40GB PS3 sells 50,000 in first day in Japan

[MikeB]

Famitsu's most wanted list is usually a good indication of first week sales (taking out of account install base which is of course also a factor, ranking usually goes up near to release and some times a relatively unanticpated game like Wii Sports comes along which doesn't sell amazingly well its first week but keeps on selling and selling)

Last month

1. Dragon Quest IX NDS Square Enix
2. Final Fantasy XIII PS3 Square Enix
3. Biohazard 5 PS3 Capcom
4. Metal Gear Solid 4 PS3 Konami
5. Monster Hunter 3 Wii Capcom
6. Super Smash Bros. Brawl Wii Nintendo
7. Dragon Quest VI NDS Square Enix
8. Dragon Quest IV NDS Square Enix
9. Lost Odyssey Xbox 360 Microsoft
10. Final Fantasy IV NDS Square Enix
11. Shin Sangoku Musou 5 PS3 Koei <= Dynasty Warriors 6
12. Dragon Quest V NDS Square Enix
13. Super Robot Taisen Original Generation Gaiden PS2 Banpresto
14. Super Mario Galaxy Wii Nintendo
15. Devil May Cry 4 PS3 Capcom
16. The Last Remnant PS3 Square Enix
17. Animal Crossing Wii Nintendo
18. Final Fantasy Versus XIII PS3 Square Enix
19. Layton Kyouju to Akuma no Hako NDS Level 5
20. Gran Turismo 5 PS3 Sony


8 PS3 titles amongst 14 home console games, one of which for the PS2. I really don't understand why the majority of VGChartz posters are usually prematurely dissing PS3 potential for the Japanese market.

I really don't understand why Capcom isn't releasing Monster Hunter 3 for the PS2 neither. The vast majority of this game's fanbase actually own specifically this system, and PS3 owners interested in this game could use backwards compatibility to upscale the game to suit their HDTV sets, I believe they must have aquired some special arrangement with Nintendo...