Japanese hardware charts: August 7th - August 13th
by Jason Wishnov 
{ Aug 18th 2006 at 11:22PM }
The longer we throw unchanging Japanese hardware sales numbers at you, the harder we have to try to make them seem as entertaining as they once were. Our dear Ludwig kind of went off the deep end over in sister-blog Joystiq...God rest his sanity. So what can we do to make these numbers seem...well...exciting? Let's take a look:- DS Lite: 196,719
33,147 (20.26%)- PSP: 41,289
8,063 (16.34%)- PS2: 26,547
560 (2.15%)- GBA SP: 3,051
267 (9.59%)- Game Boy Micro: 2,031
103 (5.34%)- Xbox 360: 1,204
185 (13.32%)- Gamecube: 940
36 (3.98%)- DS Phat: 934
225 (19.41%)- GBA: 23
11 (32.35%)- Xbox: 6
8 (57.14%)Here, we can see the two armies of the arrow-people, evenly matched and fighting bravely. The PSP, allied with the red, has snuck bravely into enemy territory...yet the fearsome DS Lite rests between it and freedom. The battle rages on...who will prevail? What dastardly traitor will switch sides in seven days time? Are we way too hopped up on coffee and cough medicine for our own good? Hmmm...
[Source: Media Create]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Duscrom @ Aug 19th 2006 4:41AM
Dear God PLEASE let Star Fox be fun. I mean, fun, not good, as it'll be good, The Reviews will be high as it's a DS game by nintendo, but that dosen't guarentee i'll have fun playing it.. (like Metroid) But star fox is a beloved character, and Star Fox 64 was one of the first N64 games I really liked. And My DS has been collecting dust, and Big brain is damn near grafted to the game slot as nothing else has been played on y DS in over a month.
I WANT star Fox to be good, I hate carying around a PSP. That thing'll break at any moment, flimsy POS.
Kit @ Aug 19th 2006 10:00AM
After this inspirational instructional post I should go create my own video game blog site.
Nigeria @ Aug 19th 2006 12:20PM
Jason should get a star
mc chris fanb0i @ Aug 19th 2006 1:43PM
The tussin the tussin!!!
Robocop couldn't stop me from pukin' and flushin'
No balls to be bustin', no fighing', no cussin'
just love for a drug called ROBOTUSSIN!
Kaiser Soze @ Aug 19th 2006 2:09PM
My God. These numbers are amazing. Sony really once and for good have lost the handheld war. At some sony sites they are stating that the numbers and market shares of the psp will increase because there is a lot of big titles coming to the PSP. But I think a greater number of big titles are coming to DS. FFIII, Zelda and Yoshi's Island 2. I dont think the PSP will ever get the market shares back in this generation of handhelds
Matters @ Aug 19th 2006 2:19PM
Game sales: http://ds.advancedmn.com/article.php?artid=4139
devi8i @ Aug 21st 2006 11:46AM
Does anyone have the grand totals for Japanese hardware sales for the year?