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Media Create 01/07/08 - 01/13/08 Japanese Sales: The Post-Holiday Obituary

So, it's the week after the holiday season. You know what that means? Sales completely drop all around. Nothing really survived the post-holiday massacre other than this week's top selling game, by a clear long shot.

This week's top-selling game is Wii Fit, selling 90k copies. The #2 this week is every child's favorite game, Mario Party DS, selling 43k copies. Rounding out the top five are Wii Sports (WII - 33k), Final Fantasy IV (NDS - 32k), and Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (PSP - 26k).

As for hardware, prepare for lots of red.
This Week - Last Week: +/-
DSL: 97,369 - 266,568: -169,199
PSP: 96,159 - 218,234: -122,075
WII: 84,530 - 207,797: -123,267
PS3: 38,907 - 64,183: -25,276
PS2: 14,499 - 32,010: -17,511
360: 4,690 - 9,763: -5,073

There's really not much to say about this week's sales, as it's after the holiday rush, so naturally sales will be down. The lack of high numbers push games of non-Nintendo systems into the top fifty, as we see a 360 game crack the top fifty at #22 (Call of Duty 4). Although, most surprising is that Mario Kart DS is quietly approaching the 3 million mark in Japan.

Thanks to Cheesemeister at NeoGAF for translation, compilation and the boxarts.
Media Create Rankings
GPara: Media Create Top 30 with links to product sites

For Top 10, Numbers: Current Week / Lifetime to Date

01. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 89,584 / 1,101,000
02. [NDS] Mario Party DS (Nintendo) - 43,082 / 1,527,000
03. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo) - 33,267 / 2,658,000
04. [NDS] Final Fantasy IV (Square-Enix) - 32,427 / 537,000
05. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (Capcom) - 25,927 / 1,511,000
06. [NDS] Prof. Layton and Pandora's Box (Level 5) - 25,303 / 708,000
07. [NDS] Dragon Quest IV (Square-Enix) - 24,992 / 1,143,000
08. [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo) - 24,820 / 2,155,000
09. [WII] Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo) - 21,661 / 468,000
10. [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo) - 17,433 / 2,908,000
11. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo)
12. [WII] Mario Party 8 (Nintendo)
13. [NDS] Rune Factory 2 (Marvelous Entertainment)
14. [PS3] Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
15. [PSP] Star Ocean 1: First Departure (Square-Enix)
16. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
17. [NDS] Prof. Layton and the Curious Village (Level 5)
18. [NDS] Kanji Brain Test 2.5M (IE Institute)
19. [PS2] Super Robot Wars OG Gaiden (Banpresto)
20. [NDS] Animal Crossing Wild World (Nintendo)
21. [PS2] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2008 (Konami)
22. [360] Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
23. [NDS] My Housekeeping Diary (Nintendo)
24. [WII] Mario Strikers Charged (Nintendo)
25. [NDS] Tales of Innocence (Bandai-Namco)
26. [NDS] More Brain Age (Nintendo)
27. [PS3] Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (Sony)
28. [NDS] Nep League DS (Jaleco)
29. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2008 (Konami)
30. [WII] Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles (Capcom)
31. [WII] Home Teacher Hitman Reborn! Dream Hyper Battle! (Marvelous Entertainment)
32. [NDS] More English Training (Nintendo)
33. [PSP] Hot Shots Golf Portable 2 (Sony)
34. [NDS] Kanji Test 2 (Rocket Co.)
35. [NDS] DS Literature Collection (Nintendo)
36. [WII] Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree (Nintendo)
37. [NDS] Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day (Nintendo)
38. [PS2] Naruto: Shippuuden N-Ultimate Accelerator 2 (Bandai-Namco)
39. [PSP] Haruhi Suzumiya's Promise (Bandai-Namco)
40. [PS3] Shin Sangoku Musou 5 (Koei)
41. [NDS] Pokémon Mysterious Dungeon: Time Expedition Party (Pokémon)
42. [PS2] Yakuza 2 (Sega)
43. [PS2] Sengoku Basara 2: Heroes (Capcom)
44. [PSP] Yuusha no Kuse ni Namaiki da (Sony)
45. [NDS] Game Center CX: Arino's Challenge (Bandai-Namco)
46. [WII] Wario Ware Smooth Moves (Nintendo)
47. [NDS] Pokémon Diamond (Pokémon)
48. [NDS] Fast Card Battle: Card Hero (Nintendo)
49. [NDS] Pokémon Mysterious Dungeon: Shadow Expedition Party (Pokémon)
50. [NDS] Survival Kids 3 (Konami)

