In this case it's not really the MH effect, it's the Xbox slim effect (with a little bit of MH thrown in).

judging from the japanese comments on amazon co jp. People are still scared that the 360 is an unreliable system due to RRoD  so poor sales will always be down to MS's fault.

anyway great sales for 360.. although as usual will be short lived XD

other thing I have heard is that MS screwed up with the XBL MHF pricing so are offering 1 year gold free but I don't know if this is true or not..

At least American movies. Although Japan has strong movie industry, American movies are doing very good there. Sometimes even dominating the movie charts.

Dengeki has everything...different.

From Gaf.

Dengeki numbers are up...but oh my god this week isn't serious with inconsistencies.

01. [NDS] Love Plus (Konami) - 103,042 / NEW
02. [360] Monster Hunter Frontier Online (Capcom) - 94,551 / NEW
03. [PS3] Atelier Totori: Alchemist of Arland 2 (Gust) - 72,725 / NEW
04. [NDS] Tokimeki Memorial: Girl's Side 3rd Story (Konami) - 58,405 / NEW
...
07. [PSP] My Summer Vacation Portable 2 (SCE) - 22,322 / NEW
08. [PS3] White Album: Tsuzurareru Fuyu no Omoide (Aqua Plus) - 22,232 / NEW
...
10. [PSP] Hatsune Miku: Project Diva (Sega) - 20,913 / NEW
..
17. [PSP] Chaos; Head Noah (5pb.) - 10,786 / NEW
18. [PSP] Starry Sky: In Spring - PSP Edition (Asgard) - 10,433 / NEW

Yeah, same for MHF but LP is at 20k more, Totori madness also 19k above, tokimemo slightly higher, miku goes down nearly 33%, white album slightly down, bokunatsu could be similar...and then starry sky, MC at 22k, dengeki says 10k, so awesome And hardware is PS3 22730 > 360 21370 > Wii 19034 for Dengeki.

I'll post predictions results later when I recover from the shock :P

but not as long as there is a Japanese option.

check:

Apple
Nokia
BMW
Mercedes
Microsoft (Xbox 360) Windows works, because there is no Japanese alternative product.

All have a hard time in Japan. Nokia even dropped the whole market. A pretty big step for the global market leader.

Dengeki says Xeno has done 13k.

It could be SO good for it...and I think that it has done something similar in MC.

Look at the 10th position (20k), and at what is behind Xeno:it could have done 10k and a bit more.

Excellent MHFO sales.  A little lower than I'd hoped, but not bad at all.  200k here we come...

Excellent 360 bump as well, hopefully the S manages to raise the baseline somewhat. 6-8k weekly would be a nice change imo.

PS3 and Wii basically tied again (business as usual), but PSP's slowly creeping down to their level.  DS pricedrops and new colors have a good holding effect though.

Only good?

Over 60k...with 30 milions of units...this is not good...neither bad.

Yeah,the DS is over the good and the bad. And the 3DS will be over the time and the space,across the universes :P

3DS is going to eat Japan.  Seriously, DS/Wii/PS3/PSP are in for a world of hurt in six months...

And the only one which will obtain to resist will be the Wii 2. :P

However,great 360...and now,let's see Inazuma 3 doubling the debut of the second.