Its funny so close to the release of 3DS (out in Japan) that DS still gets number 1. Yes I realize a big part of that is Pokemon, but still I find it amazing.

DS vs 3DS year battle:

DS 2,318,522

3DS 678,160

Ninty is doom Ninty is going to own Ninty so hard!

Oops, posted NA xD

Crazy pokemon numbers

Pos	Game	Week	Weekly	Total
1	Pokémon Black / White Version (DS) Nintendo	26	2,343,248	8,277,366
2	Dragon Age II (X360) Electronic Arts	1	392,508	392,508
3	Dynasty Warriors 7 (PS3) Tecmo Koei	1	262,324	262,324
4	Dragon Age II (PS3) Electronic Arts	1	163,410	163,410
5	Wii Sports (Wii) Nintendo	225	151,245	75,889,188
6	Dragon Age II (PC) Electronic Arts	1	143,830	143,830
7	Killzone 3 (PS3) Sony Computer Entertainment	3	132,527	954,426
8	Just Dance 2 (Wii) Ubisoft	22	126,393	6,596,300
9	Wii Sports Resort (Wii) Nintendo	90	120,195	25,475,796
10	Kinect Adventures! (X360) Microsoft	19	106,471	9,300,311
11	MLB 11: The Show (PS3) Sony Computer Entertainment	1	93,954	93,954
12	Bulletstorm (X360) Electronic Arts	3	81,312	590,631
13	Call of Duty: Black Ops (X360) Activision	18	69,364	12,017,789
14	Wii Fit Plus (Wii) Nintendo	76	68,930	18,532,139
15	Dissidia 012: Duodecim Final Fantasy (PSP) Square Enix	2	65,829	348,821
16	Major League Baseball 2K11 (X360) Take-Two Interactive	1	61,832	61,832
17	Call of Duty: Black Ops (PS3) Activision	18	56,913	9,653,712
18	Fight Night Champion (PS3) EA Sports	2	51,161	175,864
19	RIFT (PC) Unknown	2	50,401	177,567
20	Halo: Reach (X360) Microsoft	26	49,926	7,992,994
21	Michael Jackson: The Experience (Wii) Ubisoft	16	49,422	2,243,677
22	Fight Night Champion (X360) EA Sports	2	47,812	199,427
23	Zumba Fitness (Wii) Majesco	17	44,985	706,839
24	Mario Sports Mix (Wii) Nintendo	16	43,355	942,310
25	Dead Space 2 (X360) Electronic Arts	7	42,316	878,365
26	Donkey Kong Country Returns (Wii) Nintendo	16	38,058	4,469,741
27	New Super Mario Bros. (DS) Nintendo	252	36,321	25,303,847
28	Mario Kart Wii (Wii) Nintendo	153	34,731	26,517,193
29	Wii Party (Wii) Nintendo	36	34,393	5,310,331
30	Dead Space 2 (PS3) Electronic Arts	7	33,997	718,453
31	Red Dead Redemption (PS3) Rockstar Games	43	33,912	3,632,563
32	Kinect Sports (X360) Microsoft	19	32,978	2,835,556
33	Major League Baseball 2K11 (PS3) Take-Two Interactive	1	32,416	32,416
34	LittleBigPlanet 2 (PS3) Sony Computer Entertainment	8	31,926	1,069,355
35	Just Dance (Wii) Ubisoft	69	31,658	5,597,435
36	NBA 2K11 (X360) 2K Sports	23	30,739	1,467,661
37	Fable III (X360) Microsoft	20	30,426	2,947,907
38	Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3) Rockstar Games	150	30,195	7,816,612
39	Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle (3DS) Level 5	3	29,499	208,250
40	Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds (PS3) Capcom	4	29,138	542,022

Mighty Pokémon sales!

why is the Ds selling so well (is pokemon, selling this many systems)

Sweet Halo Reach sold almost 50k whilst Halo 3 at the same time sold slightly over 40k.

And wow GT5 is already out of the top forty? Looking at the sales page it looks like it sold slightly under 30k http://gamrreview.vgchartz.com/sales/7678/gran-turismo-5/

mibuokami said: Software up... holy cow @ pokemon   Pos Game Week Weekly Total 1 5 MLB 11: The Show (PS3) Sony Computer Entertainment 1 93,954 93,954 6 11 Major League Baseball 2K11 (X360) Take-Two Interactive 1 61,832 61,832 12 21 Major League Baseball 2K11 (PS3) Take-Two Interactive 1 32,416 32,416 22

who in their right mind with a ps3, buys mlb 2k11 over The Show. some people are just idiots

It's not like Japan disappeared, consoles will still sell quite well. A good example is the movie box office. Business was down around 20-30% last weekend for most movies there. Thats right after the earthquake it. Not a massive drop by any mean and things are already slowly getting back to normal. It's gonna pick up from there. This is Japan after all, not Haiti, they will get back on their feet in no time as usual when something like that happens.

In a certain way, it shows that the new direction they are taking will flop.