Weekly Console Hardware Sales in Japan
January 8, 2004, 7:26 AM CST by chairmansteve
Should we track the weekly sales for console hardware in Japan? Surely some readers are interested in the figures. We can start with the most recent data.

December 15 - December 21, 2003
PlayStation 2 - 160,100
Game Boy Advance SP - 132,400
GameCube - 95,100
Game Boy Advance - 23,000
Xbox - 2,400
PSone - 560
Wonder Swan Crystal - 280

December 22 - December 28, 2003
PlayStation 2 - 189,645
Game Boy Advance SP - 168,084
GameCube - 154,519
Game Boy Advance - 28,828
Xbox - 3,017
PSone - 884
Wonder Swan Crystal - 512

Media Create provides the data each week. So, each week I'll post the numbers.

Ranking (in Japanese)
http://m-create.com/jpn/s_ranking.html
January 15, 2004, 8:58 AM CST by chairmansteve
I got two more weeks of data.

December 29, 2003 - January 4, 2004
PlayStation 2 - 244,800
Game Boy Advance SP - 242,800
GameCube - 164,500
Game Boy Advance - 33,700
Xbox - 4,300
PSone - 1,400
Wonder Swan Crystal - 660

January 5 - January 11, 2004
PlayStation 2 - 87,286
Game Boy Advance SP - 69,412
GameCube - 36,906
Game Boy Advance - 12,057
Xbox - 1,950
PSone - 1,033
Wonder Swan Crystal - 474
January 23, 2004, 6:48 AM CST by sonubest85
I don't get it. How come the PS2 is still outselling the competition?
After all everyone by now has one. It should be Xbox or GCN beating the PS2 at least in weekly sales.
January 23, 2004, 1:46 PM CST by chairmansteve
Order stays same, but numbers drop.

January 12 - January 18, 2004
PlayStation 2 - 60,399
Game Boy Advance SP - 41,357
GameCube - 19,607
Game Boy Advance - 7,982
Xbox - 1,249
PSone - 631
Wonder Swan Crystal - 353
January 23, 2004, 2:43 PM CST by Traderx25 to chairmansteve
Alright! Xbox is only down by 140,000 to the PS2..

Seriously.. look at the weekly numbers, notice how much PS2 sales fall drasticly with seasons and after holidays..

But yet, the Xbox decline isn't so much compared to it's weekly average..

It shows that in Japan, the Xbox is purchased by mostly hardcore collector types that make purchases regardless of holidays.
January 29, 2004, 4:46 PM CST by chairmansteve
January 19 - 25, 2004
PlayStation 2 - 51,023
Game Boy Advance SP - 46,834
GameCube - 13,292
Game Boy Advance - 6,375
Xbox - 1,040
PSone - 586
Wonder Swan Crystal - 307

The Xbox "Pure White Limited" Edition will be available in Japan from January 30 to February 6, so we'll soon see what kind of effect that has on Xbox sales.
January 29, 2004, 4:50 PM CST by mOnkEynuTz to chairmansteve
well atleast the XBOX is making progess. it used to be outsold by the PS1 but it seems to have taken quite a lead over PS1 from December.
February 7, 2004, 5:03 PM CST by firewave to chairmansteve
Its mabe because in japon microsoft isn't as popular as in North America and Sony and Nintendo (japanies brands) are more popular and way cheaper because of the shiping fees.
February 9, 2004, 4:02 AM CST by chairmansteve
January 26 - February 1, 2004
Game Boy Advance SP - 64,783
PlayStation 2 - 45,976
GameCube - 10,698
Game Boy Advance - 10,159
Xbox - 801
PSone - 608
Wonder Swan Crystal - 270

It seems that the "Pure White Limited" Xbox was not included in that sales count. 1000 units were produced and supposedly sold out very fast.
February 13, 2004, 12:28 AM CST by chairmansteve
February 2 - 8, 2004
Game Boy Advance SP - 50,690
PlayStation 2 - 48,027
GameCube - 8,647
Game Boy Advance - 6,778
Xbox - 959
PSone - 402
Wonder Swan Crystal - 186

GBASP takes two weeks in a row.
February 20, 2004, 1:43 PM CST by chairmansteve
February 9 - 15, 2004
Game Boy Advance SP - 99,151
PlayStation 2 - 52,026
GameCube - 8,592
Game Boy Advance - 6,421
Xbox - 793
PSone - 723
Wonder Swan Crystal - 298

GBA SP extends its lead over PS2, while GameCube continues to slip (a little).

Ninja Gaiden is coming in March for Xbox. It should make some difference.
February 28, 2004, 3:02 AM CST by chairmansteve
February 16 - 22, 2004
Game Boy Advance SP - 63,404
PlayStation 2 - 43,988
GameCube - 5,872
Game Boy Advance - 5,598
Xbox - 803
PSone - 471
Wonder Swan Crystal - 214

GameCube slips again, and GBASP stays at the top.

Xbox was the only one to show growth for the week.
February 28, 2004, 4:36 AM CST by Tzyr to chairmansteve
+10 lol

I just tried the Ninja Gaiden Demo and it is really good. I am not sure how the series did in Japan though..if it was liked, maybe it could be a system seller?

Though, it did not sound like the Japanese liked Otogi..maybe they do not want to try a game that is unknown on a system they do not like?

Anyway, Xbox has some good games coming up so hopefully it will increase the market over in Japan, if not, I think Japan's market for Xbox is nearly dead :/

It is like Metroid Prime for GC. Great game, got amazing reviews and the rest of the world, it sold pretty well. But only 80k copies in Japan? It is like they are not buying the game because it is not Japanese..bah (well, the other games in the series were not well liked as well..guess Japanese gamers like to be told what to do in games instead of the free exploring :/)
February 28, 2004, 7:56 AM CST by MyDixieWrecked to Tzyr
Couldnt agree with you more, Japan likes their homemade products.
February 28, 2004, 8:01 AM CST by Cipher
Ever occured to you the reason why GC and PS2 are selling better than XBox is because there are some games there that will never reach the U.S. That are very good.
February 29, 2004, 8:08 AM CST by Tzyr to Cipher
I was not at all talking about PS2 or GC doing better then Xbox. I was refering to the 800 Xboxs sold and the fact that Xbox could do better (well hopefully).

With the games that Xbox is releasing soon, hopefully it will give Japanese gamers more reason to buy it. I mean, look how many people are buying PS2s and most of the games that PS2 are releasing are sequals or games similar to ones already out..
March 5, 2004, 3:58 AM CST by chairmansteve
February 23 - 29, 2004
Game Boy Advance SP - 68,206
PlayStation 2 - 65,148
GameCube - 9,120
Game Boy Advance - 5,365
Xbox - 751
PSone - 517
Wonder Swan Crystal - 326

PS2 gets close to SP. Otherwise, not much change across the board.
March 5, 2004, 4:38 AM CST by one_grim_reaper to chairmansteve
In the very short time that this thread has been alive (dec 15th) 1,048,418 japs have purchased a PS2. I looked up jap population and got a figure of around 127,900,000.

In the 3 months this thread has been around almost 1% of all japanesse people have purchased a PS2. Considering that the PS2 has been around for a very long time and most people are likely to have got one in its first 1-2 years these are still very good figures, you would expect nearly everyone in Japan to own one by now.
March 5, 2004, 4:50 AM CST by Armoured_Chicken to one_grim_reaper
Its unbelieveable. How could they buy that many? Its crazy. Console loving bunch of people they are. And how many have bought a xbox in this time period? Hardly even 50,000.
March 12, 2004, 10:55 AM CST by chairmansteve
March 1 - 7, 2004
Game Boy Advance SP - 48,936
PlayStation 2 - 43,248
GameCube - 8,389
Game Boy Advance - 4,204
Xbox - 839
PSone - 448
Wonder Swan Crystal - 363

Ninja Gaiden was released in Japan yesterday. We'll find out soon if that has an impact on Xbox hardware sales.
March 12, 2004, 11:03 AM CST by Hawk4x4 to one_grim_reaper
Well you also have to figure that in Japan, they may be buying multiple special edition PS2s which could account for high sales. It may not be one PS2 per person.
March 12, 2004, 4:55 PM CST by khaid to Hawk4x4
I heard that they buy PS2's for mothers and fathers-to-be. It's supposed to bring good blessings, prosperity, and good luck.
March 19, 2004, 12:32 AM CST by chairmansteve
March 8-14, 2004
Game Boy Advance SP - 43,826
PlayStation 2 - 42,448
GameCube - 13,171
Game Boy Advance - 3,924
Xbox - 1,142
Wonder Swan Crystal - 372
PSone - 356

GBA holds a small lead over PS2, while PSone slipped to last this week. Ninja Gaiden seems to have only given a tiny boost to Xbox. It hit #4 on software sales (42,686).
March 21, 2004, 1:19 AM CST by MustangSVT
Monster Hunter for PS2 looks very good, saw a video at my friend's. I bet it'll prolly sell some more PS2 units over there in Japan even though it seems all of them have one lol. I don't get what's with these japanese ppl. We buy their products everyday: Sony, Panasonic, Toshiba, PS2, GC, GBA, Toyota, Honda etc., yet the bastards hardly buy American products at all for the console market! Damn nationalists lol!
March 26, 2004, 3:28 AM CST by chairmansteve
March 15 - 21, 2004
PlayStation 2 - 45,790
Game Boy Advance SP - 41,448
GameCube - 7,120
Game Boy Advance - 4,290
Xbox - 718
PSone - 367
Wonder Swan Crystal - 195

PS2 moved ahead of GBASP.
April 2, 2004, 6:58 AM CST by chairmansteve
March 22 - 28, 2004
PlayStation 2 - 64,866
Game Boy Advance SP - 43,489
GameCube - 7,554
Game Boy Advance - 5,413
Xbox - 751
Wonder Swan Crystal - 406
PSone - 390

Wonder Swan put PSone in its place.
April 8, 2004, 10:29 PM CST by chairmansteve
March 29 - April 4, 2004
PlayStation 2 - 65,547
Game Boy Advance SP - 47,601
GameCube - 7,914
Game Boy Advance - 5,063
Xbox - 449
PSone - 379
Wonder Swan Crystal - 330

Xbox slipped below the 500 mark. The new Xbox bundle comes out May 27, and 10 new games come out during April/May. We'll see what effect those have.
April 10, 2004, 8:38 AM CST by Teasy to Traderx25
Seriously.. look at the weekly numbers, notice how much PS2 sales fall drasticly with seasons and after holidays..

