Japanese hardware sales, Jun. 4 - Jun. 10: E-scandal Edition
by Ludwig Kietzmann 
{ Jun 15th 2007 at 10:25PM }
- DS Lite: 117,193
5,947 (4.83%)- Wii: 64,529
5,219 (7.48%)- PSP: 24,711
1,647 (6.25%)- PS2: 11,097
717 (6.07%)- PS3: 8,776
222 (2.47%) - Xbox 360: 2,533
314 (14.15%)- Game Boy Micro: 481
171 (55.16%)- GBA SP: 302
55 (22.27%)- Gamecube: 167
59 (26.11%)- DS Phat: 35
36 (50.70%)- GBA: 16 -- 0 (0%)
[Source: Media Create]
See also: Previous Japanese hardware sales charts
from: Reverend Leonard Skittleby <church.serious.business@manchest.co.uk>
to: Reverend Harold Pew <pray2play@manchest.co.uk>
Dear Harold,
Some of us would appreciate it if you kept the noise emanating from your office to a minimum. I realize the concept of work is one that is foreign and uncomfortable to you, but at least allow those of us more versed in productivity to concentrate.
Regards,
Leonard
from: Reverend Harold Pew <pray2play@manchest.co.uk>
to: Reverend Leonard Skittleby <church.serious.business@manchest.co.uk>
Dear Leonard,
Who's us? We're the only ones here over the weekend. If you have a problem with the noise personally, just say so.
Regards,
Harold
from: Reverend Leonard Skittleby <church.serious.business@manchest.co.uk>
to: Reverend Harold Pew <pray2play@manchest.co.uk>
Dear Harold,
I don't have a problem with the noise "personally." I have a problem with you manipulating electronic devices and thus ALLOWING the noise to reach disturbing levels. I don't mind you watching your absurdly violent war movies in your free time, but I don't have to sit through them with you! All I want is some peace and quiet.
Regards,
Leonard
from: Reverend Harold Pew <pray2play@manchest.co.uk>
to: Reverend Leonard Skittleby <church.serious.business@manchest.co.uk>
Dear Leonard,
If you want peace and quiet, maybe you should go sit in the middle of our glorious Manchester cathedral. You could use the time to concern yourself with things like our decreasing attendance. Just a thought. And by the way, I'm not watching movies, I'm playing a bloody PlayStation 3 game.
Regards,
Harold
from: Reverend Leonard Skittleby <church.serious.business@manchest.co.uk>
to: Reverend Harold Pew <pray2play@manchest.co.uk>
Dear Harold,
Hold on, you're playing a BLOODY video game? Here, in the church? Please tell me this is your attempt at a joke.
Regards,
Leonard
from: Reverend Harold Pew <pray2play@manchest.co.uk>
to: Reverend Leonard Skittleby <church.serious.business@manchest.co.uk>
Dear Leonard,
I didn't mean "bloody" as in overflowing with plasma and platelets, I meant... look, there's no blood in Resistance. You shoot a bunch of monsters. There's even a level inside this church. You'd like it.
Harold
from: Reverend Leonard Skittleby <church.serious.business@manchest.co.uk>
to: Reverend Harold Pew <pray2play@manchest.co.uk>
Dear Harold,
Why didn't you tell me this before? How can you play that rubbish? And why is Manchester in it? Are you supposed to collect all the prostitutes or some such rot? I will not abide by a negative portrayal of this institution! Please explain yourself.
Regards,
Leonard
from: Reverend Harold Pew <pray2play@manchest.co.uk>
to: Reverend Leonard Skittleby <church.serious.business@manchest.co.uk>
Leonard,
Not every game is Grand Theft Auto, you know. This is just a first-person shooter. It's set in an alternate history and you spend about five minutes going through the cathedral. Oh, and did I mention? It's full of freaking MONSTERS!
Harold
from: Reverend Leonard Skittleby <church.serious.business@manchest.co.uk>
to: Reverend Harold Pew <pray2play@manchest.co.uk>
Harold,
How can you be so astonishingly flippant about this? Do you want this place to be associated with cruel violence and torture? I'm not familiar with these games, but from what you've told me, it sounds horrific. Don't you know that Manchester has a gun problem?
Leonard
from: Reverend Harold Pew <pray2play@manchest.co.uk>
to: Reverend Leonard Skittleby <church.serious.business@manchest.co.uk>
Leonard,
Umm, does Manchester have an invading alien problem as well? If it did, I'm sure we could just pretend they didn't actually exist in the outside world, much less in forms of fiction. That would be our best option, since we couldn't possibly employ non-existent science fiction guns to save the world, now could we?
Harold
from: Reverend Leonard Skittleby <church.serious.business@manchest.co.uk>
to: Reverend Harold Pew <pray2play@manchest.co.uk>
Harold,
Are you being sarcastic with me?
