12 (0.62%) [Source: Media Create] See: The luxuriously decadent archives
Japanese hardware sales, May 19 - May 25: Summertime edition
In the immortal words of George Gershwin, it's summertime, and the living is fairly easy in Japan -- at least, that's what we're led to believe by this week's Japanese sales charts, as our far eastern friends have sworn off their daily career-related obligations, and begun purchasing gaming consoles with ferocious avarice. Sure, you could argue that summer doesn't officially begin for a few weeks, but our full-blast air conditioners and sheets, turned adhesive from a night of sweaty sleep, might convince you otherwise.Unfortunately for us video game media mavens, the summer is often the most unpleasant of our Earth's four seasons. While the rest of you follow the instructions of the Freshest Prince, we're not fortunate enough to spend our days frontin', maxin', waxin', or relaxin' -- no, our former vacation days will be spent on the long, lonesome road as we bounce between conventions and expos in our tireless search for precious scoops -- by which, of course, we mean news stories, and not delicious snack chips. If only!So as you ride around in your Jeep or your Benzos (or in your Nissan, sitting on Lorenzos), spare a thought for your beloved bloggers on the road. Pour some of your finest lemonade onto the pavement at your feet in our honor. As it sinks into the cracks of the driveway, reflect on the unhealthy dependence on us that you've developed, and apologize to the ant colony you've just drowned. - PSP: 64,449 6,087 (8.63%) - Wii: 49,047 7,475 (17.98%) - DS Lite: 37,404 2,499 (7.16%) - PS3: 9,071 1,730 (17.79%) - PS2: 7,189 167 (2.38%) - Xbox 360: 1,947 473 (32.09%) [Source: Media Create] See: The Freshest archives
Japanese hardware sales, May 12 - May 18: Dj vu edition
PSP. Wii. DS Lite. PS3. PS2. Xbox 360. Much like the enigmatic sequence of numbers from "Lost", we can't seem to escape this series of console eponyms. With only minor variations to the lineup (mainly a position switch between Nintendo systems), that's been the pecking order for console sales in Japan for nearly two months. Sure, you could rationalize that fact by pointing out that Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G is still selling like gold-plated Pocky, or that everyone in Japan already owns three or four DS Lites, or that most games released on the 360 don't really appeal to Japanese gamers -- but we know there's something more sinister at work.Could this seemingly innocuous pattern actually herald the movements of our discreet mechanical overlords, as revealed in "The Matrix"? Could Japan be stuck in some kind of temporal rift, causing them to repeat one week over and over again? Or could it be simpler than that -- perhaps the nation of Japan is trying to send us, the trackers of their sales charts, some sort of code. Let's see... "Pallid Westerners, Don't Listen to the Putrid Production of Xanadu." No, that can't be it -- everyone already knows to avoid that nightmare-on-rollerskates. What about "Porpoises and Whales Delight in Leaving Private Pictures in our Xeroxes." No, sea creatures aren't known for acts of office vulgarity.Oh, wait a minute, we think we've cracked it: "Please, We Don't Like Purchasing or Playing Xbox 360s." Well of course you don't! We didn't need to go all Robert Langdon to glean that valuable piece of information! - PSP: 70,536 19,348 (21.53%) - Wii: 41,572 25,736 (38.24%) - DS Lite: 34,905 16,323 (31.86%) - PS3: 7,701 353 (4.38%) - PS2: 7,022 422 (5.92%) - Xbox 360: 1,474 196 (13.56%) [Source: Media Create] See: The familiar archives
PSP enjoys 'Monster' success in Japan
And it would have outsold all of the competition combined if it weren't for that pesky Xbox 360 contributing 1,547 units to the tally. The number the other systems had to defeat was 129,986, the number of PSPs sold in Japan last week according to the compulsive counters at Media Create. Nintendo's DS occupied the second place in the chart with 58,916 sold -- less than half of that managed by the PSP.The system's monster success arrives hand-in-hand with Capcom's Monster Hunter Freedom 2 G, which sold 880,468 copies in its first week. Capcom revealed earlier this week that it had already shipped over a million units of the PSP expansion in an attempt to satiate the demand for "epic battles with giant monsters."
