Japan Sales Dec. 31 - Jan. 6, HOLY COW NINTENDO!

[boatofcar]

01. Mario Party DS (DS) - 196,000 / 1,484,000
02. Wii Fit (Wii) - 127,000 / 1,011,000
03. Wii Sports (Wii) - 118,000 / 2,625,000
04. Final Fantasy IV (DS) - 91,000 / 505,000
05. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) - 82,000 / 802,000
06. Wii Play (Wii) - 78,000 / 2,130,000
07. Dragon Quest IV (DS) - 78,000 / 1,118,000
08. Professor Layton and Pandora's Box (DS) - 76,000 / 683,000
09. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii) - 75,000 / 447,000
10. Mario Party 8 (Wii) - 66,000 / 1,145,000

Kotaku Link (http://kotaku.com/343630/simple-2000-the-japanese-software-chart-again)

[smork]

That doesn't surprise me a bit. My train to work has more DSs whipped out than phones, always. And the Wii is just a juggernaut!

[UniHamachi]

The top 13 games are from Nintendo and 25 out of the top 30 are from Nintendo. :hail:

The remainder are 2 PSP and 3 PS2. No PS3 games :eek 2:

The reports of Mario's death have been greatly exaggerated. Looks like SMG will hit 1 million after all.

[cyberfluxor]

Happen to have a US sales list? I'm expecting high Wii and DS sales so in the future it's easy to collect for. :)

[Rob2600]

Here's some more sales data:


http://wii.ign.com/articles/844/844427p1.html:
As of January 6, 2008, one million copies of Wii Fit have been sold in Japan, despite its relatively high price of 8,800 yen ($80 USD).


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_mario_galaxy:
As of December 31, 2007, Super Mario Galaxy has sold 2.02 million copies worldwide (1.12 million U.S., 802,000 Japan, and 94,000 Canada).


http://wii.ign.com/articles/844/844518p1.html:
Best-selling Japanese console/handheld software for 2007:
1. Wii Sports - Wii (1,911,520 copies sold)
2. Monster Hunter Freedom 2 – PSP (1,489,898 copies sold)
3. Wii Play - Wii (1,487,484 copies sold)

Best-selling Japanese console/handheld hardware for 2007:
1. Nintendo DS Lite (7,130,228 units sold)
2. Wii (3,629,361 units sold)
3. PlayStation Portable (3,022,659 units sold)

Top Japanese publishers for 2007:
1. Nintendo (21,378,425 units of software sold; 36 titles in the top 100)
2. Square Enix (6,012,244 units of software sold; 12 titles in the top 100)
3. Capcom (3,576,945 units of software sold; 8 titles in the top 100)

[Dreamc@sting]

It's so awesome to see an original back on top...if only sega made a comeback...oh ..ahem..sorry started fading there for a moment...

I still remember all the pre-wii launch bashing that went on and now look who is dominating

[Icarus Moonsight]

Bully for Nintendo. :D I'm glad they are doing well, considering some prophesied their demise back in 05. Oh, those threads are terrific reads nowadays. ;)

Their stock took a sharp hit recently (~8% IIRC), then so did Sony. I believe the faltering USD had something to do with it. At least on the Nintendo end.

Esquire should chime in here soon. If the past is any indication. Would you like some rain with your parade? :/