Japaneses hardware sales, Jun. 18 - Jun. 24: Contra-diction edition
by Ludwig Kietzmann 
{ Jun 30th 2007 at 9:30AM }
When does mere coincidence become conspiracy? It's an appropriate question to ask given the curious state of this week's Japanese hardware sales, which seem to hint at an unseen entity unfairly adjusting parameters and altering the accepted balance of things. Indeed, the original Nintendo DS seems to have been given life again -- 30 lives compared to last week's zero. Could Konami's recent announcement of side-scrolling shooter sequel, Contra 4, have played a part in all this?
We'd share the answers with you... but that would be cheating.
- DS Lite: 163,888
45,204 (38.09%)- Wii: 65,582
61 (0.09%)- PSP: 32,984
375 (1.12%)- PS2: 11,962
12 (0.10%)- PS3: 9,581
100 (1.05%) - Xbox 360: 3,369
4,214 (55.57%)- Game Boy Micro: 284
87 (23.45%)- GBA SP: 130
342 (72.46%)- Gamecube: 82 B 141 (63.23%)
- DS Phat: 30 A 30 (N/A%)
[Source: Media Create]
Cheat-free chart after the break.
See also: Previous Japanese hardware sales charts
- DS Lite: 163,888
45,204 (38.09%)- Wii: 65,582
61 (0.09%)- PSP: 32,984
375 (1.12%)- PS2: 11,962
12 (0.10%)- PS3: 9,581
100 (1.05%) - Xbox 360: 3,369
4,214 (55.57%)- Game Boy Micro: 284
87 (23.45%)- GBA SP: 130
342 (72.46%)- Gamecube: 82
141 (63.23%)- DS Phat: 30
30 (N/A%)- GBA: 0
24 (100%)
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
inlogic @ Jun 30th 2007 9:36AM
hummm.. some combo move? :o
Myke @ Jun 30th 2007 9:35AM
Very nice contra code reference, I giggled.
miles foreman @ Jun 30th 2007 9:41AM
Select, Start for great justice!
Purple Haze @ Jun 30th 2007 9:57AM
Well thats a random and confusing way to put things, but it gets the main point across, Nintendo is pwning.
Cutriss @ Jun 30th 2007 10:14AM
It's cute, but I'd like to point out that because I (and about 4% of the male population) am R/G colorblind, you have just rendered your change numbers useless to me.
TheGuy @ Jun 30th 2007 10:21AM
Wow, it looks like the new Zelda game was able to move a bunch more DS in sales this week. All other sales this week have been average. I'm surprised though by the lack of any substantial bump-ups in PS3 sales despite the release of good games the last few weeks. Come on, a new Gundam game sells a bunch-more PS3s, yet a new decent game like Folksoul or Ninja Gaiden Sigma barely makes a dent? I guess that means everyone is waiting for the new Hot Shot bundle lol.
Ytoabn @ Jun 30th 2007 10:23AM
For the color blind:
- PS3: 9,581 /\ 100 (1.05%)
- Xbox 360: 3,369 \/ 4,214 (55.57%)
- Game Boy Micro: 284 \/ 87 (23.45%)
- GBA SP: 130 \/ 342 (72.46%)
- Gamecube: 82 \/ 141 (63.23%)
- DS Phat: 30 /\ 30 (N/A%)
kye35 @ Jun 30th 2007 10:23AM
Worth buying a DS for.
Ludwig Kietzmann @ Jun 30th 2007 10:27AM
Cutriss,
I've appended a more useful version!
Evan @ Jun 30th 2007 10:31AM
The PS3 never ceases to amaze me in its disappointment. Even Japanese Eroge games outsell all but the top couple of PS3 games! I'm serious, AliceSoft's - www.alicesoft.com - latest rape-simulator the PC has sold more copies (63,634) and made more money (¥530 million) in its first *two weeks* than multi-million-dollar PS3 titles like Motorstorm or Genji 2 have in six months!
Mats @ Jun 30th 2007 10:38AM
What 0 GBA's sold!? Nintendo is DOOOMED!
Robert @ Jun 30th 2007 10:41AM
Sweet, 30 lives!
Now I can actually beat the game. I also might have full shields, 4 options, whatever double shot I picked and some missiles.
Henry @ Jun 30th 2007 11:09AM
Playstation raped lest gen, it is merely stalking this gen.
Joshua @ Jun 30th 2007 11:54AM
And the 360 drops back down to its regular place...
BNinjaC @ Jun 30th 2007 12:02PM
@ Evan
your post says a hell of a lot more about you then the PS3.
hvnlysoldr @ Jun 30th 2007 12:43PM
Nice tie-in Ludwig.
bm @ Jun 30th 2007 2:09PM
The Wee is clearly not going to stay on top for much longer. If you look at these charts, monthly sales for the PS3 have increased by 100, while the Wee only sold 61 more than last month. That's a whopping 39% difference in favour of the PS3. Have fun playing with your Wee, kiddie kiddies, because it's obviously doomed. There are -no- games coming out for it while the PS3 has nearly 400 quality games lined up, as Sony stated themselves.