Japanese Hardware Sales, March 17 - March 23: Three-hour tour edition
BEGIN TRANSMISSIONIt's been six days since our departure on our trusty oil tanker, the S.S. Ivan Drago, for the first annual (and last annual, presumably) Joystiq Spring Break Retreat STOP In a Paskowitzian show of patronly affection, our fearless leader opted out of the traditional beach-bound vacation, deciding it would be better a life experience for us to set out on the Big Blue in search of Black Gold STOP It's a decision we're sure he started to regret around the time a pod of enraged narwhals (with incredibly poor navigation skills) began repeatedly impaling our proud vessel with their unforgiving tusks STOPWe managed to make it to the shore of a long-deserted isle with only a few bags of Pretzel Flipz and an old-timey Telex machine, which Ross managed to modify using sand, coconut husks, and supplies from a nearby RadioShack so that we may carry out our daily posting duties STOP It's the only thing that's keeping us from turning on one another -- that, and the hope that one day, we will exact our revenge on those loathsome, mutant devil whales STOPIn topics not relating to sea mammal vengeance, this week saw the DS Lite reclaiming the throne it became so familiar with throughout most of last year, and the Wii picking up the slack it seemed to have dropped in recent weeks -- though the PSP's continued sales growth shows no signs of STOP ping STOP Wait, dammit STOP Can I start over STOP- DS Lite: 65,055 11,789 (22.13%) - Wii: 62,404 6,559 (11.75%)- PSP: 59,833 2,182 (3.78%) - PS3: 12,874 2,060 (13.79%) - PS2: 9,930 60 (0.60%) - Xbox 360: 1,744 337 (19.32%) [Source: Media Create]See: The shipwrecked archives
Japanese hardware sales, March 3 - March 9: Torch passing edition
Many of you may be startled to see your beloved Japanese hardware sales chart with both a schedule and author irregular. As you may have pieced together from the title, everyone's favorite Chocolate Log-loving South African blogger has tasked this lowly weekend editor with maintaining the sacred stream of statistics in order to scare up some free time to finish writing the ol' novel. Little does he know how easily I become intoxicated when trusted with meager amounts of power.You may have your precious numbers and accompanying arrows this week, but the steady font of sales figures will only continue should I, with my immeasurable prudence, deem you worthy. As swiftly as I breathed new life into this once-great feature, I can just as easily lower my grim claw from the armrest of my obsidian throne, and relentlessly crush its fragile windpipe.Keeping this solemn promise in mind, let's get our chart on.- Wii: 57,068 7,467 (11.57%)- PSP: 53,924 19,782 (26.84%)- DS Lite: 48,658 3,264 (6.29%) - PS3: 21,008 7,488 (55.38%) - PS2: 10,429 557 (5.07%) - Xbox 360: 2,891 609 (26.69%) [Source: Media Create]See: The "Ludwig era" archives
Japanese hardware sales, Jan. 28 - Feb. 3: The unremarkable return
After a long sabbatical, the Japanese hardware sales have returned! Well, people in Japan have continued purchasing game systems week after week, it's just that we've now stopped ignoring them. It would be more accurate to say then, that our weekly sales chart has finally come bursting through the office door, eliciting admiration both for its fine holiday tan and renewed work drive. It returns to a strange new world, one where the PSP has managed to best the DS Lite (again) and, perhaps more disturbingly, where glorified spread sheets become personified and go on vacation. We used to be able to make sense of all this. Perhaps you could be kind enough to leave some suggestions in the comments? Tell us how you'd like us to improve this weekly feature, be it through moar statz or fewer words. - Wii: 94,473 19,929 (26.73%)- PSP: 72,528 5,405 (6.94%)- DS Lite: 67,472 11,898 (14.99%) - PS3: 41,796 7,433 (21.63%) - PS2: 12,115 751 (6.61%) - Xbox 360: 6,060 1,764 (41.06%) [Source: Media Create] See: The shockingly incomplete archives
