Xbox 360 Beats Wii, PS3 in Japan
Not the first time, you know.
by John Tanaka
US, February 26, 2009 - The stars -- the oceans of stars, if you will -- alligned just right for Microsoft over in Japan, and the Xbox 360 made its second-ever appearance at the top of the Japanese console charts.
Media Create sales figures, covering February 16 through February 22, have the 360 at 25,334 units sold. That's better than the PS3's 16,149 units and even better than the Wii's 16,973 units.
This is the doing, of course, of Star Ocean: The Last Hope. The Square Enix semi-exclusive gave the 360 another rarity: top placement in the software charts. The game sold 162,232 units in its first week -- nearly better than the rest of the top five combined.
That remaining top five includes Mario & Luigi RPG 3 in its second week and three versions of Idol Master SP, which Media Create treats as separate releases (this is somewhat like treating Pokemon Diamond & Pearl as separate releases -- different tracking firms do it differently).
Here's the full top 10, for those keeping score at home:
Star Ocean 4 (Square Enix, X360): 162,232
Mario & Luigi RPG 3 (Nintendo, DS): 61,781
Idol Master SP Perfect Sun (Bandai Namco, PSP): 46,474
Idol Master SP Missing Moon (Bandai Namco, PSP): 39,523
Idol Master SP Wandering Star (Bandai Namco, PSP): 35,376
Shining force Feather (Sega, DS): 30,581
Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G PSP the Best (Capcom, PSP): 17,775
Sacred Blaze (Flight Plan, PS2): 17,586
Street Fighter IV (Capcom, PS3): 17,416
Demon's Souls (SCE, PS3): 15,581
While this is the first time a 360 game has been at the top of the software charts, the system techincally wasn't the best selling piece of hardware for the week. That honor went to, as usual, the DSi, which sold 41,839 units. PSP was second with 29,552.
There's no doubting 360's owning of the market this week in consoles, though. This also may be a first for the system, depending on whom you ask. Back at Infinite Undiscovery's release last year, the 360 topped the consoles in Enterbrain sales but fell just shy of the Wii in the Media Create charts.
This time, the 360 will most likely be squarely at the top of the console charts from both firms (Enterbrain's console charts will be released next week).
Not the first time, you know.
by John Tanaka
US, February 26, 2009 - The stars -- the oceans of stars, if you will -- alligned just right for Microsoft over in Japan, and the Xbox 360 made its second-ever appearance at the top of the Japanese console charts.
Media Create sales figures, covering February 16 through February 22, have the 360 at 25,334 units sold. That's better than the PS3's 16,149 units and even better than the Wii's 16,973 units.
This is the doing, of course, of Star Ocean: The Last Hope. The Square Enix semi-exclusive gave the 360 another rarity: top placement in the software charts. The game sold 162,232 units in its first week -- nearly better than the rest of the top five combined.
That remaining top five includes Mario & Luigi RPG 3 in its second week and three versions of Idol Master SP, which Media Create treats as separate releases (this is somewhat like treating Pokemon Diamond & Pearl as separate releases -- different tracking firms do it differently).
Here's the full top 10, for those keeping score at home:
Star Ocean 4 (Square Enix, X360): 162,232
Mario & Luigi RPG 3 (Nintendo, DS): 61,781
Idol Master SP Perfect Sun (Bandai Namco, PSP): 46,474
Idol Master SP Missing Moon (Bandai Namco, PSP): 39,523
Idol Master SP Wandering Star (Bandai Namco, PSP): 35,376
Shining force Feather (Sega, DS): 30,581
Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G PSP the Best (Capcom, PSP): 17,775
Sacred Blaze (Flight Plan, PS2): 17,586
Street Fighter IV (Capcom, PS3): 17,416
Demon's Souls (SCE, PS3): 15,581
While this is the first time a 360 game has been at the top of the software charts, the system techincally wasn't the best selling piece of hardware for the week. That honor went to, as usual, the DSi, which sold 41,839 units. PSP was second with 29,552.
There's no doubting 360's owning of the market this week in consoles, though. This also may be a first for the system, depending on whom you ask. Back at Infinite Undiscovery's release last year, the 360 topped the consoles in Enterbrain sales but fell just shy of the Wii in the Media Create charts.
This time, the 360 will most likely be squarely at the top of the console charts from both firms (Enterbrain's console charts will be released next week).