But yet, the Xbox decline isn't so much compared to it's weekly average..
The difference isn't actually as big as you might think. Not when you actually look closely at th numbers. If we look at the highest and lowest weekly sales (of the ones posted before you made this post) then it comes out like this:

Sales drop between December 22 to January 18:

PS2 = 68.3% drop
XBox = 58.6% drop

These numbers are too close to come to any conslusions anout demographic. If we look at later numbers XBox has actually dropped significantly more then PS2. Between December 22 and April 4 XBox sales dropped 85%! PS2's sales dropped only 65% in the same period. So if anything this shows that overall PS2 sales are effected less by seasons then XBox sales.
April 16, 2004, 6:28 PM CST by chairmansteve
April 5 - 11, 2004
PlayStation 2 - 47,391
Game Boy Advance SP - 40,166
GameCube - 6,263
Game Boy Advance - 3,701
Xbox - 557
PSone - 310
Wonder Swan Crystal - 165

Xbox is the only system to show sales growth over the previous week. :)
April 23, 2004, 4:09 AM CST by chairmansteve
April 12 - 18, 2004
PlayStation 2 - 37,135
Game Boy Advance SP - 30,363
GameCube - 4,689
Game Boy Advance - 3,458
Xbox - 397
PSone - 241
Wonder Swan Crystal - 146

All systems went down.
April 30, 2004, 4:07 AM CST by chairmansteve
April 19 - 25, 2004
PlayStation 2 - 44,957
Game Boy Advance SP - 43,726
GameCube - 5,756
Game Boy Advance - 3,549
Xbox - 432
PSone - 310
Wonder Swan Crystal - 44

Wonder Swan might've had a record week. Are all the Xbox buyers waiting for the new bundle around the end of May? :)
May 1, 2004, 5:36 PM CST by sm284614 to chairmansteve
Someone should make a line seven-line graph of all this data, and correlate changes with sometware releases and stuff. Then we could all understand.
May 2, 2004, 3:45 AM CST by CriTioN
Where can I get the software figures for Japan? I wants to finish the graph.
May 12, 2004, 1:22 PM CST by chairmansteve
April 26 - May 2, 2004
Game Boy Advance SP - 61,087
PlayStation 2 - 52,281
GameCube - 9,416
Game Boy Advance - 4,501
Xbox - 485

PSone and Wonder Swan seem to have been stricken from the charts.
May 14, 2004, 12:25 AM CST by chairmansteve
May 3 - 9, 2004
Game Boy Advance SP - 53,780
PlayStation 2 - 46,131
GameCube - 10,406
Game Boy Advance - 5,237
PSone - 367
Xbox - 286
Wonder Swan Crystal - 127

For the 1st time in a long time, Xbox dips under PSone. Xbox has a few new games (Tenchu 3, Metal Arms, and 3 others) coming out later this month and a new bundle. We'll see if those improve the numbers.
May 15, 2004, 8:03 PM CST by Shifter
do u know how much the x-box sales would sky rocket in japan if konami made a metal gear game only for xbox? im guessing at least bye 10,000
May 20, 2004, 11:24 PM CST by chairmansteve
May 10-16, 2004
PlayStation 2 - 31,396
Game Boy Advance SP - 20,471
GameCube - 4,725
Game Boy Advance - 2,993
PSone - 379
Xbox - 246
Wonder Swan Crystal - 89

Xbox continues to get raped in Japan.
May 28, 2004, 5:15 AM CST by chairmansteve
May 17 - 23, 2004
PlayStation 2 - 30,081
Game Boy Advance SP - 29,091
GameCube - 4,959
Game Boy Advance - 2,647
Xbox - 238
PSone - 218
Wonder Swan Crystal - 70

Xbox reclaims its position ahead of PSone.
June 2, 2004, 4:39 PM CST by hunterhp to chairmansteve
They should just quit in Japan. It's doing real pathetic. Or, they should get some more Turn-Based RPG's. I should become the head of Microsoft Game Studios Japan.. The head guy for Japan sucks.
June 4, 2004, 12:38 AM CST by chairmansteve
May 24 - 30, 2004
PlayStation 2 - 38,957
Game Boy Advance SP - 29,202
GameCube - 5,342
Game Boy Advance - 2,505
Xbox - 802
PSone - 299
Wonder Swan Crystal - 76

The Xbox megaslump might be over, but it's still under 1K.
June 11, 2004, 4:53 AM CST by chairmansteve
May 31 - June 6, 2004
PlayStation 2 - 29,406
Game Boy Advance SP - 24,838
GameCube - 5,020
Game Boy Advance - 2,208
Xbox - 574
PSone - 299
Wonder Swan Crystal - 63
June 18, 2004, 1:18 AM CST by chairmansteve
June 7 - 13, 2004
PlayStation 2 - 27,227
Game Boy Advance SP - 26,560
GameCube - 5,229
Game Boy Advance - 2,254
Xbox - 434
PSone - 195
Wonder Swan Crystal - 89

Not much changed. PS2 and SP got closer. PSone slipped a bit.
June 24, 2004, 11:06 PM CST by chairmansteve
June 14 - 20, 2004
Game Boy Advance SP - 27,641
PlayStation 2 - 26,853
GameCube - 4,690
Game Boy Advance - 2,181
Xbox - 493
PSone - 264
Wonder Swan Crystal - 89

Game Boy took a small lead for the week.
June 25, 2004, 2:40 AM CST by Hawk4x4 to chairmansteve
I want to know where all these Japoanese people are coming from who haven't already bought a PS2 or a GBA. It seems that those numbers should be going down, but they aren't. I know that its popular to buy multiples of one system, but wow.
July 5, 2004, 2:15 PM CST by chairmansteve
June 21 - 27, 2004
PlayStation 2 - 29,213
Game Boy Advance SP - 24,823
GameCube - 4,297
Game Boy Advance - 2,340
Xbox - 294
PSone - 172
Wonder Swan Crystal - 57
July 9, 2004, 1:44 PM CST by chairmansteve
June 28 - July 4, 2004
Game Boy Advance SP - 30,905
PlayStation 2 - 27,790
GameCube - 4,835
Game Boy Advance - 1,930
Xbox - 302
PSone - 184
Wonder Swan Crystal - 83
July 9, 2004, 9:58 PM CST by andrewc513 to chairmansteve
Lol, its crazy over in Japan. XBOX's closest battle is with a console from the previous generation...
July 14, 2004, 8:49 PM CST by seishinbyou
Thought I would add something from the perspective of someone whom lives in Japan.

The Xbox doesn't sell well because the games for it do not appeal to Japanese gamers, and there is a very limited selection of games (as compared to the plethora of PS2 games available). Japanese gamers love their RPGs and quirky action games, soccer games, pachinko/pachislot simulators, etc.

Price is not an issue. Some shops in Yokohmaa have basically marked down their Xboxes to the point of practically dumping them so they can "make room for the incoming mass of PS2 and GBA stock". That was spoken by the manager of the shop in Yokohama where I managed to pick up an Xbox for 3000 yen (I don't have any games for it, but I have one). EDIT> I don't mean to imply all Xboxes are 3000 yen; only the place I went to that was dumping them. They sell "new" for 17,000 yen or so. About what a PS2 costs (maybe a tad less unless you are talking about used hardware)

If they had a better selection of games more suited to the tastes of the Japanese market, they would be faring a lot better. Sorry, but "Halo", or really any FPS for that matter, doesn't cut it here (though don't get me wrong, I found it fun, at least). Perhaps this will change over time, though.

Heh, I still see the Wonderswan is hanging on. It still sells because of the Squaresoft library they released for it; most of the other games stunk, though (IMHO).
July 14, 2004, 11:23 PM CST by seishinbyou
In terms of the handheld market, GBASP = win (At least for now; we'll see how the DS and PSP fare). There is a venerable cornucopia of games available for it, though a tad overpriced in my opinion (the average "new" game runs around 4000 yen except for those Famicom mini games which are half that, or 2000 yen a piece). Also, flash carts and cables are not so hard to find, especially if you want to venture to Akihabara. This has resulted in a good number of people buying a game, copying it/flashing it, and then just returning it to the store. No wonder prices are high for gba games in Japan.

In terms of consoles, the Famicom (known as the NES in North America) still stirs sweet sweet memories for the game industry here, enough so that they have "Neo-fami" systems out which are basically generic Famicom players in a small black casing. They even have Famicom adapters for your GBA so you can play the old Famicom carts directly.

The Gamecube seems to be primarily targeted at the younger audience, which may be why it hasn't found a real base with the older Japanese gamers, though there are enough "interesting" games on there that have generated decent albeit small sales for the older crowd.

