Japanese Sale Charts W/E 26/12/04

The top 100 titles sold a total of 2,373,475 units this week, 143.54% of last week’s total and 239.30% of the weekly average. Market activity has proven vigorous, thanks to the Christmas sales rush being in full swing and the launch of two exciting titles, “”Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater”” and “”Tales of Rebirth.”” Total sales during the same period in 2003 (Week 3, December 2003) numbered 2,123,300 units, and 2,165,045 units in 2002. Coinciding releases of new hardware has made this year more dynamic than usual.

Source: Media Create Software:
(System/ Title/ This Week/ 2004 Total)

1 PS2/ Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Special/ 201,005/ 201,005
2 DS/ Super Mario 64 DS/ 150,550/ 416,125
3 GC/ Mario Party 6/ 138,124/ 416,563
4 GBA/ Yoshi no Banyuuin Ryoku/ 112,663/ 161,344
5 PS2/ Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater/ Konami/ 110,438/ 658,624
6 GC/ Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat/ 107,467/ N/A (Last Week’s Data Unavailable)
7 DS/ Sawaru Made in Wario/ 106,861/ 377,243
8 GBA/ Rockman EXE 5 Blue Team/ 105,104/ 105,104
9 PS2/ Dragon Quest VIII/ 104,211/ 3,103,477
10 GBA/ Konjiki no Gashbell! Unare Yujou no Dengeki 2/ 102,210/ 102,210

Hardware:
(System/ This Week/ 2004 Total)

DS/ 396,674/ 1,286,07
GBASP/ 190,268/ 2,530,961
PS2/ 188,134/ 2,691,666
GC/ 108,311/ 696,839
PSP/ 107,217/ 352,295
GBA/ 3,877/ 198,025
Xbox/ 704/ 37,083
PSone/ 90/ 14,029
SC/ 76/ 7464