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From the-magicbox.com:

Here are the Japanese hardware sales for the week of Dec 26, 2005 to Jan 1, 2006:
  1. Nintendo DS - 390,181 [4,151,356] units
  2. PSP - 110,741 [2,225,810] units
  3. PlayStation 2 - 78,646 [1,968,846] units
  4. GameBoy Advance SP - 15,998 [696,263] units
  5. GameCube - 12,579 [273,180] units
  6. Xbox 360 - 12,300 [70,567] units
  7. GameBoy Micro - 11,234 [415,088] units
  8. GameBoy Advance - 447 [25,407] units
  9. Xbox - 121 [12,405] units
Here are the Top 10 Japanese console games for the week of Dec 26, 2005 to Jan 1, 2006. Nintendo dominated the chart with 6 NDS titles.
  1. Kahashima Ryuuta Kyouju Kanshuu: Motto Nouo Kitaeru Otona DS Training (NDS, Nintendo) - 414,556 units
  2. Doubutsu no Mori DS [Animal Crossing: WIld World] (NDS, Nintendo) - 205,119 [1,382,228] units
  3. Mario Kart DS (NDS, Nintendo) - 168,680 [836,478] units
  4. Kingdom Hearts II (PS2, Square Enix) - 156,837 [884,428] units
  5. Kahashima Ryuuta Kyouju no Nouo Kitaeru Otona DS Training (NDS, Nintendo) - 153,189 [1,157,870] units
  6. Front Mission 5 (PS2, Square Enix) - 146,209 units
  7. Mario & Luigi RPG 2 (NDS, Nintendo) - 132,726 units
  8. Yawaraka AtamaJuku (NDS, Nintendo) - 82,789 [935,535] units
  9. Tamagotchi no PuchiPuchi Omisecchi (NDS, Bandai) - 63,433 [784,537] units
  10. Pokemon Fushigi no Dungeon: Ao no Kyuujotai (NDS, Nintendo) - 61,154 [572,858] units
Here are the sales of the top 4 console hardware between December 27, 2004 to December 25, 2005:
  1. Nintendo DS - over 4 million units
  2. PSP - 2.22 million units
  3. PlayStation 2 - 2.13 million units
  4. Xbox 360 - 81,700 units
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DS is doing extra-ordinarily well in Japan, it makes PSP sales (which are very good) look poor in comparison. The top 10 games sales list is just swept by DS Tsunami. Can some post NA/EU data? Do you think PSP has lost Japan? Will price cut help?
 
Deepak said:
DS is doing extra-ordinarily well in Japan, it makes PSP sales (which are very good) look poor in comparison. The top 10 games sales list is just swept by DS Tsunami. Can some post NA/EU data? Do you think PSP has lost Japan? Will price cut help?
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PSP needs software in Japan, not a price cut, since HW sales are pretty good even at the current price (don't forget that in JP, the PSP has the "standard" pack). It's the software sales that are atrocious for the PSP in Japan (DS beats PSP 3 to 1 HW-wise, but something like 8 to 1 SW-wise, IIRC). Situation is different in EU/US, where the PSP enjoys a good software tie-in. I blame UMD-hentai porn. :)
 
A little better than I expected, a lot worse than Nintendo fans make it out to be (OMG PSP is DEAD Revoluion has next-gen won), and I think a little worse than the GBA in comparable timeframes (except in Japan where it beat the GBA to 5million by a whole 1 month).

Software sales are much better than expected I think. Through the roof in Japan. In NA, Europe, I think its about the same except Nintendogs which has been a bigger success than anyone would've guessed.

Theres a lot of hysteria around its success and especially its implications for the Revolution, but really, its doing what you would expect for a Nintendo handheld. Which is excellent in the face of PSP, of course.
 
A little better than I expected, a lot worse than Nintendo fans make it out to be
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By "Nintendo fans" you mean the occasional crazy person on some hick forum right? The same forums with Sony fans who still claim DS sales will die off and PSP will dominate the handheld market? :LOL:
 
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Yeah, I don't think I've seen any knowledgable Nintendo fans claiming doom for the PSP.