BNinjaC @ Jun 30th 2007 2:24PM
lol
kimoy @ Jun 30th 2007 2:33PM
i swear you fanboys are so dilusional
Rubang B @ Jun 30th 2007 2:33PM
bm is so right. 400 games bitches. Get with the real revolution. The 400 totally real existing actually coming out games revolution.
kimoy @ Jun 30th 2007 2:39PM
@ rubang and bm.. stfu
sony clearly stated it was 145 games not 380 and half of them are shovel ware.. the wii has a million seller comin out every month while the ps3 wont have a good game till april 2008... the only reason it had a little 100(dats pathetic 100) increase was because it had a game in the top 10 for the first lol.. lets face it by the time the ps3 gets good games in japan the wii would have beat the shit out of the ps3 lol give up fanboys its over for the ps3...
wii60 ftw..
Orion @ Jun 30th 2007 2:49PM
yea.. that makes a lot of sense... so your saying that if you have an unpopular company like Media Play sell 5 more CDs than usual, but Best Buy who sells a shit load more a week sells only 3 more than usual that Media Play will skyrocket in popularity and become the new most successful fortune 500 entertainment store company? ... please.
Look at the games coming up for Wii (yes, you should learn to spell that) vs what is coming out for the Ps3 this fall.. that should help you out with why their numbers are so low. With games like Metroid, Smash Bros, Nights, Soul Calibur Legends, Resident Evil Umbrella C., Geometry Wars, Wii Health/Music, etc etc its hard to compete.
I seem to remember this type of utter fanboy attitude of "we'll show you how much you suck more than us" from when Sega started to kick the bucket.
BNinjaC @ Jun 30th 2007 2:49PM
@ kimoy
I just guessing here but I reckon you either have a very low IQ or that you're a six year old child. Now go back, read those posts and add sarcasm. See? all better now.
P.s. is this you?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qimacxayOY
kladkain @ Jun 30th 2007 2:50PM
Ever hear of this lil ol thing called 'sarcasm'
Because bm and rubang were clearly very very serious.
Ibrahim @ Jun 30th 2007 2:57PM
LOL@ kimoy and Orion...
Admiral_Mike @ Jun 30th 2007 3:10PM
I love the smell of sarcasm in the...'morning'? (I don't know what time it is over in the US)
Kamizar @ Jun 30th 2007 3:48PM
Oh Kietzmann, how i love your writing...
It gives me enough lives to get through the week...
Paviel @ Jun 30th 2007 3:43PM
Hard to tell whether somebody's being sarcastic or ignorant. At least, for me it is.
Of course, my sarcasm alarm buzzed a bit when I read about "no games coming out for the Wii", but I guess somebody who makes such a claim may be ignorant of the Smash, Metroid, and Mario games coming out later this year.
Wait a minute... this is Joystiq, with regular reports on such games... nevermind.
Zo? @ Jun 30th 2007 4:16PM
I lawl'd. Good stuff, Ludwig.
syco @ Jun 30th 2007 5:12PM
I've been saying this for years, there should be a sarcasm html tag, like this. I don't know how it would look, but it should look sarcastic.
alexy @ Jun 30th 2007 5:52PM
ofc its hard to tell when someones being sarcastic over the internet......I mean....Its only carcastic if you read it that way like the saying
"just because people use caplocks doesn't mean they're shouting...it means your reading too loud."
BNinjaC @ Jun 30th 2007 5:53PM
I don't think anybody is being carcastic.
DarkTetsuya @ Jun 30th 2007 6:40PM
LOL, I skipped over the charts and straight to the video (FUCKING HOT, BTW -- I've never been this excited for a game, much less a DS game in like ever.) holy hell I can't wait for this game.
(and yeah LOL @ 'The Code' reference)
Desiri @ Jun 30th 2007 8:09PM
"Wow, it looks like the new Zelda game was able to move a bunch more DS in sales this week."
The DS sells as many as Nintendo ships each week. There are still lines every Friday when Bic gets their weekly shipment.
Deorum @ Jun 30th 2007 8:43PM
Funny how 360 fanboys rely on nintendo to justify sony sucks in japan.
Curmeo @ Jun 30th 2007 9:28PM
lets see...DS and Wii sell the most due to their very low retail price and PS3 continues to pwn Defectbox 360.
AZRoboto @ Jun 30th 2007 10:13PM
It's weird that the PS3 is selling less than 40k a month in Japan (going by
mo @ Jul 1st 2007 12:11AM
@17
the wii is clearly doomed??
