Updated: Global Hardware and software UP! (28th July '12) - 3DS dominates, Vita falters

[Alby_da_Wolf]

MagusDiablo said:

Alby_da_Wolf said:

I just compared this week with the week of NSMB DS launch in Japan, and...

http://www.vgchartz.com/weekly/38865/Japan/

Japan Weekly Chart (week ending 28th May 2006)

The week's top-selling games at retail ranked by unit sales

Weekly Chart Index
Global
USA	Europe UK Germany France	Japan

<  Week Ending  >

Pos	Game	Weekly	Total	Week #
1	New Super Mario Bros. (DS) Nintendo, Platform	910,297	910,297	1
2	Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day (DS) Nintendo, Misc	82,135	2,436,587	22
3	Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day (DS) Nintendo, Misc	55,477	2,369,420	54
4	Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Portable (PSP) Square Enix, Misc	49,291	49,291	1
5	Tetris DS (DS) Nintendo, Puzzle	48,547	551,660	5
6	KimiKiss (PS2) Enterbrain, Adventure	41,622	41,622	1
7	Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2007 (PS2) Konami, Sports	38,011	731,694	5
8	Animal Crossing: Wild World (DS) Nintendo, Simulation	37,539	2,864,046	27
9	English Training: Have Fun Improving Your Skills! (DS) Nintendo, Misc	33,364	1,059,195	18
10	Jikkyou Powerful Major League (PS2) Konami, Sports	28,568	154,448	3

 

Japan Hardware by Platform

Platform	Weekly (change)	Total
DS	296,993	(+69%)	8,479,292
PSP	27,337	(+13%)	3,489,753
X360	1,267	(-13%)	134,836
Total	325,597	(+61%)

Japan Software by Platform

Platform	Weekly (change)	Total
DS	1,330,519	(+283%)	26,013,693
PS2	246,212	(-2%)	105,032,823
PSP	130,009	(+160%)	5,422,545
GBA	34,061	(-28%)	44,934,819
GC	11,878	(+106%)	21,180,886
X360	4,225	(-16%)	345,610
Total	1,756,904	(+148%)

 

...OH MY, IS THE PLUMBER QUEEN LOSING HER MOJO???   

A 2-day sale, also combined with the digital sales factor, is smaller than the DS counterpart. Woe is Nintendo...

Glad you agree at least about the "plumber queen" bit!