Japanese hardware sales, Dec. 3 - Dec. 9: Saturday morning shame edition

by Ludwig Kietzmann { Dec 15th 2007 at 6:01AM }

If the Japanese hardware sales chart is the first thing to pop into your mind (and search engine) on a beautiful Saturday morning, you may feel compelled to question the priorities in your life. You may even wrestle with the word "life" itself, perhaps bumping it down a notch to "existence" and appending adjectives like "sad" and/or "meaningless." We're here to eliminate those impulses though, reminding you that there's no shame in being completely obsessed with the video game purchases of a foreign culture.

After all, there's some loser who woke up on Saturday morning (thanks, Flying Alarm Clock!) just to pull that rubbish out of a custom spreadsheet and post it on a website.

- DS Lite: 168,255

43,664 (35.05%)
- Wii: 115,057

40,293 (53.89%)
- PSP: 91,481

16,855 (22.59%)
- PS3: 38,123

1,031 (2.78%)
- PS2: 11,987

1,716 (12.52%)
- Xbox 360: 8,876

2,244 (33.84%)
- GBA SP: 94

85 (944.44%)
- Gamecube: 46

14 (43.75%)
- Game Boy Micro: 20 -- 0 (0.00%)
- DS Phat: 12

24 (66.67%)
- GBA: 0

4 (100.00%)

[Source: Media Create]

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Tags: Japanese-Hardware-Sales, JapaneseHardwareSales

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

SoxFan13 @ Dec 15th 2007 6:21AM

Priorities:
1) Japanese Hardware Sales
2) Friends and Family
3) Xanax

ThornedVenom @ Dec 15th 2007 6:33AM

GBA SP????!!!

hydralisk456 @ Dec 15th 2007 7:24AM

Wii is failing in Japan no? Ahhh, it's too early here.

James @ Dec 15th 2007 8:17AM

Predicting this trend doesn't change for the next 2 years.

Pendras @ Dec 15th 2007 8:25AM

Heh, I usually get up this early anyway. But now I can get up this early to get in on the first page of posts for once.

I'm new here, but isn't this where I point out that the sales of two of the current-gen consoles duct-taped together doesn't beat the sales of the other?

LaughingTarget @ Dec 15th 2007 8:41AM

I'll preempt the fanboys and do this now:

The Xbox 360 is the winner! It has a bigger sales % increase than the PS3! I mean, that is what Sony said in the USA so PS3 fanboys HAVE to accept it as truth, Xbox 360 is going to win Japan.

Nintendo rules all! See? They're selling faster than anything ever made before, even water in the desert. Nintendo World Domination and Fernando for President!

The PS3 is still the best, all those Japanese people are just too stupid to realize it. It is infinite fun, why can't they get that through their heads? BluRay makes it teh winnar, because big stuff means its better. Just look at the Toyota Tundra, that is totally a better vehicle than anything that is smaller than it.

Mal F4cti0n @ Dec 15th 2007 1:10PM

Yes, and look at those DS Phat sales!

12! A third of last week's sales!

Nintendo is doo-oomed! DOO-OOMED, I say!

= )

Jason @ Dec 15th 2007 8:58AM

I'd just like to say, that alarm would be so damn annoying.

Admiral_Mike @ Dec 15th 2007 9:35AM

IT'S A FAD!!! :P

Fernando Rocker @ Dec 15th 2007 9:39AM

Just wait until Metal gear Solid and you will see... and if MGS doesn't work, just wait until Final Fantasy.

=)

James @ Dec 15th 2007 10:05AM

Just wait for Heavenly Sword!
Just wait for Lair!
Just wait for Rachet and Clank! Which could give Mario Galaxy a run for its money!
Just wait for a price drop!
Just wait for a rumbling controller!
Just wait for Home!

I'm sure there have been more "Just wait for" items and moments. I mentally kept track of them but I'm dosed up on migraine tablets to remember or spell much.

I like the system. I was given a PS3 as a gift and I sold on my 360. But Christ can the fans go on about waiting! I want to play something today dammit!

Fernando Rocker @ Dec 15th 2007 10:13AM

James

Did you know I was being sarcastic, right?