In general, Nintendo is seen as a positive figure in the JP community. The only real "failures" to speak were the N64 and Virtual Boy. Okay, "failure" may be too strong a word for the N64, but it did pittance in Japan relative to other systems at the time, and the library of games was really nothing to write home about except for the high-profile games like Pokemon stadium (was that the right title?), Zelda, etc. Most of the other games were boring Shogi simulators, dating sims, or text-adventure-with-still-photos games...and that damn Pikachu-with-a-headset game.

Mind you, on the flip side, while the N64 didn't do so hot here, the Sega Saturn did, but that was mostly due to a lot of Japanese-only RPGs that the local gamers loved and the rest of the world never got...nor wanted perhaps.
July 14, 2004, 11:28 PM CST by khaid to seishinbyou
Are you Japanese? Because, for the love of god, you have the writing skills that is superior to 90% of westerners whose first language is English.
July 15, 2004, 12:06 AM CST by seishinbyou to khaid
Heh, sorry to get your hopes up, but although I have been in Japan since 1998, am married to a native Japanese, and work at a Japanese electronics firm as an engineer and technical translator, I was born and raised in Canada. I have a strong interest/passion in the gaming industry, though, so I find all this fascinating. The Japanese and American gaming markets almost seem like two different planets.
July 16, 2004, 3:36 PM CST by chairmansteve
July 5 - 11, 2004
PlayStation 2 - 31,569
Game Boy Advance SP - 27,054
GameCube - 5,544
Game Boy Advance - 1,785
Xbox - 361
PSone - 253
Wonder Swan Crystal - 146

Wonder Swan breached the 100 barrier. We haven't seen that happen since early May.
July 23, 2004, 3:21 PM CST by chairmansteve
July 12 - 18, 2004
PlayStation 2 - 37,871
Game Boy Advance SP - 30,217
GameCube - 4,684
Game Boy Advance - 1,891
PSone - 276
Xbox - 272
Wonder Swan Crystal - 57

Xbox slipped slightly below PSone, while Wonder Swan is back in double digits.
July 25, 2004, 8:10 PM CST by seishinbyou
This really isn't surprising anymore. I am curious what the Gamecube sales will be like for the next week since Paper Mario RPG just came out.

A lot of high profile and/or well-hyped games for the PS2 and GBA have been over the media lately...well, actually, they always are, which explains the constant sales coming in for those systems. (Most notably for the GBA, we have Puyo puyo Fever, Bokura no Taiyou 2 (Boktai 2), Full Metal Alchemist 2, and others out, with a few more on the horizon (Final Fantasy 1+2 out this week, Super Mario Ball coming soon).

I hardly ever see an Xbox commercial on TV. It is extremely rare, whereas I can expect to see commercials for Gamecube,GBA, or PS2 games almost every commercial break (They even advertise at Karaoke palaces; in the "waiting period" between selecting songs, it scrolls the most popular songs, and then shows some random commercials, one of which is the one for "Digial Devil Saga" for the PS2).

The Wonderswan sales are still kind-of surprising; I am seriously starting to wonder if those sales include sales of "used" Wonderswans. There are Wonderswan "bundles" in just about every game store I have been to. Usually, it is something along the lines of Wonderswan Crystal + 4 games (Final Fantasy 1, 2, Front Mission, Saga) for 3000 yen.
July 25, 2004, 8:22 PM CST by embargiel to seishinbyou
A Wonderswan bundled with 4 games is only sold for mere 3000 yen? That's merely around 27 bucks you know! I would buy it if they had the same offer here. You can't even get the latest GBA games with that kind of money.
July 26, 2004, 2:35 AM CST by seishinbyou to embargiel
I agree, that is a very good deal. I bought a Wonderswan Color when they were new (I bought the Final Fantasy 1 box set), and enjoyed it and many other games very much despite some of the quirks of the system (no backlight, and light source I used created a huge glare and it was still hard to see the screen except in good lighting, there was no built-in headphone jack; you had to plug in an adapter (which is what I used to plug in the light :( ) and no volume "dial"; only a "sound" button that toggled between 3 levels of sound. Still, when it lasts 10 or so hours on a single AA battery, in decent lighting, it is a blast to play. Given the hot weather and people travelling about to cooler places this summer, I couldn't blame anyone for picking up one of the Wonderswan combos for the road; after all, 4 decent games with the system for 3000 yen is a much better deal than paying 10000 yen for a GBASP alone (well, it is less if used, but still...)

Even some of the older black & white Wonderswan games were fun (i.e. Chocobo no Fushigi na Dungeon, Beatmania, etc.)

Also, unrelated, but people do buy multiple of the same system. One guy I work with has 3 PS2s in his house; 1 for each of his kids and 1 for himself.
July 26, 2004, 2:38 AM CST by MustangSVT
3 PS2's? Sheesh. No wonder PS2 is still making so much money. He probably buys multiple copies of the games too, but it sounds like the guy has cash to burn.
July 26, 2004, 2:48 AM CST by seishinbyou
Many salarymen do have lots of disposable income, but no free time to do anything with it... At least his kids have something to do (he admits he rarely has a chance to play on his own PS2).

He doesn't have multiple copies of the games, though, I'm pretty sure, but I wouldn't be surprised if there are others doing that. It is far more common for GBA games to sell multiple copies for the same household (I regularly see kids on the trains, each with their own GBASP; sometimes a link cable connecting them, or the wireless one used in the newer Pokemon games).

EDIT> spoke too soon; he said he has 2 copies of Gran Turismo 3 because one came in a special "racing bundle" PS2 (with some force feedback steering wheel controller) after he already bought the game for his oldest son.
July 30, 2004, 3:49 AM CST by chairmansteve
July 19 - 25, 2004
PlayStation 2 - 41,525
Game Boy Advance SP - 35,988
GameCube - 9,778
Game Boy Advance - 2,362
Xbox - 278
Wonder Swan Crystal - 76
PSone - 70

PSone got raped from behind by Wonder Swan.
August 12, 2004, 9:35 PM CST by chairmansteve
July 26 - August 1, 2004
PlayStation 2 - 35,409
Game Boy Advance SP - 33,321
GameCube - 9,730
Game Boy Advance - 2,387
Xbox - 334
PSone - 80
Wonder Swan Crystal - 70

August 2 - 8, 2004
PlayStation 2 - 38,593
Game Boy Advance SP - 32,279
GameCube - 7,696
Game Boy Advance - 2,393
Xbox - 236
Wonder Swan Crystal - 63
PSone - 60

Wonder Swan has PSone in a chokehold now.
August 13, 2004, 5:46 PM CST by SEGAMAN
I was wondering if these are Japanese sales only because I knew the GCN was second for a long time but it seems to slaughter XBOX which is now second yes or is this just Japanese sales cause I know the XBOX doesent do to well in Japan with sales like his shouldent the GCN be FAR ahead of XBOX?
August 14, 2004, 9:56 PM CST by seishinbyou to SEGAMAN
These are Japanese sales only. i.e. the land where the Xbox gets dumped on more than a German dungeon porn star.

Oh, and here is a scary event I saw last week; a kid on the train to Yokohama had 2 GBA SPs. He was playing one, turned it off a few minutes later, and played on the other one afterwards. I guess switching cartridges was just too much for him.
August 14, 2004, 10:03 PM CST by wbillnc to seishinbyou
Anything non-Japanese does not sell well there. They even say rice from other contries contains bad water and is not as good as their own. Yet they are building land mass with waste, go figure.
August 27, 2004, 2:33 AM CST by chairmansteve
August 9 - 15, 2004
Game Boy Advance SP - 67,091
PlayStation 2 - 47,263
GameCube - 11,558
Game Boy Advance - 3,708
Xbox - 429
Wonder Swan Crystal - 121
PSone - 120

August 16 - 22, 2004
Game Boy Advance SP - 40,229
PlayStation 2 - 32,291
GameCube - 8,161
Game Boy Advance - 3,437
Xbox - 366
PSone - 134
Wonder Swan Crystal - 102

PSone got lucky and beat the Swan.
September 10, 2004, 12:36 AM CST by chairmansteve
August 23 - 29, 2004
Game Boy Advance SP - 38,160
PlayStation 2 - 31,173
GameCube - 6,464
Game Boy Advance - 2,518
Xbox - 366
PSone - 110
Wonder Swan Crystal - 70

August 30 - September 5, 2004
Game Boy Advance SP - 30,217
PlayStation 2 - 30,093
GameCube - 5,744
Game Boy Advance - 2,113
Xbox - 303
PSone - 105
Wonder Swan Crystal - 25

Yowza! Wonder Swan got mud kicked in its face.
September 10, 2004, 1:23 AM CST by seishinbyou
Something that still kind-of puzzles me is the sales of the Gameboy Advance (not the SP). Just about everyone that has a GBA has the GBASP model except for a lot of the white-collar workers I see at work and on my way to work. Granted, a GBA used is now only around 3000 yen as compared with a GBASP that is just a hair under 10000 yen new, but still...maybe it is the grip?

As for the Wonderswan Color, maybe they run out of those special bundles of Wonderswan+4 games (haha)

But, in all honesty, from the point of view of the average gamer here, GBA(SP) and PS2 reign supreme, with masses of titles released every week, many of which being the games people want to play. Xbox is dead for all intensive purposes; more and more shops have dumped their stock in wicker barrels and cardboard boxes, discounted them, and are basically giving them away. The *only* game advertised and one for which shops are taking pre-orders is "Dead or Alive Ultimate".

