Year End Prediction Thread (Japan - because imitation is the sincerest form of flattery)

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Hardware sales in Japan in 2007 DS 10 million (hello, DQIX) Wii 5 million (passing GC Lifetime userbase in Sept-Oct, N64 lifetime userbase in December) PSP 3.5 million (best year so far in Japan) PS3 1.75 million (assuming large spikes in Nov-Dec, and during Golden Week) PS2 1.0 million (death...) 360 150,000 (in a coma) Top 10 Software 1) Dragon Quest IX (DS) 4,000,000 2) Pokemon (DS) 3,500,000 3) Big Brain Academy (Wii) 2,000,000 4) Wii Sports (Wii) 1,700,000 5) Super Smash Brothers Brawl (Wii) 1,600,000 6) Big Brain Training 2 (DS) 1,450,000 7) Monster Hunter Freedom 2 (PSP) 1,300,000 8) Wii Play (Wii) 1,250,000 9) New Super Mario Brothers (DS) 1,000,000 10) Super Paper Mario* (Wii) 850,000 * This game could sell over a million, I see it as having sales of like 500k, then 125k, then 30k, then a very steady 5k-7k for like the rest of the year into 08', perhaps crawling over 1 million a year or so after release **I have DQ: Swords, Galaxy, MGS4, Heavenly Sword and a few others doing over a million eventually, but not in 2007