Regardless of AAA game droughts (which will end) the PSP will be kept strong by a steady stream of games and the emergence of the UMD.
 
I think DS is one of those Japanese craze that happens once in a blue moon. Japanese love to follow group trends. DS (lower dev costs) games have the numbers but you can't say they are quality titles.
 
the DS is performing just as i expected. better than PSP (it's cheaper and is a clear upgrade path from GBA), but it's still got a ways to go before it eclipses the GBA.

what i didn't expect is nintendo making non-games that would sell so well. hell, look at the current crop of dog simulators that have popped up on the GBA. they've started a phenomenon. now, if they'd only release a PDA/organizer/web browser app for the machine.
 
tema said:
I think DS is one of those Japanese craze that happens once in a blue moon. Japanese love to follow group trends. DS (lower dev costs) games have the numbers but you can't say they are quality titles.
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I'm going to have to argue otherwise.

I was quite cynical that games could make good use of the DS features so rapidly, but quite a few do play very well to them. Furthermore, they are quality titles imo.
 
Ty said:
I'm going to have to argue otherwise.

I was quite cynical that games could make good use of the DS features so rapidly, but quite a few do play very well to them. Furthermore, they are quality titles imo.
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I'll second that. Ousu! Tatakae! Ouendan! is one of that "crazy" japanese games that are extremely fun to play.
 
Teasy said:
By "Nintendo fans" you mean the occasional crazy person on some hick forum right? The same forums with Sony fans who still claim DS sales will die off and PSP will dominate the handheld market? :LOL:
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Mostly GAF actually. ;)
 
Blade said:
Tema: Which DS games aren't quality titles?
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Most, not all but most, multiplatform games are terrible.

Then some others off the top of my head:
Ping Pals
Elf Bowling
Sprung
Zoo Tycoon
Pokemon Dash
Rayman
Asphalt urban GT
etc. etc.

I would dare say there are arguably far more "bad" titles on DS than PSP by virtue that most PSP third-party titles are at least palatable. "Average" games are about even, "great" games are about even, "excellent" games goes to DS arguably....

Edit: 200? There are less than 100 games on PSP/DS in NA, about the same amount on each, not sure exactly....
 
From MagicBox.com

Here are the Top 10 console games in Japan for the week of Jan 9 - 15, 2006:
  1. Kahashima Ryuuta Kyouju Kanshuu: Motto Nouo Kitaeru Otona DS Training (NDS, Nintendo) - 141,307 [845,885] units
  2. Doubutsu no Mori DS [Animal Crossing: Wild World] (NDS, Nintendo) - 50,032 [1,565,251] units
  3. Kahashima Ryuuta Kyouju no Nouo Kitaeru Otona DS Training (NDS, Nintendo) - 49,774 [1,321,504] units
  4. Mario Kart DS (NDS, Nintendo) - 39,182 [990,369] units
  5. Gunparade Orchestra: Shiro no Shou (PS2, Sony) - 35,709 units
  6. Monster Hunter Portable (PSP, Capcom) - 34,937 [377,138] units
  7. Kingdom Hearts II (PS2, Square Enix) - 32,880 [1,000,509] units
  8. Mario & Luigi RPG 2 (NDS, Nintendo) - 29,639 [260,799] units
  9. Yawaraka AtamaJuku (NDS, Nintendo) - 25,780 [1,023,979] units
  10. Tamagotchi no PuchiPuchi Omisecchi (NDS, Bandai) - 24,550 [870,921] units
 
PlanetGamecube said:
20 January 2006 – Nintendo UK has today announced that 1 million units of its Nintendo DS handheld console are in the hands of gamers across the country. The announcement is just another highlight in a long line of successes throughout 2005 where the Nintendo DS has led the handheld market not only in the UK but across the globe. Many stores across the UK are continuing to report they are sold out of Nintendo DS until new stock arrives in the coming week.
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http://www.planetgamecube.com/news.cfm?action=item&id=6737
 
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