Ouch...so much for Tales of Symphonia...

I'm just happy Warioland didn't drop much. The game looks great. I can't wait for it personally.

Wow, then it's doing better than I expected. It still has a holiday boost too.

 You know this is not the first time?

Well, I would like to start reading some of my poetry right now, but I guess I'll bore you with the obviousness of these charts.

MGS4 out of the top 30. That's probably because it was a hardcore game, not an evergreen.

The DS and PSP are performing well this week.

Dragonquest is epic, as always.

Warioland had decent legs, honestly.

PSO did great. The Dreamcast version was my favorite game on the console. I wonder why they downgraded though, from Monster Hunter? It appears a large portion of the MH fanbase were PSO fans from the start. This genre is the reason the PSP is flourishing in Japan.

Wii-Fit godly.

Fatal Frame IV sold exactly as predicted.

ToS2 sales prove nothing, and probably met expectations. Still it is dissapointing to not see it sell better than expected.

Soulcalibur IV sales for PS3 are at or slighly under expectations. I expect this is because the Tales crowd was looking for software for their new 360's, as 360 SCIV sales much higher than anticipated, and a boon for the console.

PS3 and 360 HW are both terrible. However, the 360 has nothing to be ashamed of, considering its past performance. PS3 just goes to show, evergreens matter in Japan. You need a game that keeps people buying, that keeps them wanting a PS3. Like you do with your PSP. The problem is that PSP game was 3rd party. I don't think Sony was expecting it. They need to copy Nintendo in Japan, honestly, with the PS3. Slim PS3 would be great.

The Wii is rock solid, while the PSP and the DS are having a little tiff at the moment. I expect DS sales to level off(decrease and hover) while PSP sales stay around their current position.

As for the Sony fans who like to jump on these topics every week and yell "Yay for the PSP," I've really got no problem with that. It's doing great in Japan. Congratulations. However, remember, and you've been really good about this, don't try to spin PSP Japanese sales as a negative DS story in your posts here. It won't end well for anyone.

Updated OP with hardware and top 50 software. MGS4 in at 31. Tales in at 50.

things are not looking good for the PS3. below 10.000 units in their own country is hard. Xbox 360 still on a very low level, but it improved a little bit over the past months. Can't wait next week numbers with ToV for 360.

360 holding up well.

It will be more different next week with the 360 over the ps3 2:1 (just for that week i think, but it will be interesting).

Here's the bulk of Famitsu's top 30:

Famitsu

01 [PSP] Phantasy Star Portable 329.000
02 [NDS] Rhythm Tengoku Gold 228.000
03 [NDS] Dragon Quest V 105.000　 / 969.000
04 [PS3] Soul Calibur IV 74.000
05 [PS2] Powerful Pro Baseball 15 2　40.000　 / 127.000
06 [360] Soul Calibur IV 35.000
07 [Wii] Fatal Frame :The Mask of the Lunar Eclipse 30.000
08 [Wii] Wii Fit 　26.000　 /2.391.000
09 [NDS] Dokidoki Majo Shinpan! 2 19.000
10 [Wii] Wario Land Shake 18.000　 / 42.000
11 [Wii] Mario Kart Wii 18.000 / 1.619.000
12 [PSP] Gundam Battle Universe 18.000 / 211.000
13 [Wii] Wii Sports 12.000 / 3.067.000
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15 [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G 11.000 / 2.363.000
16 [NDS] Densetsu no Stafi: Taiketsu! Dire Kaizokudan 10.000 / 79.000
17 [NDS] Meccha Taiko Drum Master DS: Adventure in Seven Islands 10.000 / 262.000
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19 [NDS] Mame Goma 2 10.000
20 [PS2] Persona 4 10.000 / 274.000
21 [PSP] Eiyuu Densetsu: Sora no Kiseki the 3rd 10.000 / 59.000
22 [Wii] Powerful Pro Baseball 15 9.700 / 30.000
23 [NDS] Mario Kart DS 9.700 / 3.151.000
24 [NDS] Nobunaga's Ambition DS 2 9.400
25 [NDS] Major DS: Dream Baseball 9.400
26 [PSP] PC Engine Best Collention: Tengai Makyou Colection 8.700
27 [Wii] Super Mario Stadium: Family Baseball 8.400 / 143.000
28 [NDS] Derby Stallion DS 8.300 / 231.000
29 [NDS] Pokemon Diamond/Pearl 8.300 / 5.544.000
30 [NDS] Daigasso! Band Brothers DX 8.200 / 234.00