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
wow your looking a different charts than me
yeah your dick may be 6 times bigger, but mines been growing slow and steady...so obv mines better....
and the fact that there was on 60 more wii's sold dosent really matter, because it sold
65000
as opposed to
10,000
if they are going to climb that later 100 consoles at a time they are most defiantly doomed
just accept it, you may like the PS3, but the wii is pwning it in sales
we could argue which is better which is worse all day, but the wii is PWNING the ps3 so badly in sales its pathetic
i am seriously amazed that you tried to say that the ps3 is better because its sales increased more from last week SHIT I CANT GET ANY LOWER where the hell is would it go
BNinjaC @ Jul 1st 2007 12:17AM
@ mo
lmao you are an idiot! Don't you read all of the posts before responding? Clearly not. You are a fanbot just like kimoy and Orion.
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bm @ Jul 1st 2007 12:27AM
ROFL holy jesus christ. I thought I was already laying it on too thick, I didn't think I should make it any more obvious. Guess I was wrong.
I'm not sure what I should blame: the fact that PS3 fanboys are usually so bad that ridiculously sarcastic posts like mine actually don't seem too far from real anymore, or the sheer idiocy of the people responding to it in this thread.
I'll blame both. Thanks for the laugh though!
Orion @ Jul 1st 2007 2:46AM
Actually I think we all read the posts above yours before we replied... it's why we replied, because we got to yours and started cracking up at its idioticy.
And yes, I'm such a Nintendofanboy its so sad.. yes. Wait, what is that next to my n64, gc, wii, nes, snes, and ds? oooooh its a ps2, xbox, saturn, sega cdx, dreamcast, 32x, ps1, and an atari jr... yea.. big fanboy i am. i play all the systems, i was just pointing out how utterly retarded your claim that a system making about 10k units on average going up a couple sales vs a console selling over 60k is kinda a stupid claim. i mean, the ds phat went up 3 sales from last chart, i dont think its going to grow and sell more than the damn lite, what are you crazy? its sad when systems die , it really is. i personally like it when they all do pretty well as you dont get this 'i just spent all this money on a dying console, oh fuck" attitude all the time. like i said before, its like hearing sega fans all over again. its actually good, when sony flops we wont have people shooting each other at system launches anymore... yay. :)
mo @ Jul 1st 2007 1:55AM
yeah your right, no one ever says anything that ridiculous here, all the forum users are level headed people who can look at the fact that there console is selling less than other and still be mature enough to enjoy there console of choice knowing full well theirs isnt the most popular one on the market
deepest apologies
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uhhh no... i dont read all the post before responding.... i dont see why i would
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BNinjaC @ Jul 1st 2007 2:07AM
lol
Orion @ Jul 1st 2007 2:46AM
ps: wow i must be moving up in the world. at first gamers were called geeks.. now apparently we have sex so much we're whores... moving up in the world, woot.
bm @ Jul 1st 2007 3:58AM
Lol ok, now I get the feeling you're pulling -my- chain. Are you being sarcastic too, or are you really that stupid? I can't tell anymore! What has science done?!
mo @ Jul 1st 2007 5:04AM
@45
actually i typed it all out and then i realized u were being sarcastic.... but i spent a whole precious minute typing it, and i was kinda proud of my dick length joke....
BPM @ Jul 1st 2007 5:49AM
@bm:
When I started reading your post, I confused you with that troll "GodisaMyth," since he was always so "CLEVER" and "MATURE" by always calling the Wii "Wee."
But as I read on, the sarcasm was obvious... Well, to most people, at least. Nice one, pal.
RPGS @ Jul 1st 2007 6:09AM
First place in Japan! Xbox360 First place in America! Wii second place in EU, Wii second place in America! Xbox360 first place in EU. PS3? last place in all, priceless! (oh wait, it has a price, and that and the games is the problem). The graphics are good enough. It dont have to be as good as the 360's graphics but the price and the qualtiy of game play does. Not to mention the number of games and exclusive games (that are system sellers). Resistance don't count I'm talknig FFXIII level games.
RPGS @ Jul 1st 2007 6:11AM
Wii first place in Japan! Xbox360 First place in America! Wii second place in EU, Wii second place in America! Xbox360 first place in EU. PS3? last place in all, priceless! (oh wait, it has a price, and that, and the games is the problem). The graphics are good enough. It dont have to be as good as the 360's graphics but the price and the quality of game play does. Not to mention the number of games, and exclusive games (that are system sellers). Resistance don't count I'm talking FFXIII level games.
RPGS @ Jul 1st 2007 6:15AM
No BM you should blame the amount of people that make posts like yours and are SERIOUS! Seriously there are many that are FAAAAR worse than yours! And they mean it! In fact will try to preach it to you! Remember there is NO voice stress and modulation when you type! LOL!