Gamecube has had a small surge in popularity with Paper Mario RPG getting much attention (It is a very enjoyable game, though, from personal experience)

This does make me concerned about one possible scenario for the next generation of consoles and handhelds : That the Japanese and American/European/Australian markets will be split; what is popular on one side won't be on the other. In other words, that 2 separate game markets would be forged. Kind of like the old days back before the NES found its' way to western shores (so to speak)
September 17, 2004, 4:38 PM CST by chairmansteve
September 6 - 12, 2004
PlayStation 2 - 29,876
Game Boy Advance SP - 20,250
GameCube - 4,551
Game Boy Advance - 2,098
Xbox - 435
Wonder Swan Crystal - 57
PSone - 55

GBA lost the lead. PSone is back in double digits. Xbox had its best week since June.
September 18, 2004, 1:56 AM CST by khaid to seishinbyou
Man.. so where do all of those new XBOX game releases go? If you browse the XBOX Japan website, you'll notice a lot of Japanese exclusive games. Like Nacchi no Othello, Ayappe no Go, (made up names) etc.
September 20, 2004, 9:30 PM CST by seishinbyou to khaid
There are still some game shops that, although they don't sell Xbox hardware, still have a stock of a few Xbox games (as is the case with the GameStation chain as of late). In some cases, though, they will only take pre-orders for them and only order in what they know they have sold, because Xbox games have a tendency to just sit on shelves here.

As figures, the numbers are lower the week of 6 to 12. Possibly back to school reasons, but more that nothing notable has been released recently on any platform (except Pokemon Emerald, for which I had a legion of 13 year old kids trample me at Toys R Us to get). A new Fire Emblem game is out at the beginning of October, though, and I know quite a few people are waiting for that one. DOA Ultimate for Xbox is out in Oct. too, so who knows, maybe Xbox will get a surge in sales.

Oh yes, odd point, but I noticed that Toys R Us in Japan doesn't seem to carry Xbox, yet they have a whole shelf of useless GBA accessories (i.e. GBA "lunch box" case, GBA Utility belt, etc.)
September 24, 2004, 12:13 AM CST by chairmansteve
September 13 - 19, 2004
Game Boy Advance SP - 68,014
PlayStation 2 - 28,340
GameCube - 4,976
Game Boy Advance - 1,527
Xbox - 326
PSone - 70
Wonder Swan Crystal - 19

GBA shot through the roof. It must be due to Pokemon Emerald.
Phantom Dust released today for Xbox. We'll soon see if it boosts the 'box.
October 1, 2004, 12:07 AM CST by chairmansteve
September 20 - 26, 2004
Game Boy Advance SP - 57,840
PlayStation 2 - 28,781
GameCube - 6,489
Game Boy Advance - 940
Xbox - 302
PSone - 75
Wonder Swan Crystal - 25

It's the first week that I've seen the original GBA drop below 1000.

Phantom Dust for Xbox was #33 on the software chart for the week. It's one of those rare occasions when an Xbox title makes the Top 40 in Japan. However, it didn't improve Xbox hardware sales any.
October 8, 2004, 1:40 AM CST by chairmansteve
September 27 - October 3, 2004
Game Boy Advance SP - 32,685
PlayStation 2 - 24,625
GameCube - 5,167
Game Boy Advance - 608
Xbox - 285
PSone - 65
Wonder Swan Crystal - 51

The original GBA fell again. At this rate, it'll drop below Xbox soon.
October 15, 2004, 12:35 AM CST by seishinbyou to chairmansteve
Well, most people are getting GBASPs these days, and with the Nintendo DS and Sony PSP out just around the corner, people aren't going all the way back to the original GBA unless they liked the feel of it better.

GBASP sales may be pretty high for the next week with 2 high profile games released (the new Fire Emblem game and Mawaru : Made in Wario (the second Warioware game for the GBA)

Xbox sales *might* see a slight surge with the upcoming release of the new DOA game, but who knows...
October 15, 2004, 7:25 AM CST by chairmansteve
October 4 - 10, 2004
Game Boy Advance SP - 32,081
PlayStation 2 - 22,853
GameCube - 4,830
Game Boy Advance - 832
Xbox - 207
PSone - 75
Wonder Swan Crystal - 19

We'll have to wait a bit longer for Xbox to pass GBA.
October 20, 2004, 12:30 AM CST by andrewc513 to chairmansteve
Once PStwo is released, will you list the PS2 and PStwo sales separately, or just combine them?
October 20, 2004, 12:34 AM CST by khaid to andrewc513
PSTwo is PS2. There's no such thing as a PSTwo. Sony is discontinuing the original design of the PS2 in favor of the new one.
October 22, 2004, 1:45 PM CST by chairmansteve
October 11 - 17, 2004
Game Boy Advance SP - 35,280
PlayStation 2 - 22,470
GameCube - 4,368
Game Boy Advance - 633
Xbox - 173
PSone - 60
Wonder Swan Crystal - 38

Xbox sales should boost a bit next month with the new big bundle, Halo 2, DOA Ultimate, Video Chat, and Blinx 2. Maybe it'll even go over 1000 units.
October 22, 2004, 1:54 PM CST by da_deadly_sniper to chairmansteve
Maybe it'll even go over 1000 units.
If it does....i'll eat my hat. lol
October 28, 2004, 11:09 PM CST by chairmansteve
October 18 - 24, 2004
Game Boy Advance SP - 29,324
PlayStation 2 - 19,530
GameCube - 3,992
Game Boy Advance - 744
Xbox - 259
Wonder Swan Crystal - 38
PSone - 35

To get us prepared for hat eating, here are the big Xbox release dates.

November 3 - Dead or Alive Ultimate
November 11 - Halo 2
November 18 - Blinx 2 & New Xbox Bundle
October 29, 2004, 12:47 AM CST by cmdrmonkey to chairmansteve
I would be very surprised if the Xbox (or any future MS console) ever becomes even remotely popular in Japan. Xbox is very PC-like in terms of the games it offers, which just isn't that palatable to the Japanese; I guess for lack of a better word you could say it's for "cultural" reasons. The Japanese, generally speaking, have little or no interest in first person shooters, so I doubt Halo 2 will do much to peak their interest in the console. The size and styling of a console also appear to be more important to Japanese consumers than graphical power. Moreover, I think Japanese nationalism is a factor. They would prefer to buy from Japanese companies.
November 5, 2004, 4:06 AM CST by chairmansteve
October 25 - 31, 2004
Game Boy Advance SP - 30,506
PlayStation 2 - 19,345
GameCube - 6,170
Game Boy Advance - 810
Xbox - 271
PSone - 75
Wonder Swan Crystal - 44

GameCube saw a big jump along with the release of Mario Tennis.
November 12, 2004, 8:39 AM CST by chairmansteve
Xbox comes out with authority! Bam!

November 1 - 7, 2004
PlayStation 2 - 114,831
Game Boy Advance SP - 27,611
Xbox - 4,959
GameCube - 4,656
Game Boy Advance - 982
Wonder Swan Crystal - 108
PSone - 80

And that's just phase one of Operation November.
November 12, 2004, 8:52 AM CST by superSONIC to da_deadly_sniper
Xbox - 4,959
Better buy some ketchup to down that hat.
November 12, 2004, 9:50 AM CST by da_deadly_sniper to superSONIC
I guess I better starts chewing down hey?

CSteve, PS2 and gamecube saw a big rise in sales as well? why was this? especially PS2...from a average of 20,000 a week, to 115,000, was it due to their new slimline version? and Gamecube, what caused thier boost?

Edit: on second thought, GC didnt gain a big boost...my mistake.
November 12, 2004, 5:01 PM CST by Mister101
1800% increase in console sales from the previous month, guess the Japanese like DOA. They probably crossed their yearly total in Xbox software sold in that week.
November 15, 2004, 2:28 AM CST by seishinbyou to da_deadly_sniper
The huge jump in PS2 sales is most definitely from the new slimline version. Those things went on sale and sold out in most (but not all) places. A few places had them up for sale the night before they were supposed to be officially sold, but eh, it doesn't seem like anyone cared.

The Halo2 scenario is amusing. There were actually commercials for it on TV. Yes, a commercial...for an Xbox game...in Japan :O

I'm wondering how much of that figure of 4959 Xboxs accounts for DOA...probably most of it. It won't be until the next week's results that we see sales due to Halo2 and remnants of DOA. After that, who knows.

This is a good step for M$, though. Perhaps the next Xbox console can attract a fair share of the market if they can keep bringing the games out that people here want to/actually will play.

EDIT> The GBA-SP is still going to hold strong with the titles like the new Zelda game and Kingdom Hearts : Chain of Memories, though after this wave, who knows. I'm pretty sure every kid in Japan has 2 or 3 GBA-SPs already (and that isn't a complete exhaduration based on previous experiences on trains and buses).
November 15, 2004, 5:15 PM CST by Mister101 to seishinbyou
I wouldn't be suprised if Xbox sales approached 10,000 (or more) the next week. Doesn't matter the market, if its a quality game, it will move at least a few more consoles.
November 18, 2004, 11:28 PM CST by chairmansteve
November 8 - 14, 2004
PlayStation 2 - 67,558
Game Boy Advance SP - 43,959
GameCube - 4,860
Xbox - 1,200
Game Boy Advance - 1,024
Wonder Swan Crystal - 76
PSone - 60

Xbox sells over 1000 again, but it wasn't as spectacular as last week. The new bundle started today (18th). Last year's bundle gave a huge boost (24x).
November 25, 2004, 8:08 PM CST by chairmansteve
November 15 - 21, 2004
PlayStation 2 - 63,282
Game Boy Advance SP - 27,479
GameCube - 5,113
Xbox - 1,239
Game Boy Advance - 697
Wonder Swan Crystal - 44
PSone - 40

They each hold rank.
December 2, 2004, 8:33 PM CST by chairmansteve
November 22 - 28, 2004
PlayStation 2 - 108,148
Game Boy Advance SP - 31,198
GameCube - 6,107
Game Boy Advance - 785
Xbox - 669
Wonder Swan Crystal - 38
PSone - 30

Xbox 1000+ streak ends, while PS2 turns in a monster week thanks to Dragon Quest 8.
December 4, 2004, 6:04 AM CST by seishinbyou to chairmansteve
You'd better believe it; Dragon Quest 8 is sold out at just about every place they are pushing it, and that includes convenience stores, where you can get alcohol, fireworks, and PS2/PS2 games all in one place.