Leonard
from: Reverend Harold Pew <pray2play@manchest.co.uk>
to: Reverend Leonard Skittleby <church.serious.business@manchest.co.uk>
NOT AT ALL. NO SIR. PERISH THE THOUGHT.
Yes.
from: Reverend Leonard Skittleby <church.serious.business@manchest.co.uk>
to: Reverend Harold Pew <pray2play@manchest.co.uk>
Fine, if that's how you're going to be, I have no choice but to forward this information to the Bishop directly. I'll relay what you've told me about the game.
from: Reverend Leonard Skittleby <church.serious.business@manchest.co.uk>
to: Bishop Barnaby Higglington <pr33ch3r9000@manchest.co.uk>
Dear Bishop Higglington,
I have terrible news. Reverend Harold has informed me of a horrible new video game that's set entirely in Manchester Cathedral. It's a bloody person-shooter game, he told me. The object of the game is to shoot and kill everyone within 5 minutes, and then summon MONSTERS into the world. What should we do?
Regards,
Reverend Leonard Skittleby
from: Bishop Barnaby Higglington <pr33ch3r9000@manchest.co.uk>
to: Reverend Leonard Skittleby <church.serious.business@manchest.co.uk>
Hai Leo
why ru bothering m3 with this cr@p. its just a game lol.
- The Bish
from: Reverend Leonard Skittleby <church.serious.business@manchest.co.uk>
to: Bishop Barnaby Higglington <pr33ch3r9000@manchest.co.uk>
Dear Bishop Higglington,
How can you say that? I'll take care of this if you're too busy.
Regards,
Reverend Leonard Skittleby
from: Bishop Barnaby Higglington <pr33ch3r9000@manchest.co.uk>
to: Reverend Leonard Skittleby <church.serious.business@manchest.co.uk>
Leo,
yah whateva. ive added u to my facebook, fyi.
- the Bish
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Kn1ves @ Jun 15th 2007 10:34PM
Summer slump begins
Joshua @ Jun 15th 2007 10:56PM
EXCELLENT!
hvnlysoldr @ Jun 15th 2007 11:23PM
As nice as this is, Wii Fanboys Jason's Japanese sales numbers about Harry Potter is better. Snape made Harry leave the sales numbers without posting a pro-Nintendo comment. Now he shall lose street cred.
Patrick @ Jun 15th 2007 11:35PM
that was sweet
waves @ Jun 15th 2007 11:41PM
At first I thought "The Bish" was awesome. Then I realized that he is a child molester.
Jerk Face @ Jun 16th 2007 12:06AM
That was f*cking hilarious! Good show!
Slaziman @ Jun 16th 2007 12:39AM
ROFL the end was awesome
Slaziman @ Jun 16th 2007 12:51AM
Haha, the end was awesome
Slaziman @ Jun 16th 2007 12:52AM
oh my god, my first post didn't appear at first... bah whatever, good show!
mrnimblewick @ Jun 16th 2007 1:26AM
Thin comments section. This topic doesn't really pack em in like it used to.
I really can't believe how terrible the 360 does in Japan yet it keeps scoring japanese exclusives. Just how much money is microsoft poring into these developers?
This is the real reason I will never buy a microsoft game console. They just buy their way into gaming and it's disgusting.
Ken @ Jun 16th 2007 1:29AM
ROFL, I loved reading that.
Vidikron @ Jun 16th 2007 2:16AM
@11
Why shouldn't they try to score exclusives? Everyone does. And their situation in Japan is exactly the reason they are trying to get more Japanese games. They are already at a disadvantage going against two Japanese companies, they have to try something.
BPM @ Jun 16th 2007 3:48AM
The bishop's email...pr33ch3r9000@manchest.co.uk
IT'S OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAAAAAAAND!!!!
[crushes scouter]
(Well... someone had to say it...)
Genital Ben @ Jun 16th 2007 3:50AM
I think the release of Virtual Bukakke 2.0 for the Wii really helped sell systems in Japan.
Mr.Blonde @ Jun 16th 2007 4:58AM
Ha, it seems the Xbox360 and the PS3 are in the same ballpark now, in japan who'd have thought that?
Paul Gale @ Jun 16th 2007 5:04AM
Well, the majority of systems were down this week, but at least in the software department, things were a little more evenly spaced.
Some things stay the same though, even in a hardware slump: DS Lite and Wii are still selling like hotcakes. Xbox 360 needs another "Blue Dragon", like Eternal Sonata perhaps. And PS3, well, it needs a lot of things, but who knows, it could happen. Here's to next week.
Purple Haze @ Jun 16th 2007 7:31AM
I'm pretty sure the part after the break is just where Ludwig rants about whatevers on his mind.
Joe @ Jun 16th 2007 7:43AM
Erm, if it was set in outer space with a shuttle or something, NASA would be all up in their grill.