~Famitsu Half-Year Sales Chart 2007 (1/1

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Xyrax on 27 July 2007

Here she is, the list of famitsus software for the first half of this year. Only the top 100. Gives some NICE insight on whats going on in Japan. Reveals some pretty big stuff for me. Like Zelda TP only doing 500k there so far LTD :( And RE:4 Wii outselling VF5 for PS3, and the lovely sales of MH:P are put into perspective as it crashes Nintendo's party by being #1 (at least so far this year). Stuff like BD didn't make this list according to GAF because they released last year and had the bulk of their sales then and not this year so they didn't chart.

Famitsu Half-Year Sales Chart 2007 (1/1 - 7/1)

January 1 - July 1, 2007 Japanese Famitsu Sales

1. (PSP, Capcom) Monster Hunter Portable 2nd - 1,231,624
2. (Wii, Nintendo) Wii Sports - 1,128,701 / 1,681,915
3. (DS, Pokemon) Pokemon Diamond + Pearl - 893,743
4. (Wii, Nintendo) Wii Play - 810,616 / 1,313,801
5. (DS, Nintendo) Yoshi's Island DS - 788,530
6. (DS, Nintendo) New Super Mario Brothers - 787,813 / 4,606,027
7. (DS, Square Enix) Dragon Quest Monsters Joker - 765,365 1,398,449
8. (DS, Nintendo) Brain Age 2 - 724,724 / 4,473,362
9. (PS2, Koei) Musou Orochi - 627,756
10. (DS, Level 5) Professor Layton and the Mysterious Town - 586,676

11. (DS, Nintendo) Common Knowledge Training - 532,325 / 1,448,925
12. (DS, Nintendo) Animal Crossing: Wild World - 530,157 / 4,185,178
13. (DS, Square Enix) Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings - 505,543
14. (DS, Nintendo) Mario Kart DS - 464,847 / 2,249,504
15. (DS, Nintendo) Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney - 455,540
16. (Wii, Nintendo) Super Paper Mario - 449,393
17. (DS, Nintendo) The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass - 448,886
18. (PS2, Capcom) Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - 399,837
19. (DS, Nintendo) Brain Age - 387,367 / 3,389,824
20. (DS, Nintendo) More English Training - 365,448

21. (DS, Nintendo) Flash Focus: Vision Training - 352,823
22. (DS, Nintendo) English Training - 339,192 / 1,868,810
23. (PS2, Banpresto) Super Robot Wars OG Original Generations - 332,373
24. (DS, Capcom) Megaman Starforce Dragon/Pegasus/Leo - 312,696 / 531,867
25. (DS, Bandai Namco) Kotoba no Puzzle: Mojipittan DS - 308,786
26. (PS2, Square Enix) Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix+ - 301,830
27. (DS, Nintendo) Kirby Squeek Squad - 296,570 / 994,703
28. (PSP, Square Enix) Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions - 282,770
29. (DS, Nintendo) Kaitou Wario the Seven - 280,981
30. (PS3, Bandai Namco) Gundam Musou - 277,582

31. (DS, Banpresto) Super Robot Wars W - 276,186
32. (DS, Nintendo) Mario vs Donkey Kong 2 - 269,128
33. (Wii, Nintendo) Wario Ware Smooth Moves - 265,868 / 462,634
34. (DS, Nintendo) Picross DS - 255,164
35. (DS, Hudson) Momotarou Dentetsu DS TOKYO & JAPAN - 254,993
36. (DS, Marvelous Interactive) Harvest Moon: The Island I Grew Up On - 250,580
37. (DS, IE Institute) Tokoton Kanji Brain - 249,758
38. (DS, Rocket Company) Kanken DS - 230,233 / 451,417
39. (Wii, Nintendo) The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - 220,800 / 506,074

40. (DS, Square Enix) Itadaki Street DS - 209,409
41. (DS, Nintendo) Hotel Dusk - 206,262
42. (DS, Sega) Love and Berry Collection - 199,877 / 978,611
43. (DS, Nintendo) Jump Ultimate Stars - 195,390 / 743,864
44. (Wii, Nintendo) Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree - 193,560
45. (DS, Nintendo) Cooking Recipe 1000 DS - 192,114
46. (PS2, Konami) Pro Baseball Spirits 4 - 184,824
47. (DS, Shogakukan) Kageyama Method Dennou Hanpuku: Masu x Masu Hyaku Masu Keisan - 182,305
48. (PS2, Kadokawa Shoten) Fate Stay Night - 182,182
49. (DS, Nintendo) Nintendogs (Shiba/Chihuahua/Dach) - 179,119 / 1,587,007
50. (PS2, Sega) Yakuza PS2 The Best - 175,122 / 450,462

51. (PS2, Sega) J.LEAGUE Pro Soccer wo Tsukurou! 5 - 174,906
52. (DS, Nintendo) Ouendan 2 - 173,151
53. (PS2, Bandai Namco) .hack//G.U. Vol. 3 - 168,562
54. (DS, Nintendo) Tetris DS - 167,279 / 1,152,525
55. (DS, Bandai Namco) Digimon Story Sunburst/Moonlight - 165,622
56. (PSP, Konami) Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops - 162,738 / 357,161
57. (DS, Sega) Sangokushi Taisen DS - 161,493
58. (PS2, Atlus) Persona 3 Fes - 159,431
59. (DS, EA) Sim City DS - 158,230
60. (Wii, Bandai Namco) Dragon Ball Z Sparking Neo - 157,784

