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Media Create 01/28/08 - 02/03/07 Japanese Sales: Super Smash Bros. Brawl Dominates Sales

Akira_EX | February 08, 2008 | Industry News | Playstation 2 Playstation 3 
Two major juggernauts have finally been released in the land of the rising sun: Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Devil May Cry 4. The clear victor? Brawl. Also, seven of the top ten are new releases.

As such, the top seller this week is Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Wii, selling 820k copies. Second is the PS3 version of Devil May Cry 4, selling 205k copies. Rounding out the top five are Tales of Destiny: Director's Cut (PS2 - 117k), Haruhi Suzumiya's Wonderment (PS2 - 114k) and Wii Fit (WII - 73k)

With regards to hardware:
This Week - Last Week: +/-
WII: 94,473 - 74,544: +19,929
PSP: 72,528 - 77,933: -5,405
DSL: 67,472 - 79,370: -11,898
PS3: 41,796 - 34,363: +7,433
PS2: 12,115 - 11,364: +751
360: 6,060 - 4,296: +1,764

As expected, the two major releases this week, Super Smash Bros. Brawl (WII) and Devil May Cry 4 (PS3/360) led to increases in sales for their respective consoles. It's also interesting to note that Brawl sold more than #2-#10 combined, and reports say that it had a 95% sell-through. Devil May Cry 4 also didn't do that bad either, with to PS3:360 5:1 report being accurate. Consider that these sales aren't even a full week, Brawl will continue to sport legs like Melee did, and DMC4 should stick around the top ten for one or two more weeks, selling a total 245,413, which is greater than DMC3's first week.

Other games purportedly "sent to die" against Brawl fared decently. Tales of Destiny: Director's Cut (PS2) managed a respectable 117k, and Haruhi Suzumiya's Wonderment (PS2) sold a similar amount, 114k. Disgaea 3 (PS3) has a decent 55k, while Assassin's Creed (PS3) starts out at 28k.

Thanks to Cheesemeister at NeoGAF for translation, compilation and the boxarts.
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For Top 10, Numbers: Current Week / Lifetime to Date
01. [WII] Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo) - 819,647 / NEW
02. [PS3] Devil May Cry 4 (Capcom) - 205,390 / NEW
03. [PS2] Tales of Destiny: Director's Cut (Bandai-Namco) - 116,928 / NEW
04. [PS2] Haruhi Suzumiya's Wonderment (Banpresto) - 114,335 / NEW
05. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 73,325 / 1,356,000
06. [PS3] Disgaea 3 (Nippon Ichi Software) - 54,596 / NEW
07. [360] Devil May Cry 4 (Capcom) - 40,023 / NEW
08. [NDS] Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo) - 34,474 / 175,000
09. [PS3] Assassin's Creed (Ubi Soft) - 27,895 / NEW
10. [PSP] World Soccer Winning Eleven: Ubiquitous Evolution 2008 (Konami) - 25,523 / 102,000
11. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo)
12. [WII] Family Ski (Bandai-Namco)
13. [NDS] Mario Party DS (Nintendo)
14. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (Capcom)
15. [PS3] Need for Speed: Pro Street (EA)
16. [PS2] Need for Speed: Pro Street (EA)
17. [NDS] Prof. Layton and Pandora's Box (Level 5)
18. [NDS] Taiko Drum Master DS (Bandai-Namco)
19. [NDS] Doraemon Baseball: Dramatic Stadium (Bandai-Namco)
20. [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
21. [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo)
22. [NDS] Final Fantasy IV (Square-Enix)
23. [PS2] Lucky Star: Misasagi Sakura Gakuen Sakura Fuji Festival (Kadokawa Shoten)
24. [NDS] Nep League DS (Jaleco)
25. [NDS] After-School Boy (Konami)
26. [NDS] Dragon Quest IV (Square-Enix)
27. [WII] Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo)
28. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo)
29. [WII] Mario Party 8 (Nintendo)
30. [NDS] Animal Crossing Wild World (Nintendo)
31. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
32. [NDS] Kanji Brain Test 2.5M (IE Institute)
33. [NDS] Prof. Layton and the Curious Village (Level 5)
34. [PSP] Yggdra Union (Sting)
35. [NDS] Powerful Pro-kun Pocket 10 (Konami)
36. [PS3] Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
37. [NDS] Entomologist: Heavenly Countryside (Marvelous Entertainment)
38. [PS2] Yakuza 2 (Sega)
39. [NDS] More Brain Age (Nintendo)
40. [NDS] DS Literature Collection (Nintendo)
41. [NDS] My Housekeeping Diary (Nintendo)
42. [WII] Mario Strikers Charged (Nintendo)
43. [PS2] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2008 (Konami)
44. [NDS] Rune Factory 2 (Marvelous Entertainment)
45. [NDS] Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day (Nintendo)
46. [NDS] Kanji Test 2 (Rocket Co.)
47. [NDS] More English Training (Nintendo)
48. [PS2] Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition (Capcom)
49. [PSP] Haruhi Suzumiya's Promise (Bandai-Namco)
50. [NDS] Brain Age (Nintendo)

