Japanese hardware sales, Nov. 2 - Nov. 8: Flipped the Script edition

by Griffin McElroy { Nov 15th 2009 at 10:30PM }

Man, it's going to be awfully difficult to read that script, now that it's been utterly and irreversibly flipped. Now it's words-side-down, so the only thing that's going to be reading it is going to be the table. Which is impossible, because tables can't read. Even if they could, it would be far too dark to ... we forgot our original point. Oh! That's right. There were a number of large sea changes in this week's chart, which apparently means that somewhere in the world, a book of dialogue for something was upended.

For instance, the PS3 took top honors this week, which is a feat it hasn't managed since the launch of its sleeker iteration. This wasn't a random occurrence; the top selling game was the PS3-exclusive Pro Evolution Soccer (or, as its known in Japan, Winning Eleven) 2010. A soccer game. Which beat out a Pokémon game and an action title starring a scantily clad, guns-a-blazing heroine. Oops! The script's upside-down.

If only Konami had created a soccer game exclusively for the PSP Go, the sales for which completely plummeted after its first ~~week~~ day of availability. We're not certain that this qualifies as script-flipping per sé, as it only hit us as mildly surprising. We'd be willing to say that the script was rotated about 71 degrees to the left, and then the pages were slowly flipped through a few times -- just enough so that they get creased a little bit.

- PS3: 48,925

12,864 (35.67%)
- DSi: 37,421

96 (0.26%)
- PSP: 33,784

1,127 (3.23%)
- Wii: 31,810

2,922 (10.11%)
- PSP Go: 13,992

15,117 (51.93%)
- DS Lite: 5,515

1,387 (20.10%)
- Xbox 360: 4,679

1,368 (22.62%)
- PS2: 2,066

100 (5.09%)

[Image, Source: Media Create]

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Tags: japanesehardwaresales

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

poodude @ Nov 15th 2009 10:36PM

The PS2 just refuses to die eh?

Asmerom (PSN: neon6plz) (XBL: reo6) (Waiting for NMH2) @ Nov 15th 2009 10:48PM

It comes with a DVD player, why not?

Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith-ATDF Co-Founder @ Nov 15th 2009 10:49PM

DVD players are 29 bucks.

Sly @ Nov 15th 2009 10:51PM

but can those $29 dvd players play games too?

Asmerom (PSN: neon6plz) (XBL: reo6) (Waiting for NMH2) @ Nov 15th 2009 10:51PM

But it also plays PS1 games.

poodude @ Nov 15th 2009 10:51PM

I can't tell if that's sarcasm or not, nor can I think of something clever so I will simply reply with "lol"

Asmerom (PSN: neon6plz) (XBL: reo6) (Waiting for NMH2) @ Nov 15th 2009 10:54PM

Well, it was kind of a joke about how most people wanted to buy a PS3 because it was also a Bluray player.

Shadowbender (Nelson Is Behind You) @ Nov 15th 2009 10:56PM

PS2: A LEGEND

SUMMER 2010

THE MOST MASSIVE FILM OF NEXT YEAR

Haha, just joking around.

Ballistic H @ Nov 15th 2009 11:10PM

Well, you don't want the PS2 plant worker to lose his job, do you?

RKN (Steam ID: nerdydesi) @ Nov 15th 2009 11:26PM

PS2's 10th anniversary in Japan is in March, lets see if it lasts till then!

Robert27 @ Nov 16th 2009 1:03AM

yesterday I saw a random couple with a child on wal-mart, they were discussing about buying their little kid a ps2...I lol´d

psn: ijustw1n @ Nov 16th 2009 1:16AM

When will they discontinue ps2 and xbox 360, they barely even sold!

eeeeeeeeeeefe @ Nov 16th 2009 3:32AM

And the collective PSP sales outsold the collective DS sales.

PS3 on top
PSP on top

PS3 outsold the Xbox on Europe (3x bigger population than the US of hick).

Not a great week for the American console (or Nintendo for that matter).

However unlike Arrogant Microsoft, you don't see Sony gloating in public that often.

Ashkental @ Nov 15th 2009 10:36PM

I wanna see the PS3 when FF the 13th launches later this year

Ballistic H @ Nov 15th 2009 10:57PM

And when Final Fantasy Agito XIII launches on the PSP.

Orchard Pear @ Nov 15th 2009 10:38PM

*Football

SpyderTaco (PSN: Ar4chNova89) @ Nov 15th 2009 10:39PM

inb4handegg

Sly @ Nov 15th 2009 10:52PM

joystiq is an american blog, so we use american terms. deal with it. we got the fact that the rest of the world says "football" okay? we don't. get over it.

tmacairjordan87 @ Nov 15th 2009 10:53PM

Pretty sure they don't sell football games in japan, although I'm not sure. Speaking of football this is a pretty entertaining patriots vs colts game.

SpyderTaco (PSN: Ar4chNova89) @ Nov 15th 2009 10:54PM

YEA, THIS IS AMERICA!
COMMUNISTS SUCK AND HOT DOGS RULE!

Orchard Pear @ Nov 15th 2009 10:57PM

http://punditkitchen.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/political-pictures-mt-rushmore-washington-penny.jpg

Ballistic H @ Nov 15th 2009 10:59PM

Americans sure do love small sausages in their mouths.

Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith-ATDF Co-Founder @ Nov 15th 2009 11:01PM

http://www.midasupload.com/users/1/europe.jpg

Orchard Pear @ Nov 15th 2009 11:07PM

http://myspace.roflposters.com/images/rofl/myspace/1215165974010.jpg.%5Broflposters.com%5D.myspace.jpg

tmacairjordan87 @ Nov 15th 2009 11:11PM

http://media.ebaumsworld.com/picture/Dillion_Day/British.png

Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith-ATDF Co-Founder @ Nov 15th 2009 11:13PM

We've got more money for games..

http://www.acus.org/files/u3/top-tax-rates-international.jpg

Orchard Pear @ Nov 15th 2009 11:21PM

http://www.theskyisnotblue.com/images/random/StupidAmericans.jpg

Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith-ATDF Co-Founder @ Nov 15th 2009 11:23PM

Orchard, that's a total fail.

Notice the european plugs? Hmm???

Bobby Kotick - Co-Founder of the ATDF @ Nov 15th 2009 11:40PM

You guys should stop with those comments. We wouldn't want another Revolution on ours hands, now do we?

And you Brits don't want your asses handed to you again, do you?

Hydrophobicfish (PSN: HydrophobicFish) @ Nov 15th 2009 11:42PM

HEY GUYS! MY PLACE OF RESIDENCE IS BETTER THAN YOURS! SIMPLE FACT THAT YOU LIVE A DIFFERENT PLACE THAN ME MAKES YOU STUPID!

LOL!

I have macro'd pictures to prove it, too!

Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith-ATDF Co-Founder @ Nov 15th 2009 11:44PM

To be fair, Bobby, they'd have to have an ass to have handed to them.

Their military...well, thirteen year olds with Red Ryder BB guns could beat them.

MystileArmor @ Nov 15th 2009 11:45PM

Whatever the fuck you call it, the Patriots just lost the game by going for it on 4th down and fucking up the game and that is hilarious regardless of what you call the sport.

esposch @ Nov 15th 2009 11:58PM

The rest of the world does not say football!!
Australia says soccer too!!!!
HELLO EVERYONE >>>AUSTRALIA EXISTS

Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith-ATDF Co-Founder @ Nov 15th 2009 11:59PM

Australia?

Never heard of it...sounds like it's beyond the Outer Rim.

Sly @ Nov 16th 2009 12:00AM

that game was amazing. great performance by the colts.

Kevaduu @ Nov 16th 2009 12:32AM

Japan is actually one of the few countries besides the US that calls it soccer (OK, sakkaa), so the use of that term is doubly appropriate.

CheeziePotato @ Nov 16th 2009 2:23AM

Fuck I missed the game

t_m @ Nov 16th 2009 3:17AM

If joystiq is an american blog why does it use a .com address (ie: international) rather than a .com.us address (ie: american)?

JeezWhiz87 @ Nov 16th 2009 5:49AM

Aside from Government websites I have never been to a website that uses .us. Ever.

t_m @ Nov 16th 2009 8:15AM

That couldn't be because america thinks it is the world, could it? ;-)

(ps/ if the US couldn't beat people in somalia, korea, vietnam, iraq or afganistan, i don't think they'd do so well against the UK this time.... unless the french help them out again. Or unless they attack us at 11am when we're having tea... like those dastardly romans! )

borland502 (SDF Macross) @ Nov 16th 2009 9:49AM

"That couldn't be because america thinks it is the world, could it? ;-)"

What? You mean like the former British Empire, which also got its but kicked in exotic locales by poorly armed natives? We learned if from you dad, WE LEARNED IT FROM YOU. =p

Babel @ Nov 16th 2009 10:19AM

Guys, guys, can't we all just agree that both our armies have had a couple of embarrassments, that both forms of football are good, that we can both be pretty stupid, and that most captioned pictures aren't funny or smart at all.

Let's just calm down, and have a quiet chuckle at France.

SpyderTaco (PSN: Ar4chNova89) @ Nov 15th 2009 10:38PM

I didn't realize the Japanese market was so drawn to soccer (football).
I had always thought it was only successful in Europe.

Well, what the hell do I know.

Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith-ATDF Co-Founder @ Nov 15th 2009 10:40PM

That is fairly surprising. But I would think baseball is bigger over there. They've got quite a few teams.

Ballistic H @ Nov 15th 2009 10:54PM

Soccer (or known as "football" in non-US countries, in other words "the rest of the world") is the #1 sport in the world besides USA.

SpyderTaco (PSN: Ar4chNova89) @ Nov 15th 2009 10:57PM

You may want to rephrase that to be "non-western countries"
I live in Canada and while I think soccer is kinda rad, the rest of the people here don't give a shit about it.

They like hockey. Or as I like to call it, nap-time.

Night Elve @ Nov 15th 2009 11:41PM

Really do you think that?

Maybe in the US is not that popular / successful, but for the rest of the world it is the most successful & played sport.

Wardo @ Nov 16th 2009 12:01AM

Tell that to the TFC fans here in Toronto SpyderTaco. Crazy stuff!

Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith-ATDF Co-Founder @ Nov 16th 2009 12:04AM

But I don't care...

Hockey isn't bad. I haven't really watched a lot of it, so I can't make a judgment. Sounds like it could be interesting.

But soccer is stupid. I'd rather watch golf. GOLF! The most boring game in existance!

Wardo @ Nov 16th 2009 2:10AM

So you're saying you would rather watch "the most boring game in existence" rather than soccer? Huh... well to each there own I suppose.

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