Add that to the DQ8 commercials on every few minutes it seems, and it all adds up. The day it went on sale, people were outside their stores with tables full of just DQ8 *screaming* at people to hurry up and buy it before they were all sold out, and people were...just scary.

Also, there was a brief spot on it tonight on the news reporting it had already broken 3 million copies, but I'm not sure how accurate that report is. Famitsu will have the total numbers next week, I guess.
December 10, 2004, 12:02 AM CST by chairmansteve
November 29 - December 5, 2004
Nintendo DS - 468,883
PlayStation 2 - 93,829
Game Boy Advance SP - 27,313
GameCube - 5,465
Game Boy Advance - 822
Xbox - 621
Wonder Swan Crystal - 44
PSone - 40

Nintendo DS joins the party.
December 11, 2004, 7:29 AM CST by da_deadly_sniper to chairmansteve
Since the competition now involves DS (and soon PSP)...maybe we could eliminate PSone and Wonder Swan Crystal sales...since hardly anyone give a toss about them any more.
December 16, 2004, 7:14 PM CST by chairmansteve
December 6 - 12, 2004
Nintendo DS - 198,892
PSP - 160,019
PlayStation 2 - 98,323
Game Boy Advance SP - 48,912
GameCube - 25,359
Game Boy Advance - 897
Xbox - 385
Wonder Swan Crystal - 44
PSone - 35

Nintendo DS's 2nd week beats PSP's launch day. The next weeks should be interesting. And GameCube saw a huge jump.
December 16, 2004, 7:21 PM CST by superSONIC to chairmansteve
PSP - 160,019
They couldn't even offload all 200,000 units?

I wonder if that figure also includes the ones they give away as promos (SpikeTV Awards plug, etc..). That would probably makes the sales even less.
December 18, 2004, 6:55 AM CST by seishinbyou to superSONIC
The problem was that the PSP was sold out just about everywhere (Read: Sony didn't make enough units). The PSP is still in high demand, but all orders are on reserve. Most shops around here can't get them in until the end of this month, with a few, including one near where I live, say they have no real expectations about getting more units in before the new year.
December 23, 2004, 9:45 PM CST by chairmansteve
December 13 - 19, 2004
Nintendo DS - 221,625
PlayStation 2 - 112,970
PSP - 85,059
Game Boy Advance SP - 80,271
GameCube - 29,991
Game Boy Advance - 1,270
Xbox - 499
Wonder Swan Crystal - 70
PSone - 40

DS went up. PSP went down.
December 24, 2004, 6:30 AM CST by seishinbyou to chairmansteve
Sony messed up. You still can't get PSPs even if you want them due to shortages everywhere. Lord knows where the latest numbers came from. People basically gave up waiting and went to the DS if they didn't already have one. I have both now, so I could care less, though :)

/me loves both Sawaru : Made in Wario and Ridge Racers

It is far to early to determing the fate of the PSP. Once Sony actually can get enough units out for everyone to be able to get one (if they want), then we'll see. It's not like the Xbox where there are units but noone wants them; it is a case of people really want them, but they can't get one.
December 31, 2004, 12:07 AM CST by chairmansteve
December 20 - 26, 2004
Nintendo DS - 396,674
Game Boy Advance SP - 190,268
PlayStation 2 - 188,134
GameCube - 108,311
PSP - 107,217
Game Boy Advance - 3,877
Xbox - 704
PSone - 90
Wonder Swan Crystal - 76

PSP managed to make it over 100K while getting slapped down to 5th place.
December 31, 2004, 12:12 AM CST by fearsomepirate to chairmansteve
Never underestimate the power of the WonderSwan. It's gonna make a huge comeback and knock PSP down a rank, I can just feel it. And what's with the spike in GCN sales? Metroid Prime 2 surely isn't driving it, as it hasn't sold all that well.
January 7, 2005, 2:20 AM CST by chairmansteve
December 27, 2004 - January 2, 2005
Nintendo DS - 209,522
PlayStation 2 - 207,108
PSP - 129,957
Game Boy Advance SP - 116,801
GameCube - 29,802
Game Boy Advance - 2,653
Xbox - 899
PSone - 134
Wonder Swan Crystal - 76

PSP puts together a little uprising.
January 14, 2005, 1:09 AM CST by chairmansteve
January 3 - 9, 2005
PlayStation 2 - 124,401
Nintendo DS - 108,561
Game Boy Advance SP - 70,851
PSP - 62,052
GameCube - 19,703
Game Boy Advance - 1,719
Xbox - 1,179

Xbox went over 1K again. WonderSwan and PSone are gone.
January 20, 2005, 10:26 PM CST by chairmansteve
January 10 - 16, 2005
PlayStation 2 - 65,837
PSP - 64,602
Nintendo DS - 53,527
Game Boy Advance SP - 18,289
GameCube - 7,475
Game Boy Advance - 588
Xbox - 506

PSP gets its first weekly win over DS.
January 21, 2005, 7:04 PM CST by JoeBlow
Well, the DS reign in Japan was awfully short in the handheld market. PSP needs another month or so of steady supplies to take total portable sales overall. No surprise that the PS2 is still #1 over there, but XBox in the lowly 7th and final spot? I hope they have a better plan for Japn when XBox 2 arrives.
January 21, 2005, 8:23 PM CST by Mister101
Oh no, it's starting already; I didn't expect it to start so soon. It should be downhill from here, unfortunately. DS will have a few golden months, but PSP's momentum will slowly build, like what happened to PSX. Let's just hope Xenon topples Sony's console reign of power.
January 21, 2005, 9:00 PM CST by Hawk4x4
Its a pretty fair assumption that PSP will catch DS in sales. I think it will be more interesting to see software sales and attachment rates for the PSP and the DS in the next coming months.
January 28, 2005, 12:01 AM CST by chairmansteve
January 17 - 23, 2005
PSP - 66,543
PlayStation 2 - 56,374
Nintendo DS - 44,608
Game Boy Advance SP - 13,317
GameCube - 5,359
Xbox - 498
Game Boy Advance - 332

The original GBA dipped to last.
February 3, 2005, 8:39 PM CST by chairmansteve
January 24 - 30, 2005
PSP - 74,405
PlayStation 2 - 58,673
Nintendo DS - 43,226
Game Boy Advance SP - 11,589
GameCube - 8,214
Xbox - 467
Game Boy Advance - 399

It's almost a clone of the previous week.
February 10, 2005, 6:22 AM CST by chairmansteve
January 31 - February 6, 2005
PSP - 48,781
PlayStation 2 - 47,963
Nintendo DS - 29,552
Game Boy Advance SP - 13,459
GameCube - 6,922
Game Boy Advance - 411
Xbox - 388

PSP and DS both went down.
February 17, 2005, 2:25 AM CST by Xenien7 to chairmansteve
It's interesting to see just how much the Gameboy sales have decreased in Japan in the face of the DS. Where as, in America, the DS is being treated as a seperate brand, and not necessarilly the sucessor to the Gameboy. Nintendo is hoping to use the Gameboy and DS line in duality, let's hope Europe recieves the DS in the same way the American market has.

On a side note: It's suprising, and slightly alarming, how quickly the PSP has asserted itself in Japan. The DS isn't going to fade out of the picure by any means, but I wasn't expecting to see the PSP in the number 1 spot, at all, little lone so soon.
February 17, 2005, 6:24 AM CST by da_deadly_sniper
It's the fourth week in a row PSP has sold more than DS.

It seems PSP has settled in well and was very much accepted by the japanese.
Unless there are hardware shortages, I think PSP will continue to sell more than DS on a weekly basis.
February 17, 2005, 8:31 PM CST by chairmansteve
February 7 - 13, 2005
PSP - 45,972
PlayStation 2 - 39,889
Nintendo DS - 26,205
Game Boy Advance SP - 10,372
GameCube - 4,499
Game Boy Advance - 573
Xbox - 262

Not much changed.
February 24, 2005, 7:55 PM CST by chairmansteve
February 14 - 20, 2005
PlayStation 2 - 38,954
PSP - 38,314
Nintendo DS - 22,363
Game Boy Advance SP - 10,849
GameCube - 3,256
Game Boy Advance - 399
Xbox - 295

PSP fell slightly below PS2.
March 3, 2005, 10:03 PM CST by chairmansteve
February 21 - 27, 2005
PlayStation 2 - 44,378
PSP - 41,867
Nintendo DS - 26,761
Game Boy Advance SP - 11,124
GameCube - 3,351
Game Boy Advance - 341
Xbox - 245

PS2 extended its lead over PSP.
March 10, 2005, 11:00 PM CST by chairmansteve
February 28 - March 6, 2005
PSP - 47,633
PlayStation 2 - 44,228
Nintendo DS - 25,759
Game Boy Advance SP - 12,307
GameCube - 3,635
Game Boy Advance - 398
Xbox - 177

PSP got back ahead of PS2.
March 17, 2005, 11:15 PM CST by chairmansteve
March 7 - 13, 2005
PSP - 46,307
PlayStation 2 - 41,349
Nintendo DS - 26,537
Game Boy Advance SP - 14,596
GameCube - 4,245
Game Boy Advance - 616
Xbox - 244