Number of Games in Top 50 Per System
NDS - 24
WII - 11
PS2 - 5
PSP - 5
PS3 - 4
360 - 1

Hardware Numbers:
DSL 97,369
PSP 96,159
WII 84,530
PS3 38,907
PS2 14,499
360 4,690

[Last Week's Media Create Numbers]
01./02. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 89,584 / 1,101,000
02./01. [NDS] Mario Party DS (Nintendo) - 43,082 / 1,527,000
03./03. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo) - 33,267 / 2,658,000
04./04. [NDS] Final Fantasy IV (Square-Enix) - 32,427 / 537,000
05./14. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (Capcom) - 25,927 / 1,511,000
06./08. [NDS] Prof. Layton and Pandora's Box (Level 5) - 25,303 / 708,000
07./07. [NDS] Dragon Quest IV (Square-Enix) - 24,992 / 1,143,000
08./06. [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo) - 24,820 / 2,155,000
09./09. [WII] Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo) - 21,661 / 468,000
10./11. [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo) - 17,433 / 2,908,000

11./05. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo)
12./10. [WII] Mario Party 8 (Nintendo)
13./12. [NDS] Rune Factory 2 (Marvelous Entertainment)
14./38. [PS3] Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
15./16. [PSP] Star Ocean 1: First Departure (Square-Enix)
16./13. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
17./25. [NDS] Prof. Layton and the Curious Village (Level 5)
18./30. [NDS] Kanji Brain Test 2.5M (IE Institute)
19./18. [PS2] Super Robot Wars OG Gaiden (Banpresto)
20./20. [NDS] Animal Crossing Wild World (Nintendo)
21./21. [PS2] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2008 (Konami)
22./00. [360] Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
23./35. [NDS] My Housekeeping Diary (Nintendo)
24./00. [WII] Mario Strikers Charged (Nintendo)
25./24. [NDS] Tales of Innocence (Bandai-Namco)
26./26. [NDS] More Brain Age (Nintendo)
27./33. [PS3] Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (Sony)
28./28. [NDS] Nep League DS (Jaleco)
29./37. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2008 (Konami)
30./31. [WII] Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles (Capcom)
31./00. [WII] Home Teacher Hitman Reborn! Dream Hyper Battle! (Marvelous Entertainment)
32./00. [NDS] More English Training (Nintendo)
33./40. [PSP] Hot Shots Golf Portable 2 (Sony)
34./42. [NDS] Kanji Test 2 (Rocket Co.)
35./00. [NDS] DS Literature Collection (Nintendo)
36./15. [WII] Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree (Nintendo)
37./32. [NDS] Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day (Nintendo)
38./29. [PS2] Naruto: Shippuuden N-Ultimate Accelerator 2 (Bandai-Namco)
39./00. [PSP] Haruhi Suzumiya's Promise (Bandai-Namco)
40./00. [PS3] Shin Sangoku Musou 5 (Koei)
41./23. [NDS] Pokémon Mysterious Dungeon: Time Expedition Party (Pokémon)
42./00. [PS2] Yakuza 2 (Sega)
43./00. [PS2] Sengoku Basara 2: Heroes (Capcom)
44./00. [PSP] Yuusha no Kuse ni Namaiki da (Sony)
45./00. [NDS] Game Center CX: Arino's Challenge (Bandai-Namco)
46./36. [WII] Wario Ware Smooth Moves (Nintendo)
47./47. [NDS] Pokémon Diamond (Pokémon)
48./39. [NDS] Fast Card Battle: Card Hero (Nintendo)
49./27. [NDS] Pokémon Mysterious Dungeon: Shadow Expedition Party (Pokémon)
50./34. [NDS] Survival Kids 3 (Konami)

NDS - 24
WII - 11
PS2 - 5
PSP - 5
PS3 - 4
360 - 1

DS Lite 97,369
PSP 96,159
Wii 84,530
PS3 38,907
PS2 14,499
Xbox 360 4,690

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    Guticb | January 18, 2008
    Holy shit, PSP sales are only about 1000 units less than DS sales. 0_0

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