Japanese Hardware Sales: 29 Jan - 4 Feb: Executive assistant edition
Don't lie, faithful readers. Each and every one of you, upon reading this article, indulged in at least four seconds of consideration on applying for the position of Reggie Fils-Aime's personal assistant. The list of technical requirements was steep, but when you consider the amount of people willing to take this job is approximately 6.5 billion, there are certainly a few out there who fit the bill.Reggie personally kicks all those asses that are so frequently mentioned. But those names he's taken? He merely dictates them to that special person, whose job it is to transcribe the taken names for future reference. Truly, a job of monumental importance.
A little known fact, friends, is that Reggie has a direct impact on the Japanese hardware sales numbers every week. Here is an example conversation, heard behind the closed doors of his secret penthouse office...
Reggie Fils-Aime: We need to come up with some interesting numbers this week.
Assistant: Sir, they have the actual data available in Japan, if we just--
Reggie: Silence!
Assistant: ...
Reggie: ...
Assistant: If you wan--
Reggie then rips out the assistant's spine in retribution.
- DS Lite: 146,073
48,453 (24.91%)- Wii: 65,740
18,014 (21.51%)- PSP: 31,216
4,484 (12.56%)- PS2: 18,727
1,269 (6.35%)- PS3: 17,540
3,455 (16.46%) - Xbox 360: 6,130
1,235 (16.77%)- Game Boy Micro: 1,050
127 (10.79%)- GBA SP: 724
299 (29.23%)- Gamecube: 306
41 (11.82%)- DS Phat: 119
37 (45.12%)- GBA: 28
6 (17.65%)[Source: Media Create]










Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
beesnipe @ Feb 10th 2007 4:36AM
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Reggie Fils-Aime: We need to come up with some interesting numbers this week.
Assistant: Sir, they have the actual data available in Japan, if we just--
Reggie: Silence!
Assistant: ...
Reggie: ...
Assistant: If you wan--
Reggie then rips out the assistant's spine in retribution.
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Why must you make me Lawl?
MaHe @ Feb 11th 2007 5:31AM
Oh my gawd, why the hell did the sales drop?!
timcat @ Feb 10th 2007 8:21PM
Look at all the pretty red arrows!
ha ha credit card bill came in huh guys (and gals)? ;) haha
20XX @ Feb 10th 2007 9:59PM
I'd be disappointed to spend enough time with the real Reggie to find out that he probably doesn't:
-Kick ass
-Take names, or
-Play games.
JC Fletcher @ Feb 10th 2007 10:02PM
Sigh... I'm having cookie issues. Half the time when I post a comment I'm 20XX, half the time I'm JC Fletcher. I didn't think I would be unhappy about the password system thing...
Mr Khan @ Feb 11th 2007 2:59PM
Still the post holiday slump in Japan too, i see...
Cooking Mama should help to turn these numbers around, especially with casual gamers
Grey Acumen @ Feb 13th 2007 7:14AM
Hey, guys... I admit it's hard to believe, but when I checked over at the PS3 site and then checked back at the site both places the information comes from, I found out that it should actually be the PS3 that is selling at 18,727 and the PS2 should be selling at 17,540. You have that backwards.
Crazy, I know, but in all fairness you might want to fix that to avoid confusing the issue.
On a personal note, I still find it hilarious that Wii is selling 3x the number of units as PS3 is...