More of the same.
March 24, 2005, 9:02 PM CST by chairmansteve
March 14 - 20, 2005
PSP - 43,644
PlayStation 2 - 40,270
Nintendo DS - 22,446
Game Boy Advance SP - 11,013
GameCube - 3,357
Game Boy Advance - 477
Xbox - 345

The gap between PSP and DS is again around 20K.
March 24, 2005, 10:37 PM CST by JoeBlow
Wow, add up all the non-Sony machine numbers and they don't come close to either the PSP or PS2 individual numbers. The next-gen console race in Japan in 2006 will show better competition than this I hope.
March 24, 2005, 10:45 PM CST by qwerty710710 to JoeBlow
Doesn't really matter DS is still bitch slappint the psp in Japan. Look at the early numbers PSP couldn't touch the DS.
March 27, 2005, 11:13 PM CST by seishinbyou to qwerty710710
The DS had a mass lead in sales in the beginning due having a head start to the market, and initial shortages of Sony's units before the new year. Looking around the shops here in Saitama and down in Tokyo is not instilling me with confidence in the DS; used DS units everywhere marked down to almost the 10,000 yen point (they are 14,800 yen new), and used PSP usits are still uncommon (at least in comparison with the mass of used DS units available). Add to the fact that that PSP has been outselling the DS every week for the past 2 months and it the scene takes on a very different look. There are signs in the windows and in front of electonic shops when they get a new PSP shipment in; the DS has posters and other advertisements, yes, but the shops don't go out of their way to say they have them. At the Sofmap in Akihabara, everytime they put out their small mountain of PSP boxes, you can see it gradually disappear throughout the day.

I don't have anything against the DS; it is in a much more enviable position than the Xbox in Japan, and is a very fun unit. I enjoyed going through Mario64 again, and Pac-Pix was all right. Another Code was a good use of the touch screen technology, but regardless, people are picking up Sony units in Japan more than anything right now.

Granted, I imagine if (supposedly) Squeenix releases FF3 for the DS, you are going to see a *huge* jump in DS sales (as with any *killer* title in Japan, I suppose), but as the situation is presented now, and has been for the past 2 months.
March 31, 2005, 5:17 PM CST by kingneod to qwerty710710
and I don't think it will be able to touch the DS this week as DS sales are approximately 54,000 in Japan this week as reported on gamestop. Seeing as PSP has been selling around 43,000 steadily, I see a win for the DS this week
March 31, 2005, 5:29 PM CST by Quaid to kingneod
Seeing has how they haven't even sold out of the launch shipment in the US, this reaffirms my suspicions that much of the Japanese sales were actually exports.
March 31, 2005, 8:24 PM CST by chairmansteve
March 21 - 27, 2005
Nintendo DS - 55,825
PSP - 43,043
PlayStation 2 - 40,398
Game Boy Advance SP - 14,904
GameCube - 4,568
Game Boy Advance - 653
Xbox - 406

With the release of new colors, DS is back at the top.
March 31, 2005, 9:48 PM CST by Xenien7 to chairmansteve
It probably won't last, seeing as specialty color releases never really do. It might stabalize DS sales a smidge higher then were they've been for the past few weeks, but the PSP is still going to overtake it at this rate.

It's also interesting to see that despite the huge increase in DS units sold, the PSP number were totally unaffected and remained at their level from last week and the week before. Good news for Sony, really.
April 1, 2005, 9:52 AM CST by Quaid to JoeBlow
Well, the PSP reign in Japan was awfully short in the handheld market. DS needs another month or so of steady supplies to take total portable sales overall. Oh wait, they alrady have that, too :P
April 8, 2005, 12:38 AM CST by chairmansteve
March 28 - April 3, 2005
PlayStation 2 - 44,117
Nintendo DS - 43,023
PSP - 33,911
Game Boy Advance SP - 17,710
GameCube - 3,754
Game Boy Advance - 1,074
Xbox - 335

PSP gets taken to school by DS two weeks straight.
April 8, 2005, 6:58 AM CST by Spider161
wait till the purple Pokemon DS comes out, hahaha! Sales in Japan will soar
April 8, 2005, 11:48 AM CST by kkieft
I've had both systems myself, and i still have the DS and not the PSP. I think after the initial newness of the PSP wears off it looks like the DS will win the marathon, which is evident from the japanese sales.
April 14, 2005, 8:34 PM CST by chairmansteve
April 4 - 10, 2005
PlayStation 2 - 37,870
Nintendo DS - 30,028
PSP - 28,848
Game Boy Advance SP - 13,693
GameCube - 3,406
Game Boy Advance - 347
Xbox - 315

DS beat PSP again, but the gap was smaller.
April 21, 2005, 8:32 PM CST by chairmansteve
April 11 - 17, 2005
PlayStation 2 - 30,572
PSP - 28,950
Nintendo DS - 21,698
Game Boy Advance SP - 10,529
GameCube - 3,376
Game Boy Advance - 397
Xbox - 315

Nintendogs and two new colors (blue/pink) were released today (21th).
April 28, 2005, 4:07 PM CST by chairmansteve
April 18 - 24, 2005
Nintendo DS - 96,191
PlayStation 2 - 33,080
PSP - 33,004
Game Boy Advance SP - 10,820
GameCube - 8,329
Game Boy Advance - 422
Xbox - 112

Now that's a spike for DS. Maybe we'll see 100K in an upcoming week.
May 8, 2005, 12:04 AM CST by Trevster to chairmansteve
Thats Preety Sad that Japan doesnt support the Xbox that well. Some of that is porbably due that it is not their countries product. But 112 consoles sold? that ridiculous.
May 11, 2005, 12:10 AM CST by chairmansteve
April 25 - May 1, 2005
Nintendo DS - 64,247
PlayStation 2 - 40,471
PSP - 38,778
Game Boy Advance SP - 14,616
GameCube - 6,125
Game Boy Advance - 448
Xbox - 271

DS continues to beat PSP with a stick.
May 12, 2005, 9:58 PM CST by chairmansteve
May 2 - 8, 2005
Nintendo DS - 67,863
PlayStation 2 - 38,629
PSP - 33,981
Game Boy Advance SP - 22,633
GameCube - 5,655
Game Boy Advance - 431
Xbox - 169

DS goes up 4K. PSP goes down 5K.
May 20, 2005, 11:40 AM CST by chairmansteve
May 9 - 15, 2005
PlayStation 2 - 27,503
Nintendo DS - 26,583
PSP - 25,438
Game Boy Advance SP - 7,865
GameCube - 2,457
Game Boy Advance - 796
Xbox - 217

The DS/PSP gap gets small again.
May 26, 2005, 9:08 PM CST by chairmansteve
May 16 - 22, 2005
Nintendo DS - 29,808
PlayStation 2 - 27,370
PSP - 24,122
Game Boy Advance SP - 7,592
GameCube - 2,403
Game Boy Advance - 282
Xbox - 248

DS is the winner.
June 2, 2005, 10:33 PM CST by chairmansteve
May 23 - 29, 2005
Nintendo DS - 39,687
PlayStation 2 - 35,143
PSP - 21,996
Game Boy Advance SP - 10,103
GameCube - 2,512
Game Boy Advance - 235
Xbox - 161

PSP continues its steady drop.
June 9, 2005, 10:07 PM CST by chairmansteve
May 30 - June 5, 2005
Nintendo DS - 34,939
PlayStation 2 - 30,811
PSP - 23,225
Game Boy Advance SP - 9,859
GameCube - 2,360
Game Boy Advance - 538
Xbox - 205

PSP walks away with another bloody nose.
June 16, 2005, 11:54 PM CST by chairmansteve
June 6 - 12, 2005
Nintendo DS - 32,765
PlayStation 2 - 27,741
PSP - 21,476
Game Boy Advance SP - 8,522
GameCube - 2,558
Game Boy Advance - 623
Xbox - 131

PSP set a new record for fewest units in a week.
June 22, 2005, 8:23 PM CST by MBA_Type_R
I've tabulated the numbers and can host the excel table/graph if chairmansteve gives me the OK since he's been faithful at updating us weekly.

My goal is to see if I can relate spikes to price changes or major news announcements and also to see if there are any trends. Give me your thoughts.

It's too bad we don't have US weekly data to compare but annual figures will do.
June 24, 2005, 4:06 AM CST by chairmansteve
June 13 - 19, 2005
Nintendo DS - 31,376
PlayStation 2 - 25,526
PSP - 20,416
Game Boy Advance SP - 9,727
GameCube - 2,183
Game Boy Advance - 475
Xbox - 150

PSP drops again. It may dip under 20K soon.
June 30, 2005, 11:28 PM CST by chairmansteve
June 20 - 26, 2005
Nintendo DS - 32,789
PS2 - 28,515
Game Boy Advance SP - 21,904
PSP - 20,862
GameCube - 2,649
Game Boy Advance - 452
Xbox - 184

Call a medic! GBA beat PSP.
July 7, 2005, 10:20 PM CST by chairmansteve
June 27 - July 3, 2005
Nintendo DS - 35,083
PS2 - 29,992
PSP - 21,901
Game Boy Advance SP - 12,509
GameCube - 2,602
Game Boy Advance - 310
Xbox - 182

DS extends its lead.
July 15, 2005, 3:26 AM CST by chairmansteve
July 4 - 10, 2005
Nintendo DS - 41,503
PS2 - 28,711
PSP - 20,390
Game Boy Advance SP - 11,176
GameCube - 2,273
Game Boy Advance - 289
Xbox - 179

DS is really raping PSP now.
July 21, 2005, 10:10 PM CST by chairmansteve
July 11 - 17, 2005
Nintendo DS - 35,827
PS2 - 29,841
PSP - 21,025
Game Boy Advance SP - 9,132
GameCube - 2,773
Game Boy Advance - 318
Xbox - 221

