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36265 on 24.11.2006 at 17:01

Below are the official software and hardware sales from Japan, courtesy of Media Create and translated, for a change, by myself! This week sees no PS3 games make the Top 10, Nintendo's Magic Taizen (similar to 42 All-Time Classics, but with magic / card tricks) enter at a respectable No.6 and Castlevania only slip in at No.14 despite decent sales. On the hardware side, we see PS3 sales half and the PSP reach a new all-time low!

Software Sales - This Week | Total Sales

1.) Sengoku Musou 2 Empires (PS2, Koei) - 97,170 | NEW
2.) Common Knowledge Training (NDS, Nintendo) - 78,722 | 529,828
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Dr_R on 24.11.2006 at 10:57#1

Judging from the changes in sales figure from pre-PS3, the launch of Sony's new console has only hurt the sales of it's other brands. And what poor software sales!

Still I suppose we can't judge properly until the following two things happen: 1) the Wii is released, 2) both consoles have a steady supply with no production related (as opposed to demand related ala DS) shortages.

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James2t3 on 24.11.2006 at 11:04#2

PS3 must be terribly hard to supply.

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Adam Riley on 24.11.2006 at 11:34#3

First day sales are out as well, and as follows:

Blah Blah (see story above now)

At least I think that's about right...Anyone that knows Japanese can double-check for me here: http://ameblo.jp/sinobi/ (that's why it's not posted in the main story, as it's unverified at the moment Smilie )

EDIT: The story's been updated with figures that are much more accurate Smilie So disregard the one's that were in this post!

( Edited on 24.11.2006 16:25 by jesusraz )

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Tenacious D on 24.11.2006 at 12:17#4

lol i love the fact that ds lite is outselling the ps3 by a factor of 3 to 1 (i know the ps3 has terrible shortages but it still amuses me Smilie ) and the best selling ps3 game is only at no. 16!

Zapp on 24.11.2006 at 12:20#5

great to se Mario is selling well.. pokemon are doing great... and so is the DSL but the PS3 123K..... Smilie that not very good and the PSP Smilie

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Flynnie on 24.11.2006 at 14:08#6

Fanboys wet dream

Slydevil on 24.11.2006 at 14:30#7

Unsuprising...

How many PS3 units were shipped?

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theduffman on 24.11.2006 at 15:02#8

I'm willing to bet 100% of the PS3s on offer have been sold...
maybe the real test comes a few weeks down the track.

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Adam Riley on 24.11.2006 at 16:26#9

It was thought to be 30,000 and with only 82,000 out of 100,000 the previous week...So with an estimated 130,000 out there, having sold 123,738 is not bad at all.

It's more the lack of software sales that shows how lacklustre the launch is, plus the fact that the PSP has been hit hard!

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Jacob4000 on 24.11.2006 at 17:07#10

We will just have to see if the Holidays and the lack of parents able to find a PS3 drives up PSP sales at all in the future. If not, the device is in a serious nose dive...while DS Lite sales are on the up. It will be interesting to see if the Wii has an effect on the Lite.

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Dr_R on 24.11.2006 at 17:20#11

34% of initial stock? 250K units? Bloomin' heck!

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dojo on 24.11.2006 at 17:29#12

Oh Animal Crossing...what a lingerer

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Satoshi on 24.11.2006 at 18:32#13

49.) Mah-jong (PS3, Konami)

Who would want to spend so much money on a PS3 for its awesome graphics then play mahjong on it???

...

And how can 40 have sales number lower than 42?
40.) Fast Reading Training (NDS, Milestone) - 3,000 | 10,000 < 41% of Stock Sold >
41.) Big Brain Academy (NDS, Nintendo)
42.) Tingle RPG (NDS, Nintendo) - 3,100 | 180,000 < 89% of Stock Sold >

That magic game looks really wierd...the DS does magic tricks on you..but its a CPU it can cheat!!!

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Jacob4000 on 24.11.2006 at 18:50#14

Who would want to spend so much money on a PS3 for its awesome graphics then play mahjong on it???

That's what cracks me up about PSP fans. They love the uber power of the system yet the best game for it is Lumines, and homebrew of SNES games. Smilie

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SuperLink on 24.11.2006 at 20:27#15

I thogh Japan only had 100,000 PS3s? Did they get a new shipment already?

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RobTheBuilder on 24.11.2006 at 20:45#16

I love the fact that DS lite sold 48,000 more than every other console put together.

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tiamat1990 on 24.11.2006 at 22:43#17

Who the hell would buy a console and not a game? So many people did that in America the retailers said.

RobTheBuilder on 24.11.2006 at 23:04#18

People selling them on ebay!

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xeke on 24.11.2006 at 23:11#19

It's obvious they are buying it for...a cheap Blu-ray player!

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RobTheBuilder on 24.11.2006 at 23:24#20

Pff not likely.
Not yet.

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Zapp on 25.11.2006 at 00:13#21

well the first Blu-Ray played has been made by Samsung i dont know if its on sale yet or it will be on shops in January but anyway it costs

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The Croft on 25.11.2006 at 00:33#22

Go DS, cracking sart for Jump Stars and Love and Berry, i ma confident that both will hit the 1m mark.

As for Kirby, Common Sense Training and PESDS all really good sales.

18.) Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (NDS, Nintendo) around 10k, that is what i call longevity.

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MrLiamSir on 25.11.2006 at 03:48#23

*Looks at original Xbox sales* Bwah hah hah hah haaaaaaa!!!
As for the PS3 sales, that was kinda expected. It's just nice to see Ninty pwning the sales charts, just like the good old days.

The Croft on 25.11.2006 at 20:12#24

Laughter and the Xbox performance seem to gone hand in hand whne referring to Japanese sales

Megadanxzero on 25.11.2006 at 21:07#25

Frazzle.dd said:
well the first Blu-Ray played has been made by Samsung i dont know if its on sale yet or it will be on shops in January but anyway it costs

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