Japanese hardware sales, Dec. 17 - Dec. 23: Incoming new year edition
Well, here you are again, about to turn over the last page of the calendar, all too cognizant of the fact that an ugly cardboard backing awaits you. Perhaps it'll even bear a yellowed price sticker highlighting how much you overpaid for the Official Best of Midway calendar. Really, you ought to know better than buying one that starts at December!Though there's still one purely metaphorical and thus environmentally promiscuous page left for 2007 sales in Japan (these are last week's sales, remember), it'll be 2008 by the time you get to read about them. Now, we don't want you walking into the spectacular annual finale without a bit of preparation, so we've poured over the entire year's sales charts to establish and highlight 2007's most prominent trends. You'll find a detailed and nuanced report after the break. - DS Lite: 279,551 57,419 (25.85%) - Wii: 232,907 62,349 (36.56%) - PSP: 171,804 12,806 (6.94%) - PS3: 58,167 5,553 (8.71%) - PS2: 20,391 2,366 (13.13%) - Xbox 360: 7,908 653 (7.63%) - GBA SP: 54 49 (47.57%) - Game Boy Micro: 42 14 (50.00%) - Gamecube: 31 1 (3.13%) - DS Phat: 12 -- 0 (0.00%)- GBA: 4 5 (55.56%) [Source: Media Create] See: The heavily analyzed archives
Japanese hardware sales, Dec. 10 - Dec. 16: Red with envy edition
Oh, it's one of those weeks. You know, where we have to abandon the three pages of irrelevant drivel (remember the noir trilogy?) we had lined up and instead provide some explanation regarding the more curious bits of the Japanese hardware sales chart. It's certainly a dramatic change from tradition, one that's nearly matched by the revelation that the color red, as sported by our dramatic downward arrows, occasionally points to good news.As you may have already noticed (since you usually skip the aforementioned irrelevant drivel), the PSP enjoyed a stellar week, surging past the Wii with 184,610 units sold. Our friends at PSP Fanboy thought it somewhat mysterious, but we suspect the sales catalyst was the newly released "Deep Red" PSP and 1Seg TV tuner bundle. The sales increases enjoyed by other platforms can be tied to actual software -- the DS Lite, the Wii and the PlayStation 3 got helping hands from Mario Party DS, Wii Fit and Gran Turismo 5 Prologue respectively.There. How was that? - DS Lite: 222,132 53,877 (32.02%) - PSP: 184,610 93,129 (101.80%) - Wii: 170,558 55,501 (48.24%) - PS3: 63,720 25,597 (67.14%) - PS2: 18,025 6,038 (50.37%) - Xbox 360: 8,561 315 (3.55%) - GBA SP: 103 9 (9.57%) - Gamecube: 32 14 (30.43%) - Game Boy Micro: 28 8 (40.00%) - DS Phat: 12 -- 0 (0.00%)- GBA: 9 9 (N/A) [Source: Media Create] See: The straight-faced archives
Japanese hardware sales, Dec. 3 - Dec. 9: Saturday morning shame edition
If the Japanese hardware sales chart is the first thing to pop into your mind (and search engine) on a beautiful Saturday morning, you may feel compelled to question the priorities in your life. You may even wrestle with the word "life" itself, perhaps bumping it down a notch to "existence" and appending adjectives like "sad" and/or "meaningless." We're here to eliminate those impulses though, reminding you that there's no shame in being completely obsessed with the video game purchases of a foreign culture.After all, there's some loser who woke up on Saturday morning (thanks, Flying Alarm Clock!) just to pull that rubbish out of a custom spreadsheet and post it on a website. - DS Lite: 168,255 43,664 (35.05%) - Wii: 115,057 40,293 (53.89%) - PSP: 91,481 16,855 (22.59%) - PS3: 38,123 1,031 (2.78%) - PS2: 11,987 1,716 (12.52%) - Xbox 360: 8,876 2,244 (33.84%) - GBA SP: 94 85 (944.44%) - Gamecube: 46 14 (43.75%) - Game Boy Micro: 20 -- 0 (0.00%) - DS Phat: 12 24 (66.67%)- GBA: 0 4 (100.00%) [Source: Media Create] See: The embarrassingly extensive archives
