Japanese Hardware Sales - Mostly Quiet

With no surprise at all to anybody, Nintendo's Wii dominated Japanese console sales (according to Media Create) for the week 28th July to August 3rd. Okay, if we are to believe the figures, only 85 new Wiis were bought in Nippon (in comparison to last week, of course). This compares with 418 additional Xbox 360s and 1,184 fewer PS3s sold in comparison to the previous week.

Yes, with the Metal Gear Solid IV bounce echoing in the distance now, sales of the PS3 in Japan were down to 9,508 for the last audited week. Microsoft's pre-Tales of Vesperia sales rose to 5,359.

In terms of handhelds, the PSP saw sale fall to 61,181 from the previous week's 67,452 but it still outsold Nintendo's DS (57,398) by 3,783 units.

Consoles
^{Previous week sales in round brackets. Difference in square brackets.}
Wii: 41,109 / (41,024) / [85]
PS3: 9,508 / (10,692) / [-1,184]
Xbox 360: 5,359 / (4,941) / [418]

Handheld
PSP: 61,181 / (67,452) / [-6,271]
DS: 57,398 / (56,968) / [430]

Games Top 10
1) Phantasy Star Portable SEGA 341,700
2) Rhythm Tengoku Gold Nintendo 212,877
3) Dragon Quest V Square Enix 111,836
4) Soul Calibur IV Namco Bandai Games 74,607
5) Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 15 Konami 37,106
6) Soul Calibur IV Namco Bandai Games 34,786
7) Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse Nintendo 33,456
8) Wii Fit Nintendo 32,201
9) Mario Kart Wii Nintendo 23,143
10) Gundam Battle Universe Namco Bandai Games 20,856

^{Sources:
Media Create
Lotuscharts}