Apparently, Sony Fanboys favorite phrase is "just wait until... ". Poor little guys... still can't they find a game to justify the purchase of the PS3. Oh well, they can keep their Bluray movies, and I keep my Wii360 games.

Admiral_Mike @ Dec 15th 2007 10:24AM

I think he knows Fernando, he was just making conversation on the subject you brought up.

Fernando Rocker @ Dec 15th 2007 10:28AM

Ah ok... it was a nice post James =)

sheppy2.0 @ Dec 15th 2007 10:29AM

And then you wonder why you're never going to get your B-B-B-Brushhhh with fame.

Fernando Rocker @ Dec 15th 2007 10:36AM

And least Justin said that he loves me...

=)

hvnlysoldr @ Dec 15th 2007 11:35AM

So what exactly is this brushed with fame I was recently awarded with?

Admiral_Mike @ Dec 15th 2007 11:44AM

Everyone loves you Fernando, Some people are just not manly enough to admit it.

Raikage (ROFLBERRY PWNCAKES Defence Force) @ Dec 15th 2007 2:24PM

@ Sheppy

Fernando has been awarded something more than a Brush With Fame, he got some lovin' from the man himself.

@ Hvnlysoldr

Mr. McElroy randomly picks a name from the podcast comments and gives them a Brush With Fame

Brello @ Dec 15th 2007 5:03PM

@ James

That one gave me a good chuckle. I love watching each "messiah game" come and go. I like the PS3 (actually, I like games, don't give a rat's ass which console they're on), but I still get a kick out of its fanatics.

Darth Abe @ Dec 15th 2007 9:53AM

I want to know what all those people buying PS3s are doing with them, or at least have been doing with them before they got a couple good games in the past month or so.

James @ Dec 15th 2007 1:22PM

For most of this year I see pretty much the same amount of good PS3 exclusives as I do 360 exclusives. I can play Bioshock on the PC, primarily leaving Halo 3 and Mass Effect... hardly a windfall of exclusive games compared to Tekken 5 online, Warhawk, Heavenly Sword, Ratchet, Uncharted etc...

As for the 3rd party stuff: while admittedly the 360 version is "better" for a few titles (mostly EA's stuff, like Orange Box) for the most part the difference is negligible (Skate) or non-existent (Rock Band, COD4).

Now this is the part where you exaggerate some random small problem on the PS3 to show 360 superiority (Ex: but GH3 controllers don't work with rock band!). Then I bring up how at least people can use standard bluetooth peripherals and standard, non-overpriced hard drives with the PS3. Then you bring up how LIve is better. Then I bring up how you have to pay $50 just to play online. Then you bring up some other thing. Then I mention RROD. And then Blu-ray something or other. And it goes on forever.

RPGJock @ Dec 15th 2007 6:15PM

Playing PS2 games mostly.... Came off my WoW addiction and caught up on a lot of games for the PS2. Then Ninja Gaiden Sigma came out and Oblivion drop in price. The rest is history.

And it make a great Blu Ray player tooo! :D

ill trooper @ Dec 15th 2007 9:32PM

What do I do with my PS3?

Playing Rock Band every night... Played a song with a friend online for a few minutes... Some Call of Duty 4... Not much Warhawk since CoD4. Going to play Uncharted next week after I play some Assassin's Creed on the 360. While not gaming on it, or if I'm playing a game on my 360, I leave it on folding. I was at my mom's house in California, streaming the movie 'Idiocracy' (stored on my PS3's harddrive) over the internet to my PSP using the PS3's remote play. Plus I did some weird thing where I can go into 'start video chat' mode on the PS3 and had a web cam (actually, I used my 360's usb cam, supported by the PS3) looking into my NYC apartment over the remote play connection. Back at home, I watched 'Battlestar Galactica: Razor' off of a usb thumbdrive plugged in the front of the PS3. I just watched the blu ray of "The Prestige' and the 'Goodfellas' blu ray just arrived from Amazon yesterday.

