Famitsu's Half-Year Sales Data

Japanese Mag Famitsu has compiled the Hardware, Software, Sales by Publisher and other statistics for games at the Half-year point in Japan.

Software Sales

01. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (Capcom) - 2,300,505
02. [WII] Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo) - 1,666,323
03. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) - 1,526,664
04. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 1,443,167 / 2,261,333
05. [NDS] Pokemon Ranger Batonage (Pokemon) - 576,467
06. [PS3] Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Konami) - 576,437
07. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo) - 544,958 / 3,009,692
08. [NDS] Mario Party DS (Nintendo) - 497,547 / 1,730,191
09. [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo) - 416,935 / 3,112,363
10. [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo) - 411,416 / 2,402,085

11. [PS2] Warriors Orochi 2 (Koei) - 394,131
12. [NDS] Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo) - 325,647
13. [PS3] Devil May Cry 4 (Capcom) - 304,652
14. [NDS] Beautiful Letter Training (Nintendo) - 304,096
15. [PS2] Gundam Musou Special (Bandai Namco) - 275,812
16. [PS3] Yakuza Kenzan (Sega) - 267,242
17. [NDS] Taiko Drum Master: Adventure of 7 Islands (Bandai Namco) - 218,472
18. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo) - 214,396 / 5,209,549
19. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (Capcom) - 212,082 / 1,701,980
20. [WII] Deca Sporta (Hudson) - 204,052

21. [NDS] Prof. Layton and Pandora's Box (Level 5) - 204,026 / 819,364
22. [PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball Portable 3 (Konami) - 200,134
23. [WII] Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo) - 197,902 / 561,003
24. [WII] Link's Crossbow Training (Nintendo) - 194,849
25. [WII] Mario Party 8 (Nintendo) - 185,782 / 1,239,716
26. [PS2] Pro Baseball Spirits 5 (Konami) - 181,458
27. [PSP] World Soccer Winning Eleven Ubiquitous Evolution 2008 (Konami) - 174,111
28. [PSP] Mobile Suit Gundam: Giren's Ambition: Axis no Kyoui (Bandai Namco) - 171,787
29. [NDS] Animal Crossing: Wild World (Nintendo) - 166,385 / 4,679,907
30. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo) - 165,062 / 912,746

31. [NDS] Final Fantasy IV (Square Enix) - 164,957 / 612,044
32. [NDS] We're Fossil Diggers (Nintendo) - 153,534
33. [NDS] Flash Focus Vision Training (Nintendo) - 151,813 / 881,126
34. [WII] Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of a New World (Bandai Namco) - 151,138
35. [NDS] Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen (Square Enix) - 148,944 / 1,201,771
36. [NDS] Derby Stallion DS (Enterbrain) - 147,158
37. [NDS] Kanji Brain 47,000+ (IE Institute) - 147,077 / 258,340
38. [NDS] Sim City 2 (EA) - 143,816
39. [NDS] Etrian Odyssey II (Atlus) - 142,772

40. [PS2] Tales of Destiny Director's Cut (Bandai Namco) - 142,301
41. [PSP] Star Ocean 2 Second Evolution (Square Enix) - 141,218
42. [NDS] My Household Diary (Nintendo) - 140,637 / 510,096
43. [PS2] Sumiya Haruhi no Tomadoi (Bandai Namco) - 139,425
44. [NDS] Taiko Drum Master! Touch de Don Don! (Bandai Namco) - 138,861 / 417,859
45. [NDS] Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness/Explorers of Time - 136,456 / 1,392,972
46. [PSP] Warriors Orochi (Koei) - 136,346
47. [PS3] Valkyria Chronicles (Sega) - 129,835
48. [PS2] World Soccer Winning Eleven 8 (Konami) - 127,952 / 672,976
49. [NDS] Harvest Moon: Sun and Friends (Marvelous) - 126,770
50. [NDS] Daigasso! Band Brothers (Nintendo) - 122,183

51. [NDS] Tottadoo! Yoiko no Mujintou Seikatsu (Bandai Namco) - 120,469
52. [NDS] Rune Factory 2 (Marvelous) - 116,287
53. [NDS] Power Pro Kun Pocket 10 (Konami) - 115,888
54. [WII] Family Ski (Bandai Namco) - 115,368
55. [PSP] Super Robot Wars Alpha Portable (Bandai Namco) - 115,201
56. [NDS] Brain Age 2 (Nintendo) - 114,511 / 4,897,082
57. [NDS] Professor Layton and the Curious Town (Level 5) - 114,437 / 880,195
58. [PS2] Yakuza 2 PlayStation 2 The Best (Sega) - 112,663 / 177,720
59. [NDS] Mugen no Frontier Super Robot Wars OG Saga (Bandai Namco) - 112,2144
60. [PS3] Dragon Ball Z Burst Limit (Bandai Namco) - 111,407