Japanese hardware sales, Nov. 26 - Dec. 2: If the Wii fits edition
As you may or may not have noticed, depending on your reading ability and tolerance for vaguely irrelevant yet alluringly foreign sales charts, the Nintendo Wii enjoyed a surge in Japanese retail popularity last week. If you're looking to blame something, be sure to point your gnarled index finger at Wii Fit. That's the balancercise board, mind you, not the phenomenon perceived by someone watching you play Wario Ware: Smooth Moves.We can't comment on the quality of the product yet, but the illustrations on the box make it seem like the perfect toy for the posers among us.- DS Lite: 124,591 7,897 (6.77%) - Wii: 74,764 20,402 (37.53%) - PSP: 74,626 401 (0.53%) - PS3: 37,092 13,472 (26.64%) - PS2: 13,703 1,172 (7.88%) - Xbox 360: 6,632 485 (6.81%) - DS Phat: 36 36 (N/A) - Gamecube: 32 12 (27.27%) - Game Boy Micro: 20 22 (52.38%) - GBA SP: 9 22 (70.97%)- GBA: 4 5 (55.56%) [Source: Media Create] See: The energetic archives
Japanese hardware sales, Nov. 19 - Nov. 25: Informative puppeteer edition
We understand that the cluttered presentation of the weekly Japanese hardware sales chart, what with its intimidating numbers and indecisive, colored pointy things, can occasionally be somewhat of a chore to decipher (and consequently appreciate). You may be able to discern the statistical shenanigans, but what of the reasons for platforms rocketing into the sky or plummeting to the ground like a lead yoyo without a string? Or... a rock, we guess. Far be it from us to withhold the answers from you! Well, we do withhold them ever so slightly... you'll have to highlight the answers in this easily accessible Q & A format! A sudden surge in DS Lite sales? Where did that come from? The offices that spawned a Dragon Quest IV remake, of course. By law, Japanese citizens must at the very least feign interest in this venerable RPG franchise. The PSP seems to be doing quite well. Did something happen? The PSP's been on a roll ever since the slim models came out -- and Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII didn't hurt either. What's up with the Xbox 360 going from dismal sales to slightly less dismal but still works as a punchline levels? The answer is simple... but it's not here. Remember how the PS3 outsold the Wii the previous two weeks? Yes, we questioned the very fabric of reality. Why am I so easy to manipulate? WE WILLED YOU TO HIGHLIGHT THIS TEXT. - DS Lite: 116,694 40,625 (53.41%) - PSP: 75,027 9,418 (14.35%) - Wii: 54,362 18,132 (50.05%) - PS3: 50,564 11,386 (29.06%) - PS2: 14,875 6,020 (67.98%) - Xbox 360: 7,117 592 (9.07%) - Gamecube: 44 6 (15.79%) - Game Boy Micro: 42 67 (61.47%) - GBA SP: 31 122 (79.74%)- GBA: 9 9 (N/A) - DS Phat: 0 15 (100.00%) [Source: Media Create] See: The compelling archives
Japanese hardware sales, Nov. 12 - Nov. 18: And now for a haiku edition
Sales charts rule our livessend out the defense forcescheese accordions Please, please tell us you can do better in the comments. We'll post the best ones in next week's sales chart post! (That's right, folks! We've gotten so unbelievably lazy that we'd rather have you write our posts for us!) - DS Lite: 76,069 2,785 (3.53%) - PSP: 65,609 6,645 (11.27%) - PS3: 39,178 16,746 (29.94%) - Wii: 36,230 1,684 (4.87%) - PS2: 8,855 188 (2.08%) - Xbox 360: 6,525 708 (12.17%) - GBA SP: 153 58 (27.49%)C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER! - Game Boy Micro: 109 599 (84.6%) - Gamecube: 38 31 (44.93%) - DS Phat: 15 15 (50.00%)- GBA: 0 4 (100.00%) [Source: Media Create] See: The magnificent archives