That's the stuff I do with mine. I'm going into detail because I'm just pointing out some of the strange little things the PS3 does and supports. Is it necessary? Do I game on it more than my 360? No, but it's tweaky and interesting to me. I'm not ONLY into gaming so I like the PS3 too.

t_m @ Dec 16th 2007 7:59AM

Watching blueray movies.

Adding blueray to the PS3 may have delayed it by a year and doubled the price.. costing it this generation of the console war, but its still the cheapest Blueray player, and that may have won them the next-gen video disc war.

How much that is worth is still unclear though, i don't know a single person who has blueray OR hd-dvd.. and most of the people I know are still buying DVDs this xmas.

I think HD downloads might make the blueray victory kinda short.

Admiral_Mike @ Dec 15th 2007 10:25AM

Doorstop.

Admiral_Mike @ Dec 15th 2007 11:41AM

Damn reply system, should have been a responce to Darth Abe

simmcity @ Dec 15th 2007 11:28AM

Fernando, do you just go and comment here just to somehow bash sony or ps3? Because so far thats all I've noticed.

And you've used that "just wait until" phrase a bit too much. At least if you're gonna hate on sony be a bit more original.

mr nimblewick (SegaDF - Jogurt Ring) @ Dec 15th 2007 12:12PM

Haven't all the ways to hate on sony already been done?

Ugh, Sony corporate has the WORST health benefits.

Worst Review Ever @ Dec 15th 2007 11:28AM

Seat cushion.

Worst Review Ever @ Dec 15th 2007 11:34AM

Can we get an incremental update to Sheppy already? Model 2.0 is just okay but what I'd really like to see is what Sheppy 2.1 would be like.

hvnlysoldr @ Dec 15th 2007 11:36AM

That would be just a security update. Wait until 2.11 for the real deal.

Slaziman (B-B-BRUSHED WITH FAAAAME) @ Dec 15th 2007 4:05PM

I heard 2.2 will add DivX support.

Negativecool @ Dec 15th 2007 12:00PM

I swear to god Wii shortages are saving the 360 and PS3.

If Nintendo could keep up with demand its sales would be historic.

Admiral_Mike @ Dec 15th 2007 12:21PM

Nintendo fact...
Other consoles don't succeed, Nintendo simply allows them to live :P

Worst Review Ever @ Dec 15th 2007 12:39PM

This is Living...in Nintendo's shadow.

i_hate_mtv @ Dec 15th 2007 12:58PM

If Nintendo could satisfy demand, their sales would be lower.

James @ Dec 15th 2007 1:17PM

Haha. Quite true.

Mal F4cti0n @ Dec 15th 2007 1:17PM

You know, my above comment does not make sense if it is not in the reply section of the original commentor.

And this is supposed to be a reply to my comment above. i know it is not going to be because it doesn't have the blue text with who I am replying too.

You know Joystiq, how we as gamers complain when a game has bugs and glitches that were not fixed before the release? I mean, I am just saying. Not as easy as "just find everything wrong and make sure it works."

But seriously, would you fix the reply system already? I mean, how long has this been up and broken? Like six to 12 months or something?

Worst Review Ever @ Dec 15th 2007 1:17PM

How much money we talking here?

baka_07 @ Dec 15th 2007 2:17PM

looks ps3 one month lead over was crush in a big way!

baka_07 @ Dec 15th 2007 2:40PM

@James

wow, how good is it to know how dedicate Playstation "gamers" are. Well, while you are Waiting like most your campers do the last few years, most people who are sane enough not to wait= because they are true gamers, they already played CoD2, Dead Rising, Oblivion, Condemned, Gears Of War, and so on. And for those who did wait they already got tons of great games that they can choose from: exclusives n non-exclusives ones.

If those ps3 only games are really that great it will sell more; so when they aren't selling like most of you in forums hoped too- they are not great games. Just another releases.

Admit it, most people who bought ps3 use it for the media capablities- not gaming.

James @ Dec 15th 2007 4:26PM

Or maybe "real" gamers were playing games like Okami, Zelda TP, God of War, Shadow of the Colossus, FFXII, MGS 3 Subsistence... and not the meh-to-crap games you mentioned.

And since you think sales = quality, have fun listening to your Josh Groban CD.