61. [NDS] Pokemon Diamond/Pearl (Pokemon) - 108,990 / 5,506,194
62. [WII] Winning Eleven Playmaker 2008 (Konami) - 104,654
63. [NDS] Crayon Shinchan Cinema Land (Bandai Namco) - 99,817
64. [NDS] Soma Bringer (Nintendo) - 99,782
65. [NDS] Tokimeki Memorial Girls Side: Second Season (Konami) - 99,713
66. [NDS] Let's Make a Pro Baseball Team! (Sega) - 97,256
67. [PS2] Super Robot Wars OG Gaiden (Bandai Namco) - 97,238 / 295,777
68. [PS3] Disgaea 3 (Nippon Ichi) - 93,227
69. [PSP] Minna no Golf Portable 2 (SCE) - 91,758 / 256,926
70. [PS3] Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision) - 90,177

71. [PS3] Pro Baseball Spirits 5 (Konami) - 89,887
72. [PSP] Star Ocean 1 First Departure (Square Enix) - 89,716 / 204,996
73. [NDS] Nep League DS (Jaleco) - 86,607 / 147,770
74. [WII] Mario Super Sluggers (Nintendo) - 86,242
75. [PS3] Armored Core For Answer (From Software) - 84,155
76. [NDS] DS Literature Complete Collection (Nintendo) - 83,700 / 240,231
77. [PS3] Assassin's Creed (Ubisoft) - 82,277
78. [WII] Shiren Mystery Dungeon 3 (Sega) - 81,925
79. [NDS] Dora Base Dramatic Stadium (Bandai Namco) - 81,873 / 196,621
80. [NDS] Kanji Test DS 2 (Rocket Company) - 81,447 / 242,570

81. [PSP] Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (Bandai Namco) - 81,419
82. [NDS] Brain Age (Nintendo) - 79,263 / 3,689,161
83. [PSP] echochrome (SCE) - 77,743
84. [PS2] Lucky Star Gakuen Outousai (Kadokawa Shoten) - 77,552
85. [WII] Family Trainer (Bandai Namco) - 77,338
86. [PSP] Tales of Rebirth (Bandai Namco) - 75,301
87. [360] Idolmaster Live for You! (Bandai Namco) - 74,608
88. [PSP] Bleach Heat the Soul 5 (SCE) - 73,785
89. [PS2] Poison Pink (Marvelous) - 73,255
90. [WII] Metroid Prime 3 Corruption - 72,949

91. [PS2] Naruto Shippuden Narutimate Ancel 2 (Bandai Namco) - 72,032 / 196,628
92. [PSP] Valhalla Knights 2 (Marvelous) - 69,898
93. [WII] Everyone's Common Knowledge Training TV (Nintendo) - 69,625
94. [PSP] Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion: Lost Colors (Bandai Namco) - 69,496
95. [NDS] DS Suspense Story: Kyoto Murder Files (Tecmo) - 69,152
96. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable PSP The Best (Capcom) - 69,099 / 142,417
97. [NDS] nintendogs (Nintendo) - 68,879 / 1,777,272
98. [PSP] Yuusha no Kuse ni Namaikida (SCE) - 66,860 / 133,067
99. [WII] Mario Strikers Charged (Nintendo) - 66,791 / 217,780
100. [NDS] Megaman Star Force 2 Berserk x Dinosaur/Berserk x Shinobi (Capcom) - 66,741 / 291,962

Hardware Sales

PSP - 1,964,461 / 9,499,774
WII - 1,720,263 / 6,338,742
DSL - 1,593,844 / 22,699,316
PS3 - 548,273 / 2,221,336
PS2 - 257,702 / 21,324,839
360 - 80,290 / 628,598

Sales by Publisher

1. Nintendo - 10,340,000
2. Bandai Namco - 3,900,000
3. Capcom - 3,760,000
4. Konami - 2,550,000
5. Sega - 1,310,000

Number of Titles by Publisher

1. Nintendo - 28
2. Bandai Namco - 22
3. Konami - 9
4. Capcom - 5
5. Sega - 5

Number of Titles per platform

NDS - 42
WII - 19
PSP - 17
PS2 - 11
PS3 - 10
360 - 1

To nobody's great surprise, the Software chart is very heavily in Nintendo's favour, although the top-selling game, Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G, has given the PSP a new lease of life in sales.

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