Famitsu Japan Monthly Sales: August 2008

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crho on 14 September 2008

http://gameinfo.yahoo.co.jp/ranking/monthly_sales.html

Data Collected by Famitsu: from July 28 to August 31, 2008

Software Top 20

Pos.	Sys.	Game Title	Publisher	Units Sold	Total Sales
1	DS	Rhythm Heaven	Nintendo	625,438
2	PSP	Phantasy Star Portable	Sega	571,931
3	DS	Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride	Square Enix	255,055	1,119,508
4	DS	Fire Emblem: Shin Ankoku Ryuu to Hikari no Ken	Nintendo	203,625
5	Wii	Wii Fit	Nintendo	150,074	2,515,378
6	360	Tales of Vesperia	Bandai Namco Games	133,212
7	PS2	J-League Winning Eleven 2008 Club Championship	Konami	113,230
8	PS3	Soul Calibur IV	Bandai Namco Games	112,704
9	PS2	Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 15	Konami	103,822	190,772
10	Wii	Mario Kart Wii	Nintendo	92,281	1,693,191
11	DS	Daigasso! Band Brothers DX	Nintendo	75,328	300,957
12	DS	Meccha! Taiko no Tatsujin DS: 7-tsu no Shima no Daibouken	Bandai Namco Games	67,385	318,889
13	DS	Inazuma Eleven	Level 5	66,479
14	Wii	Wario Land: Shake It!	Nintendo	63,826	88,117
15	Wii	Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse	Nintendo	58,426
16	Wii	Wii Sports	Nintendo	58,313	3,113,912
17	DS	San Goku Shi Taisen Ten	Sega	57,451
18	PSP	Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G	Capcom	52,515	2,404,721
19	360	Soul Calibur IV	Bandai Namco Games	49,689
20	DS	Mario Kart DS	Nintendo	47,795	3,189,180

Hardware Sales

Sys.	Week 1	Week 2/3	Week 4	Week 5	Aug. 2008	2008 Sales	Total Sales
DS	63,307	154,967	56,570	58,404	333,248	2,144,731	23,250,203
PSP	69,848	132,740	46,419	42,937	291,944	2,513,170	10,048,483
Wii	40,909	85,979	29,379	24,345	180,612	2,072,726	6,691,205
PS3	10,925	22,704	8,289	10,801	52,719	655,839	2,328,902
360	6,368	31,485	3,805	3,056	44,714	139,443	687,751
PS2	8,626	19,535	7,830	9,080	45,071	354,285	21,412,423

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ph4nt on 14 September 2008

Wow VGchartz pretty much hit the nail on the head for Life to date sales.

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Cueil on 15 September 2008

Well if 360 can keep up those numbers and keep supply in they could keep up month to month with the PS3... maybe Microsoft is starting to get it's foothold in the Japanese market?

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