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Japanese Sales Charts - Week Ending 22/5/05

30th May 2005, 10:49pm
Here's what the Japanese are playing:

Software:

1.Yu Yu Hakusho Forever (PS2) - 79,498
2.DS Training For Adults: Work Your Brain (DS) - 42,509
3.Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song (PS2) - 26,965
4.Vampire Darkstalkers Collection (PS2) - 11,831
5.Nintendogs: Shiba & Friends (DS) - 11,320
6.Bomberman (DS) - 10,946
7.DK: King of Swing (GBA) - 9,798
8.Mercenaries (PS2) - 8,075
9.Baseball Live 2005 (PS2) - 7,840
10.Nintendogs: Dachs & Friends (DS) - 7,435

Hardware

1.NDS - 29,808
2.PS2 - 27,370
3.PSP - 24,122
4.GBASP - 7,592
5.GCN - 2,403
6.GBA - 282
7.Xbox - 248

Overall Percentages

PlayStation 2 - 29.81%
PSP - 26.27%
GameCube - 2.62%
Game Boy Advance - 0.31%
Game Boy Advance SP - 8.27%
Nintendo DS - 32.46%
Xbox - 0.27%
Total - 100.00%

Nintendo has a 43.66% market share, Sony has a 56.08% share and Xbox and the rest has a 0.26% share.

SOURCE: M-Create.
by Nick Schaedel