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The gameboy micro.
Week 18
• 1: Game Boy Micro - 170,306
• 2: Nintendo DS - 72,167
• 3: Playstation Portable - 70,152
• 4: Playstation 2 - 24,396
• 5: Game Boy Advance SP - 11,147
• 6: Game Cube - 1,882
• 7: Game Boy Advance - 624
• 8: Xbox - 109
Some sources:
http://www.m-create.com/eng/e_ranking.html
http://www.game-science.com/
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=internetNews&storyID=2005-09-13T140228Z_01_FOR321829_RTRIDST_0_OUKIN-UK-JAPAN-NINTENDO-MICRO-1.XML&archived=False
snes_collector
09-24-2005, 01:08 PM
What amazes me about me about that list is the Xbox only sold 109 units in a week. I knew the Xbox wasn't that popular in Japan, but gosh........
Aussie2B
09-24-2005, 01:13 PM
It's always been like that with XBox. Heck, even the Wonderswan was outselling it when it was on its last leg.
njiska
09-24-2005, 01:13 PM
In Japan you might as well call the xbox, 3DO.
Xexyz
09-24-2005, 01:38 PM
GBA - 624? This is baffling me. Does Nintendo still have stockpiles of the origional GBA in warehouses or something? I mean, the system has been discontinued for quite some time now...
ty896
09-24-2005, 04:21 PM
I wonder if the updated SP has been released in Nippon. I firmly belive that it will cut into sells of the micro here in the States.
MegaDrive20XX
09-24-2005, 06:15 PM
What's even more ironic is this number
Famicom Mini: Super Mario Bros. 20th Anniversary (GBA, Nintendo) - 187,000 units
GB Mirco + Super Mario= Gold Mine?
studvicious
09-24-2005, 06:49 PM
• 1: Game Boy Micro - 170,306
• 2: Nintendo DS - 72,167
• 5: Game Boy Advance SP - 11,147
• 7: Game Boy Advance - 624
[TOTAL - 254,244]
• 3: Playstation Portable - 70,152
I guess Nintendo does know what it's doing when it comes to portables. No matter how many version and upgrades people still gobble them up
Jumpman Jr.
09-24-2005, 07:08 PM
Every number on that list suprises me.
They are STILL selling 25,000 PS2s a month, and only 100 Xboxs? Thats ridiculous.
Even still, I can't beleive the numbers for the micro OR the DS are still as high as they are.
Famidrive-16
09-24-2005, 07:11 PM
In Japan you might as well call the xbox, 3DO.
And what's ironic is that the 3DO lasted longer in Japan than it did in the US.
zmweasel
09-24-2005, 07:12 PM
Every number on that list suprises me.
They are STILL selling 25,000 PS2s a month, and only 100 Xboxs? Thats ridiculous.
Even still, I can't beleive the numbers for the micro OR the DS are still as high as they are.
The Micro is in its launch-sales phase, and the DS has been doing very well in Japan. What's not to believe?
-- Z.
Griking
09-24-2005, 10:37 PM
Every number on that list suprises me.
They are STILL selling 25,000 PS2s a month, and only 100 Xboxs? Thats ridiculous.
Even still, I can't beleive the numbers for the micro OR the DS are still as high as they are.
I wonder how many of those 25000 PS2 are replacements for ones that broke
I wonder how many of those 25000 PS2 are replacements for ones that broke
It's not a bug, it's a business model?
In Japan you might as well call the xbox, 3DO.
And what's ironic is that the 3DO lasted longer in Japan than it did in the US.
Didn't the 3DO at least have a cult following and a bunch of exclusive games in Japan?
Gemini-Phoenix
09-25-2005, 09:55 AM
I wonder if the updated SP has been released in Nippon. I firmly belive that it will cut into sells of the micro here in the States.
Only if they make it public knowledge, otherwise people won't even know the difference. They need to make a big deal of it for people to know about it. Unless you are an avid forum goer like us, most people would be none the wiser