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Japanese Sales Charts - Week Ending 23/1/05

30th January 2005, 2:49pm
Software:
(Rank/ System/ Title/ Category/ Company/ Sold This Week/ Sold Total)

1/ PS2/ Monster Hunter G /ACT/ Capcom/ 127,846/ 127,846
2/ PS2/ Fu-un Bakumatsu-den/ ACT/ Genki/ 51,880/ 51,880
3/ PS2/ Gran Turismo 4 (both versions)/ RCE/ SCE/ 41,045/ 884,395
4/ DS/ Wario Ware: Touched!/ ETC/ Nintendo/ 30,675/ 605,774
5/ GBA/ Mario Party Advance/ ETC/ Nintendo/ 29,669/ 97,641
6/ PS2/ Magister Negi Magi/ ADV/ Konami/ 26,712/ 26,712
7/ DS/ Super Mario 64 DS/ ACT/ Nintendo/ 24,946/ 618,777
8/ PSP/ Hot Shots Golf Portable/ SPT/ SCE/ 20,012/ Total N/A
9/ PSP/ Dynasty Warriors (incl. Limited Edition)/ ACT/ Koei/ 17,149/ Total N/A
10/ PS2/ Neon Genesis Evangelion: Iron Maiden 2nd/ ADV/ BROCCOLI/ 16,001/ 16,001

Hardware:
(System/ Sold This Week/ 2005 Total)

PSP/ 66,543/ 193,197
PS2/ 56,374/ 246,612
DS/ 44,608/ 206,696
GBASP/ 13,317/ 102,457
GC/ 5,359/ 32,537
Xbox/ 498/ 2,183
GBA/ 332/ 2,639

The PSP is catching up on the 2005 totals of the DS, but the DS is still doing better when you take into account sales from the end of 2004. Interestingly, nostalgic favourite Super Mario 64 DS is being challenged by WarioWare, a newish franchise.

SOURCE: M-Create.com
by Nick Schaedel