Number of Games in the Top 50 Per System:
NDS - 24
WII - 9
PS2 - 7
PS3 - 5
PSP - 4
360 - 1

Hardware Numbers:
WII 94,473
PSP 72,528
DSL 67,472
PS3 41,796
PS2 12,115
360 6,060

[Last Week's Media Create Numbers]
01./00. [WII] Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo) - 819,647 / NEW
02./00. [PS3] Devil May Cry 4 (Capcom) - 205,390 / NEW
03./00. [PS2] Tales of Destiny: Director's Cut (Bandai-Namco) - 116,928 / NEW
04./00. [PS2] Haruhi Suzumiya's Wonderment (Banpresto) - 114,335 / NEW
05./01. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 73,325 / 1,356,000
06./00. [PS3] Disgaea 3 (Nippon Ichi Software) - 54,596 / NEW
07./00. [360] Devil May Cry 4 (Capcom) - 40,023 / NEW
08./04. [NDS] Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo) - 34,474 / 175,000
09./00. [PS3] Assassin's Creed (Ubi Soft) - 27,895 / NEW
10./02. [PSP] World Soccer Winning Eleven: Ubiquitous Evolution 2008 (Konami) - 25,523 / 102,000

11./05. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo)
12./00. [WII] Family Ski (Bandai-Namco)
13./06. [NDS] Mario Party DS (Nintendo)
14./07. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (Capcom)
15./00. [PS3] Need for Speed: Pro Street (EA)
16./00. [PS2] Need for Speed: Pro Street (EA)
17./10. [NDS] Prof. Layton and Pandora's Box (Level 5)
18./20. [NDS] Taiko Drum Master DS (Bandai-Namco)
19./08. [NDS] Doraemon Baseball: Dramatic Stadium (Bandai-Namco)
20./15. [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
21./16. [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo)
22./11. [NDS] Final Fantasy IV (Square-Enix)
23./03. [PS2] Lucky Star: Misasagi Sakura Gakuen Sakura Fuji Festival (Kadokawa Shoten)
24./38. [NDS] Nep League DS (Jaleco)
25./00. [NDS] After-School Boy (Konami)
26./13. [NDS] Dragon Quest IV (Square-Enix)
27./14. [WII] Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo)
28./17. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo)
29./19. [WII] Mario Party 8 (Nintendo)
30./25. [NDS] Animal Crossing Wild World (Nintendo)
31./24. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
32./23. [NDS] Kanji Brain Test 2.5M (IE Institute)
33./18. [NDS] Prof. Layton and the Curious Village (Level 5)
34./09. [PSP] Yggdra Union (Sting)
35./21. [NDS] Powerful Pro-kun Pocket 10 (Konami)
36./22. [PS3] Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
37./00. [NDS] Entomologist: Heavenly Countryside (Marvelous Entertainment)
38./27. [PS2] Yakuza 2 (Sega)
39./31. [NDS] More Brain Age (Nintendo)
40./29. [NDS] DS Literature Collection (Nintendo)
41./30. [NDS] My Housekeeping Diary (Nintendo)
42./33. [WII] Mario Strikers Charged (Nintendo)
43./28. [PS2] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2008 (Konami)
44./26. [NDS] Rune Factory 2 (Marvelous Entertainment)
45./39. [NDS] Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day (Nintendo)
46./40. [NDS] Kanji Test 2 (Rocket Co.)
47./35. [NDS] More English Training (Nintendo)
48./47. [PS2] Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition (Capcom)
49./44. [PSP] Haruhi Suzumiya's Promise (Bandai-Namco)
50./00. [NDS] Brain Age (Nintendo)

NDS - 24
WII - 9
PS2 - 7
PS3 - 5
PSP - 4
360 - 1

Wii 94,473
PSP 72,528
DS Lite 67,472
PS3 41,796
PS2 12,115
Xbox 360 6,060

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    shaka | February 09, 2008
    Cool.

    I see PSP outsold the nds.nice

    and the top 10 of software.

    Sony games = 6
    nintendo = 3
    xbox = 1

    good numbers.
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    Seeker X | February 09, 2008
    Akira, no offense but these sales are usually obvious and redundant. We all saw this coming a mile away, especially SSBB and DMC4.

    It's Japan, the most high rated (usually Nintendo) Japanese games/systems are gonna thrive, and there's not really an article that said otherwise until Halo 3 came along, but that one was shortlived.
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    Final Blade | February 10, 2008
    Does anyone know how well DMC4 did in the U.S yet. Or is it not out? I expect in the States the DMC4 on the PS3 will outsell the 360 version by 2:1.
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    Kinetic | February 11, 2008
    Nice. I knew Brawl would dominate in Japan.

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