Nintendo reigns supreme in Japanese hardware and software sales

It probably comes as no surprise that Nintendo came out on top in a list of the best selling hardware and software in Japan for the 12 months prior to March 30, 2008. Famitsu reports the Nintendo DS and Wii had 6.3 and 3.7 million in sales respectively, while Wii Fit topped the software list selling 1.76 million units. Nintendo owned the top five spots in software, while in hardware the breakdown was Nintendo, Sony and -- somewhere barely peeking over the horizon line -- Microsoft.

The PlayStation 2 was not included in the hardware list and the Xbox 360 shows it still has a long, long (x3) way to go in the land of the rising sun, with a mere 235,318 sold in the year. The hardware and software lists can be found after the break.

[Via Gi.biz]

Hardware sales (PS2 not included):

Nintendo DS: 6,343,547
Nintendo Wii: 3,741,946
PlayStation Portable: 3,427,971
PlayStation 3: 1,197,418
Xbox 360: 235,318

Software sales:

Wii Fit: 1,762,193
Mario Party DS: 1,659,315
Wii Sports: 1,616,377
Super Smash Bros Brawl: 1,554,852
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: 1,354,447

Reader Comments (78)

That picture is epic.

I'll 2nd that! PMSL!

Even better than "IT PRINTS MONEY!!"

:D

^That's debatable!

I agree with danger mouse its VERY debatable

It prints money was great, but this image is pretty damn funny.

Just amazing, care to sell a little of that imagination of yours?

If Capcom could put one Monster Hunter game out a month, they would own Japan forever

lol but true

Is it getting hot in here or is it just me?

it's just you...

But, is this news?? Numbers maybe, but who didn't know Big N was killing in the land of the rising sun? Who didn't know M$ was dead last?? We All knew.

You should check PS3fanboy.com time after time ...

;)

It is bit like watching political news: depending on TV channel, people see politicians in good or bad light. Or like reading commercial blogs e.g. M$ Windows blogs, which make you believe that Windows is very secure and stable OS. Same with consoles. Both PS3 and Xbox360 fanbois always manage to find something to spin their favorite consoles in positive light. And when comparing to Wii, there is no need to go too far to find something positive to spin.

And yet OSX, through Safari, was the first to fall to a hacking competition this year...

All OS's are hackable and have security holes. MS is just the most targetted.

wow! the top 5 software came from nintendo! no surprizes there.

does anybody want to add me in brawl? im really good. I promiss that it would be a challenge to defeat me!

I'll add you. I don't think I have yet ...

Anyway, what character do you usually use?

i added you already, but i use Wolf, fox, lucario, and shiek.

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon? They've got Godzilla and Astro Boy roaming the streets, and they're playing Pokemon Mystery Dungeon?

They don't need to worry about Godzilla, Astro Boy is taking care of him.

I bet Nintendo could take a massive dump in a box and people would line up and it would sell out instantly.

Oh yeah, they did. It's called a Wii.

I see what you did there, you acted like a brainless troll. Well played and original, I wouldn't have thought of that kind of stuff normally.

call me immature but i got a slight chuckle out of it

Your mom should give birth to a child and then throw it in a dumpster so she can run off and have sex with more men for crack.

Oh yeah, she did. It's called Frank.

They could call it the Nintendump 64. I'd buy that shit.

Until the last line you had something good. But then you added the troll. Not good.

you're immature

@ playwhutyalike

Wait, what? LOL

Lol I'm an admitted Wii60 fanboy but that shit was funny...

they tried something like that before it was called the virtual boy, it sold miserably.

"I bet Nintendo could take a massive dump in a box and people would line up and it would sell out instantly."

People were saying that about SONY a couple of years ago! In fact, Sony said it themselves!

"We have built up a certain brand equity over time since the launch of PlayStation in 1995 and PS2 in 2000 that the first five million are going to buy it, whatever it is, even it didn't have games." - Sony Computer Entertainment Europe CEO David Reeves.

*Wii Praise*
*Sales Numbers*
*Irrelevant PS3 bash*
*broken grammar*

were can I by you're guyd 4 posting on teh intrenets?

*digest lead-based paint*

You missed the whole "pretending to be fernando" phase. Come up with something else.

May I suggest Mrs Nimblewick or Mr Nimbledick?

Speaking of Fernando...

*games list of both Wii and DS games even though the conversation at hand had to deal with one or the other, or in some cases neither at all*

I'm confused??? I thought fernando buys toys made in Mexico NOT China...

Hi =p

And some people thought Nintendo would go soft-ware only...

Not to forget the Wii and DS being fads! By definition a fad should have been over by now.

It's crazy what people can illogically think.

No wait guys. Fads last until 10 years. Wii is still totally a fad.

10 years? Shit, that's nothin'. The internet is still going strong after like 15 years.

Completely understandable. I had an affair with a PSP for a while and missed out on some fucking magical DS and Wii games.

Playing either system and its easy to see how they could be doing so well.

Wow, expect this one to blow up with the usual suspects.... I see some already.

*puts head to ground* they're close..

Hi!

I'd blow up on THAT suspect.

Hooray boobies!

Wii Fit: 1,762,193
Mario Party DS: 1,659,315
Wii Sports: 1,616,377

I know that my hardcore is hanging out when I say this but I feel really awful seeing those 3 'games' as the top selling of the last year, especially considering the sublime Mario Galaxy was released for the same console.

More generally I find it really is a shame that Nintendo on the back of these figures is going to focus more and more attention on the 'casual' market. I know that sounds selfish but I've always been a Nintendo fanboy and I'm finding it hard to accept that Ninty no longer cares about me.

Here's hoping for "Mario is Missing 2."

Yeah, those games blow. I'd personally add Pokemon to that list as well. But, hey, if Nintendo can rake in the cash selling crap... more power to them.

ComradeTrotskii, I hope you realize how absurd you sound. What you said about video games is the equivalent of a movie fan complaining that the documentary "Planet Earth" is at the top of the cumulative Blu-Ray sales charts, and saying that movie studios will stop making action movies and focus more and more attention on nature documentaries!

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