Wii Sports breaks a million in Japan – Charts for Feb 2 to Feb 11

by Daniel VuckovicFebruary 14, 2007

Yes it’s that time again to delve into the minds of Japanese gamers. But really, we’re just looking at this past week’s software and hardware sales charts. Nintendo games in bold

This Week: Wii Sports (which is sold separate in Japan) is now the first game for the Wii to hit a million copies. Wii Play isn’t far behind reaching the same milestone either. Virtual Fighter 5 for the PS3 tops the charts, with 5 Nintendo DS games also featuring across various genres.

Charts inside Software Sales (Jan 2 – Feb 11)

01. PS3 – Virtua Fighter 5 – 48,346 / NEW
02. Wii – Wii Sports – 45,897 / 1,004,555
03. Wii – Wii Play – 36,090 / 879,432
04. NDS – Brain Training 2 – 32,800 / 3,963,712
05. NDS – New Super Mario Bros. – 29,026 / 4,118,078
06. PS2 – Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – 27,519 / 304,113
07. NDS – Wario: Master of Disguise – 26,815 / 185,695
08. NDS – Harvest Moon: The Island I Grew Up On – 26,804 / 106,212
09. NDS – Luminous Arc – 25,676 / NEW
10. PS2 – J-League Pro Soccer 5 – 24,468 / 131,541

Hardware Sales (Jan 2 – Feb 11)