PSP is struggling but still remains over 20K.
July 28, 2005, 11:44 PM CST by chairmansteve
July 18 - 24, 2005
Nintendo DS - 41,982
PS2 - 25,980
PSP - 19,043
Game Boy Advance SP - 10,935
GameCube - 2,995
Game Boy Advance - 397
Xbox - 163

Woot! There it is. PSP dips below 20K.
August 5, 2005, 12:59 AM CST by chairmansteve
July 25 - 31, 2005
Nintendo DS - 44,518
PS2 - 33,705
PSP - 20,031
Game Boy Advance SP - 12,555
GameCube - 3,147
Game Boy Advance - 530
Xbox - 196

Sony fans can be happy. DS only spanked PSP by 24K.
August 12, 2005, 5:56 AM CST by chairmansteve
August 1 - 7, 2005
Nintendo DS - 43,665
PS2 - 34,057
PSP - 20,571
Game Boy Advance SP - 12,107
GameCube - 4,445
Game Boy Advance - 419
Xbox - 228

Not much changed.
August 18, 2005, 9:01 PM CST by chairmansteve
August 8 - 14, 2005
Nintendo DS - 103,095
PS2 - 37,041
PSP - 25,100
Game Boy Advance SP - 19,958
GameCube - 3,799
Game Boy Advance - 708
Xbox - 202

Call the cops! DS raped PSP with a tree branch.
August 25, 2005, 8:20 PM CST by chairmansteve
August 15 - 21, 2005
Nintendo DS - 80,945
PS2 - 33,292
PSP - 23,923
Game Boy Advance SP - 16,721
GameCube - 3,960
Game Boy Advance - 822
Xbox - 263

At least the upcoming Game Boy Micro vs. PSP battle may be interesting.
August 25, 2005, 9:29 PM CST by mizzle to chairmansteve
Looking at the PSP vs GBASP + GBA numbers for the last couple of weeks, Id say it might be a good bet that the GBMicro will beat the PSP when it comes out and through a few years maybe (if it doesnt just put it in the grave altogether). Weve already seen the GBASP surge ahead of the PSP once, so its not unreasonable to think new hardware wont do it again.

I cant wait for US Nintendogs numbers.
September 1, 2005, 9:58 PM CST by chairmansteve
August 22 - 28, 2005
Nintendo DS - 57,313
PS2 - 27,161
PSP - 20,322
Game Boy Advance SP - 11,144
GameCube - 2,586
Game Boy Advance - 652
Xbox - 130

DS is back down to only kicking PSP's ass by 37K.
September 8, 2005, 10:09 PM CST by chairmansteve
August 29 - September 4, 2005
Nintendo DS - 58,579
PS2 - 26,282
PSP - 22,610
Game Boy Advance SP - 11,081
GameCube - 2,388
Game Boy Advance - 538
Xbox - 198

DS continues to laugh at PSP from above.
September 15, 2005, 10:52 PM CST by chairmansteve
September 5 - 11, 2005
Nintendo DS - 47,239
PS2 - 26,156
PSP - 22,133
Game Boy Advance SP - 8,997
GameCube - 1,923
Game Boy Advance - 506
Xbox - 118

PS2 + PSP combined just barely beat DS.
September 15, 2005, 11:10 PM CST by Hawk4x4 to chairmansteve
SP sales were down. Peeps must have been saving up for all the Micros they sold at launch. I really want to see the numbers for this current week.
September 22, 2005, 8:53 PM CST by chairmansteve
September 12 - 18, 2005
Game Boy Micro - 170,306
Nintendo DS - 72,167
PSP - 70,152
PS2 - 24,396
Game Boy Advance SP - 11,147
GameCube - 1,882
Game Boy Advance - 624
Xbox - 109

PSP had its first big week in a while, but still got whipped by DS.
And Game Boy Micro is off to a great start, without harming GBA or DS sales.
September 23, 2005, 12:27 AM CST by Sirius_Grey to chairmansteve
Wow, I guess Nintendo really does know what they're doing. I really didn't think the Micro would sell, and selling 170K is insane.

And more signs of PSP troubles, even with the new PSP color, it still didn't beat the DS.

I wonder what happened in Japan to help the DS reach ~70K this week. New hot game?
September 29, 2005, 8:28 PM CST by chairmansteve
September 19 - 25, 2005
Nintendo DS - 68,123
PSP - 50,629
Game Boy Micro - 46,529
PS2 - 25,518
Game Boy Advance SP - 12,483
GameCube - 2,267
Game Boy Advance - 448
Xbox - 98

Xbox fell to double digits for the first time.
October 6, 2005, 10:12 PM CST by chairmansteve
September 26 - October 2, 2005
Nintendo DS - 43,362
PSP - 31,702
Game Boy Micro - 30,065
PS2 - 24,638
Game Boy Advance SP - 10,751
GameCube - 1,958
Game Boy Advance - 397
Xbox - 112

PSP and Micro are neck and neck.
October 6, 2005, 11:38 PM CST by mizzle to chairmansteve
mizzle predicts that by next week or perhaps the week after we will see the PSP back at its familiar 20-22k sales range. The NDS is clearly the consumer favorite in Japan. By the time Mario Kart and Animal Crossing hit (not to mention Tony Hawk) the PSP will be around original GBA range.
October 13, 2005, 11:22 PM CST by chairmansteve
October 3 - 9, 2005
Nintendo DS - 39,137
PSP - 31,089
PS2 - 25,328
Game Boy Micro - 24,568
Game Boy Advance SP - 9,837
GameCube - 1,486
Game Boy Advance - 323
Xbox - 106

Xbox is holding strong above 100.
October 20, 2005, 8:57 PM CST by chairmansteve
October 10 - 16, 2005
Nintendo DS - 44,262
PSP - 29,162
PS2 - 23,659
Game Boy Micro - 20,026
Game Boy Advance SP - 9,707
GameCube - 1,666
Game Boy Advance - 431
Xbox - 132

Look at that! Xbox is picking up speed.
October 28, 2005, 1:43 AM CST by chairmansteve
October 17 - 23, 2005
Nintendo DS - 44,283
PSP - 28,067
PS2 - 21,699
Game Boy Micro - 15,540
Game Boy Advance SP - 7,389
GameCube - 1,519
Game Boy Advance - 396
Xbox - 129

DS pwned PSP by only 16K.
November 3, 2005, 8:59 PM CST by chairmansteve
October 24 - 30, 2005
Nintendo DS - 46,826
PSP - 27,837
PS2 - 21,976
Game Boy Micro - 11,656
Game Boy Advance SP - 6,515
GameCube - 2,931
Game Boy Advance - 321
Xbox - 114

DS is gradually widening the gap.
November 10, 2005, 8:34 PM CST by chairmansteve
October 31 - November 6, 2005
Nintendo DS - 48,520
PSP - 29,395
PS2 - 22,030
Game Boy Micro - 9,349
Game Boy Advance SP - 7,089
GameCube - 3,290
Game Boy Advance - 284
Xbox - 167

Micro fell under 10K.
November 10, 2005, 9:11 PM CST by Hawk4x4 to chairmansteve
Look at that. PS2 and PSP combined can barely deal with the DS's popularity.
November 12, 2005, 7:18 PM CST by Mark_01 to Hawk4x4
Is the DS really all that in Japan? :) Mannn, to be honest, I was kinda worried when I heared that Sony was releasing the "Most powerful handheld multi gaming device ever". Well, there ya have it; people don't need a multi purpose gaming device. ;p I'm happy with my DS and GBA SP. Not to say that I hate the PSP, itsd just not for me.....How much dose it cost anyway?
November 17, 2005, 9:32 PM CST by chairmansteve
November 7 - 13, 2005
Nintendo DS - 48,342
PSP - 31,078
PS2 - 19,277
Game Boy Micro - 9,151
Game Boy Advance SP - 6,143
GameCube - 4,368
Game Boy Advance - 227
Xbox - 119

DS should turn up the heat in a few weeks.
November 19, 2005, 10:43 PM CST by deekay
Can anyone explain why the PSP has actually been gaining ground in the last few weeks. I thought there were just a bunch of great DS games released like Mario Kart DS, Sonic Rush - or will those only be reflected next week.
I would be interested to see the effect Animal Crossing has on DS and PSP sales.
November 20, 2005, 8:33 AM CST by The_Joker to deekay
Sonic Rush and Animal Crossing are released in Japan on November 23, Mario Kart DS on December 8.
November 24, 2005, 7:13 PM CST by chairmansteve
November 14 - 20, 2005
Nintendo DS - 65,341
PSP - 58,898
PS2 - 21,102
Game Boy Micro - 9,140
Game Boy Advance SP - 6,822
GameCube - 5,661
Game Boy Advance - 249
Xbox - 141

PSP nearly doubled last week due to the GigaPack. DS still beat it down.
December 1, 2005, 7:17 PM CST by chairmansteve
November 21 - 27, 2005
Nintendo DS - 132,012
PSP - 51,196
PS2 - 27,545
Game Boy Micro - 7,594
Game Boy Advance SP - 5,709
GameCube - 5,130
Game Boy Advance - 241
Xbox - 128

Animal Crossing gave DS its biggest week since the final week of 2004 (209,522).
December 8, 2005, 8:31 PM CST by chairmansteve
November 28 - December 4, 2005
Nintendo DS - 176,958
PSP - 92,121
PS2 - 32,042
Game Boy Micro - 7,911
Game Boy Advance SP - 6,797
GameCube - 6,494
Game Boy Advance - 386
Xbox - 149

X360 will debut on next week's chart.
December 15, 2005, 7:21 PM CST by chairmansteve
December 5 - 11, 2005
Nintendo DS - 299,328
PSP - 86,403
PS2 - 45,893
X360 - 43,970
GameCube - 12,212
Game Boy Advance SP - 10,456
Game Boy Micro - 8,326
Game Boy Advance - 396
Xbox - 164

DS erupted for nearly 300K units, and Xbox 360 debuted at only 44K. We'll keep a close eye on X360 over the next weeks and months as new games are released.
December 15, 2005, 8:12 PM CST by Airzonk to chairmansteve
Wow, Sony only sold 86,403 units of PSP's? I wonder if this will put them in panic mode.
December 15, 2005, 10:02 PM CST by NFreak to chairmansteve
I wasn't expected the DS sales to increase by THAT much since last week, but hey, I'm not complaining. That's probably the best DS sales ever minus the launch week. And PSP sales went down? As for Xbox 360, yikes. I can't wait to see how the sales stabilize. That would be sad if the original Xbox began selling more than the 360.
December 15, 2005, 10:16 PM CST by Airzonk
What really suprises me is that the PSP died so early. I was thinking it would take Nintendo's DS at least 2 years before it was the dominant portable console. It just goes to show how the trend is going, and it's going FASTER than expected.