61. (DS, Spike) IQ Supplement DS - 153,626
62. (Wii, Nintendo) Fire Emblem: Goddess of Dawn - 153,397
63. (DS, Bandai Namco) Heisei Board of Education DS - 150,266
64. (Wii, Pokemon) Pokemon Battle Revolution - 147,679
65. (DS, Sega) Puyo Puyo! - 143,185
66. (PS2, Bandai Namco) Naruto Narutimate Ancel - 140,547
67. (PSP, Capcom) Monster Hunter Portable PSP The Best - 136,441 / 290,628
68. (DS, Bandai Namco) Dragon Ball Z Harukanaru Densetsu - 136,441
69. (PS2, Sega) Shining Force Ikusa - 130,763
70. (PSP, Bandai Namco) Gundam SEED Federation vs ZAFT Portable - 122,652

71. (DS, Bandai Namco) Tamagotchi no Appare! Niji-Venture - 122,084
72. (PS2, Sega) Shining Wind - 121,800
73. (DS, Atlus) Etrian Odyssey - 119,584
74. (DS, Nintendo) Cooking Navi - 118,521 / 809,528
75. (PSP, Square Enix) Final Fantasy - 117,689
76. (DS, Nintendo) Planet Puzzle League - 117,414
77. (PSP, Bandai Namco) Tales of Destiny 2 - 113,984
78. (PS2, Alchemist) Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Matsuri - 112,859
79. (PS2, Hackberry) - Pachinko Sonata - 107,629
80. (PS2, Sega) Yakuza 2 - 107,537 / 572,917

81. (DS, Banpresto) Crayon Shinchan DS - 107,127
82. (PS2, Square Enix) Dawn of Mana - 104,790 / 334,314
83. (DS, Bandai Namco) Machigai Museum 2 - 103,262
84. (GBA, Pokemon) Pokemon Fire Red/Leaf Green - 102,433
85. (DS, Sega_ Bleach DS 2nd - 102,055
86. (DS, IE Institute) TOEIC TEST DS Training - 101,175
87. (DS, Nintendo) Magic Taizen - 98,718
88. (Wii, Takara Tomy) Naruto: Gekitou Ninja Taisen EX - 97,123
89. (PS2, D3 Publisher) Hissatsu Pachinko Vol. 10 - 96,398
90. (DS, Nintendo) Big Brain Academy - 95,743

91. (Wii, Bandai Namco) One Piece Unlimited Adventure - 95,203
92. (DS, MTO) Nodame Cantabile - 94,528
93. (DS, Konami) Death Note - 93,743
94. (GBA, Pokemon) Pokemon Emerald - 92,232 / 1,947,383
95. (DS, MTO) Ochaken no Heya DS 2 - 91,060
96. (PS2, Atlus) Odin Sphere - 90,232
97. (PS3, Sega) Virtua Fighter 5 - 89,146
98. (Wii, Capcom) Biohazard 4 Wii Edition - 88,367
99. (DS, Capcom) Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney Justice for All - 87,849
100. (PSP, Konami) Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball Portable 2 - 86,783

Hardware Title Ranking

1. Nintendo DS - 57
2. PlayStation 2 - 19
3. Wii - 12
4. PSP - 8
5. Game Boy Advance/ PlayStation 3 - 2 each

Top 5 Systems by Total Software LTD

1. Nintendo DS - 16,135,686
2. Wii - 3,809,378
3. PlayStation 2 - 3,719,378
4. PlayStation Portable - 2,254,957
5. PlayStation 3 - 366,728

All courtesy of GAF, and for some added information here are some assorted LTD numbers for a few games as of 7/1 in Japan.

Pokemon Diamond/Pearl 5,196,558
Animal Crossing 4,160,564
English Training 1,868,810
Mega Man Star Force 531,867
Kirby 994,703
Wario Ware Smooth Moves 462,634
Kanken DS 451,417
Zelda Wii 506,074
Oshare Majo Love & Berry 978,611
Jump Ultimate Stars 743,864
Ryu Ga Gotoku (The Best) 450,462
Tetris 1,152,525
Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops 357,161
Monster Hunter Portable (Best) 290,628
Ryu Ga Gotoku 2 572,917
Dawn of Mana 334,314
Cooking Navi 809,528
Pokemon Emerald 1,947,383

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Nonquihote on 27 July 2007

1# 1,231,624

Thats it, kinda low.

Is the first half of the year slow in japan or what.

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naznatips on 27 July 2007

Nonquihote Japan just doesn't sell as much software as most of the world. But wow, that's a LOT of Nintendo software (especially DS). The PS2 is holding on strong too.

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It's slow everywhere, usually

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shams on 27 July 2007

Interesting...

Only 4 titles in top #10 were actually released this year. Titles #2, #3, #4, #6, #7, #8 - all released last year.

1 million sales in the first half of a year is actually pretty good. I don't think you'll find much more than this in the US either.

Pretty amazing that some titles in the list are into their 3rd year!

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shams on 27 July 2007

Another point of note (and no fanboys - I'm not trying to pick on anyone!)...

Sony have ZERO titles in the list (published).

Microsoft have ZERO as well.

EA have one (Sim City). Koei have one.

Banpresto have 3.

Capcom has 6. Konami have 4. Square Enix have 7.

Sega have 10(!).

Bandai Namco have 13.

(a few other companies, then Nintendo has the rest - probably close to 60)

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Slow year? 2006 was the best year for video games in Japanese history and 2007 is well on the way to beating 2006 easily.

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Christopher_G2 on 27 July 2007

FishyJoe said:
Slow year? 2006 was the best year for video games in Japanese history and 2007 is well on the way to beating 2006 easily.

That's abosolutely right. I mean only 2 games might have sold over a million, but fully 86 games sold over 100k which is probably easily a record for mid year in Japan. What's more hardware sales are as strong as they have ever been in that territory. Most of everything being sold is DS, both on the hardware and software side, but that system is carrying the market to height it hasn't seen at least since the SNES days.