Resumen de como va el año en Japón.
Famitsu Jan - Mar 2008 Sales Report #1
The latest issue of Famitsu this week features sales information for software and hardware from January to the end of March of this year. It even features a graph similar to those Panther makes every week.
12/31/2007 - 3/30/2008
Hardware - 2008 period (2007 period) [% change]
Wii - 1,077,100 (1,005,313) [+7%]
NDS - 1,064,289 (1,948,344) [-46%]
PSP - 1,038,713 (672,823) [+53%]
PS3 - 336,429 (362,647) [-8%]
360 - 54,250 (80,547) [-33%]
Software
1. [Wii] Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo) - 1,554,852
2. [Wii] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 944,027 / 1,762,193
3. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (Capcom) - 823,265
4. [NDS] Mario Party DS (Nintendo) - 426,671 / 1,659,315
5. [Wii] Wii Sports (Nintendo) - 375,655 / 2,840,389
6. [NDS] Pokemon Ranger Batonage (Pokemon) - 343,990
7. [PS3] Devil May Cry 4 (Capcom) - 293,000
8. [NDS] Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo) - 280,715
9. [Wii] Wii Play (Nintendo) - 270,443 / 2,261,112
10. [PS2] Gundam Musou Special (Bandai Namco) - 258,171
11. [PS3] Yakuza! Kenzan (Sega) - 248,117
12. [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo) - 222,495 / 2,917,923
13. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (Capcom) - 195,111 / 1,685,009
14. [Wii] Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo) - 170,653 / 533,754
15. [NDS] Professor Layton & Pandora's Box (Level 5) - 168,452 / 783,790
16. [PSP] Mobile Suit Gundam: Giren's Ambition: Axis no Kyoui (Bandai Namco) - 162,313
17. [Wii] Mario Party 8 (Nintendo) - 151,308 / 1,205,242
18. [NDS] Final Fantasy IV (Square Enix) - 151,249 / 598,336
19. [PSP] World Soccer Winning Eleven Ubiquitous Evolution 2008 (Konami) - 147,762
20. [Wii] Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo) - 146,029 / 893,713
21. [PS2] Tales of Destiny Director's Cut (Bandai Namco) - 139,408
22. [PS2] Suzumiya Haruhi no Tomadoi (Banpresto) - 137,190
23. [NDS] Dragon Quest IV: Dragon Quest IV: Michibikareshi Monotachi (Square Enix) - 135,462 / 1,188,289
24. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo) - 134,333 / 5,129,486
25. [NDS] Etrian Odyssey II (Atlus) - 130,078
26. [NDS] DS Beautiful Character Training (Nintendo) - 123,766
27. [PSP] Musou OROCHI (Koei) - 112,895
28. [NDS] Rune Factory 2 (Marvelous Interactive) - 112,362
29. [NDS] Animal Crossing: Wild World (Nintendo) 111,714 / 4,625,236
30. [PS2] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2008 (Konami) - 106,864 / 651,888
Market Share
System 2008 (2007)
NDS - 37.3% (52%)
Wii - 26.6% (12.1%)
PSP - 13.9% (10.3%)
PS2 - 12.3% (19.4%)
PS3 - 7.4% (3.5%)
360 - 2.2% (1.5%)
ETC - 0.2% (1.3%)
Key Points
- Nintendo Long Sellers: Some Nintendo games in the top 30 for 2008 are from as far back as 2005 (MKDS and ACWW), and quite a few are from 2006 (Wii Sports, Wii Play, NSMB).
- Monster Hunter PSP: Monster Hunter is quite a hit on the PSP, and 2nd G's opening week of 823,265 outdid the original version's opening week of 746,313.
- Wii Ware To Establish New Distribution?: Wii Ware, launched on March 25 with a few titles, can become a big factor in the game market industry and may increase as time goes by. The PS3 and 360 also have their download services that can contribute to this download market.