Perhaps if Sony dropped the price of the PSP to $50 it might sell better. That might not even help them because of the DS's superiority in technology and it's more enticing game library.
December 22, 2005, 12:28 PM CST by chairmansteve
December 12 - 18, 2005
Nintendo DS - 408,770
PSP - 95,689
PS2 - 55,342
Game Boy Advance SP - 19,098
GameCube - 17,849
Game Boy Micro - 14,432
X360 - 8,623
Game Boy Advance - 416
Xbox - 182

Over 400K for DS! DOA4 is scheduled for December 29. Xbox 360 needs DOA4.
December 22, 2005, 1:57 PM CST by Airzonk to chairmansteve
B-B-B-B But the PSP is so beautiful! Why is the DS outselling the PSP 5 to 1? That's not right! It looks like the PSP's market life is shorter than its battery life.
December 29, 2005, 8:44 PM CST by chairmansteve
December 19 - 25, 2005
Nintendo DS - 597,628
PSP - 161,332
PS2 - 97,475
GameCube - 36,646
Game Boy Advance SP - 35,764
Game Boy Micro - 19,261
X360 - 5,674
Game Boy Advance - 906
Xbox - 141

DS was just shy of 600K. The next week should move a few X360 units.
December 30, 2005, 3:33 AM CST by NFreak to chairmansteve
Strong DS sales. In fact, I think they are stronger than the DS' launch week in Japan. I wonder if Nintendo is having trouble keeping up with demand in Japan
January 6, 2006, 12:29 PM CST by chairmansteve
December 26, 2005 - January 1, 2006
Nintendo DS - 390,181
PSP - 110,741
PS2 - 78,646
Game Boy Advance SP - 15,998
GameCube - 12,579
X360 - 12,300
Game Boy Micro - 11,234
Game Boy Advance - 447
Xbox - 121

DS is still trashing PSP.
January 6, 2006, 5:24 PM CST by Polygon_Crusher to chairmansteve
I think the PSP sales went bad becouse of lots of returns due to design problems and components used like the dead pixel screen and button problems. The time to fix and maybe redisign the error.
January 12, 2006, 12:13 PM CST by revengeofjoemusashi
There was no way that sony could challenge the handheld market. Nintendo's mastery over this market was displayed through the NDS which i recall that many ill informed gamers and journalists alke was writing this device off as a failure and out of touch.I'm glad that it shut those fools up. The PSP is still a nifty device though,it just doesn't have the games and originality as the NDS has at the moment. Maybe he fact it's just a mobile PS2 in some respects,has something to do with it as well...
January 12, 2006, 7:34 PM CST by chairmansteve
January 2 - 8, 2006
PSP - 132,757
Nintendo DS - 91,379
PS2 - 80,886
Game Boy Advance SP - 17,443
GameCube - 13,423
Game Boy Micro - 11,818
X360 - 7,477
Game Boy Advance - 564
Xbox - 156

This is when a Sony Fanboy might say, "Well, the DS reign in Japan was awfully short in the handheld market."

Expect DS to go back to Weekly #1 when supply picks up.
January 12, 2006, 8:28 PM CST by Hawk4x4 to chairmansteve
One has to assume that the lower numbers are due entirely to shortages. The DS's momentum has been steady all along, and good software is continuing to roll out over in Japan.

You'd think with a DS shortage, PSP sales might have spiked a little. I guess its true that no one in Japan cares about the PSP.
January 19, 2006, 8:29 PM CST by chairmansteve
January 9 - 15, 2006
PSP - 57,686
Nintendo DS - 54,284
PS2 - 39,076
Game Boy Advance SP - 9,982
Game Boy Micro - 6,341
X360 - 6,107
GameCube - 5,465
Game Boy Advance - 233
Xbox - 119

Looks like DS needs another week or two to get back on top.
January 21, 2006, 1:10 AM CST by Sirius_Grey to chairmansteve
I can't wait until Nintendo restocks DS's in Japan. I'm getting pretty tired of Sony biased sites and articles claiming that the PSP is now going to control the handheld scene in Japan. I guess the DS selling a million units in a month and then having a true shortage aren't real factors to these sites and article authors. The selective ignorance is pretty annoying.
January 26, 2006, 6:01 PM CST by Qbfinest83
I think unless the PSP drops out bad that we wont see the NDS back to the number one spot until March 2, 2006..... Why you ask its because of this
http://ds.ign.com/articles/683/683684p1.html

People will wait for it
January 26, 2006, 8:18 PM CST by chairmansteve
January 16 - 22, 2006
Nintendo DS - 64,515
PSP - 38,271
PS2 - 26,135
Game Boy Advance SP - 7,912
Game Boy Micro - 4,653
GameCube - 4,490
X360 - 3,616
Game Boy Advance - 236
Xbox - 83

DS is the king again.
February 3, 2006, 6:58 AM CST by chairmansteve
January 23 - 29, 2006
Nintendo DS - 106,081
PSP - 30,657
PS2 - 24,580
Game Boy Advance SP - 5,946
Game Boy Micro - 3,042
GameCube - 3,036
X360 - 1,976
Game Boy Advance - 179
Xbox - 128

The DS/PSP gap is back to normal.
February 3, 2006, 10:21 AM CST by dlihcraw to chairmansteve
With the N64 and Gamecube, Nintendo tried to compete directly with its competitors on the technological front and lost. However, with the DS, it offers consumers a unique game product that relies less on advanced technology than pure innovation, which has been a tremendous success for Nintendo. Considering the Revolution will follow the same principles of the DS, the future of Nintendo looks bright! If you can’t compete in the conventional game market, create a new one!
February 9, 2006, 9:08 PM CST by chairmansteve
January 30 - February 5, 2006
PSP - 25,905
Nintendo DS - 25,321
PS2 - 24,780
Game Boy Advance SP - 5,649
Game Boy Micro - 3,199
X360 - 2,194
GameCube - 2,138
Game Boy Advance - 115
Xbox - 101

With a DS shortage, PSP/DS were within 600 units.
February 9, 2006, 9:38 PM CST by NFreak to chairmansteve
These shortages are just horrible. Nintendo is probably focusing more on the production of DS Lite units...
February 16, 2006, 7:55 PM CST by chairmansteve
February 6 - 12, 2006
PSP - 24,977
PS2 - 22,383
Nintendo DS - 10,223
Game Boy Advance SP - 5,405
Game Boy Micro - 2,934
GameCube - 2,025
X360 - 1,288
Game Boy Advance - 150
Xbox - 84

No worries. The DS drop is just temporary.
February 23, 2006, 3:09 PM CST by chairmansteve
February 13 - 19, 2006
Nintendo DS - 52,099
PSP - 27,430
PS2 - 23,433
Game Boy Advance SP - 5,553
Game Boy Micro - 2,941
GameCube - 1,814
X360 - 1,314
Game Boy Advance - 105
Xbox - 92

DS is back at the top.
March 2, 2006, 7:22 PM CST by chairmansteve
February 20 - 26, 2006
Nintendo DS - 47,462
PSP - 31,742
PS2 - 24,104
Game Boy Advance SP - 4,964
Game Boy Micro - 3,175
GameCube - 1,836
X360 - 1,203
Game Boy Advance - 113
Xbox - 61

Not much changed.
March 2, 2006, 7:44 PM CST by nickj213
well, the light had a shipment of (I think) around 95,000 units in its first week, which sold out with in the first couple hours. So I'd assume DS sales will be over 100k next week and possibly for the rest of march if Nintendo keeps up w/100k shipped per week.
March 10, 2006, 1:01 AM CST by chairmansteve
February 27 - March 5, 2006
Nintendo DS Lite - 68,438
Nintendo DS - 49,118
PSP - 43,110
PS2 - 25,778
Game Boy Advance SP - 5,493
Game Boy Micro - 3,213
GameCube - 1,489
X360 - 1,240
Xbox - 101
Game Boy Advance - 98

Things got interesting again. We now have two versions of DS, and Xbox beat GBA.
March 16, 2006, 8:42 PM CST by chairmansteve
March 6 - 12, 2006
Nintendo DS Lite - 89,790
Nintendo DS - 48,947
PSP - 40,091
PS2 - 22,476
Game Boy Advance SP - 4,235
Game Boy Micro - 3,020
GameCube - 1,360
X360 - 1,296
Game Boy Advance - 65
Xbox - 63

The two DS combined for 139K.
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