The PSP is really the story in Japan, came back from the dead to murder just about every other console besides the other handheld monster.

Good numbers all round, PS3 will hover around 15k and get bumps thanks to SF4 (although the game is already in arcades and is awesome :D), RE5, Yakuza 3 and the FFXIII demo.

It will be very interesting to see is the 360 outsells the PS3 any week this year in Japan, the SO4 week comes to mind but I think Yakuza 3 releases near that time which should sell very nicely.

Every other console besides the DS, meaning... the home consoles?

PSP is doing exceptionally well, I'll give you that. However, I'd say it's equally surprising how poorly home consoles are doing now. The leading console, the Wii, is seeing huge drops YoY. The PS3 isn't doing quite as bad, but it's still down a lot YoY (and still 2nd to the Wii). Japan is simply drifting away from home consoles, it seems.

We'll find out soon if the problem is the lack of games. Yakuza 3 and RE5 are coming, and if they don't spark some sales, things can't be good. MH3, WSR, and FFXIII are the real tests, all coming within the year. 2009 should tell us for sure if Japan is still interested in home consoles or not.

Sucks for console gaming.

Japan really has become a handheld country. That's expected given the average commuters' time on the trains, but it's sad to see it happen, give how console-centric the rest of the world is.

The kind of games (jRPGs) I like will be on handhelds, I suppose. Home consoles will be for casual and/or Bald Space Marine games. I'm a bit bummed.

Why don't we have a serious thread about media create numbers, as it is on neogaf:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=349739

with the top 50:

01. [WII] Wii Play: Mario Tennis (Nintendo) 56,509 / NEW
02. [NDS] Megami Ibunroku: Devil Survivor (Atlas) 55,466 / NEW
03. [PS3] Naruto: Narutimate Storm (Namco Bandai) 44,065 / NEW
04. [PSP] Dissidia Final Fantasy (Square Enix) 29,355 / 848,000
05. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP the Best) (Capcom) 27,032 / 332,000
06. [NDS] Rhythm Tengoku Gold (Nintendo) 25,488 / 1,594,000
07. [PS3] Fallout 3 (Bethesda Softworks) 24,488 / NEW
08. [NDS] Wagamama Fashion: Girl's Mode (Nintendo) 22,628 / 667,000
09. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) 21,847 / 3,177,000
10. [NDS] DS Uranai Seikatsu (Nintendo) 19,881 / NEW

11. [PS3] Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Spec III (SCE)
12. [WII] Taiko no Tatsujin Wii (Namco Bandai)
13. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
14. [PS2] Gundam Musou 2 (Limted Edition) (Namco Bandai)
15. [NDS] Tongariboushi and the 365 Days of Magic (Konami)
16. [WII] Animal Crossing: City Folk (Nintendo)
17. [NDS] Kirby Super Star Ultra (Nintendo)
18. [NDS] Momotaro Dentetsu 20th Anniversary (Hudson)
19. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo)
20. [NDS] Pokémon Platinum (Pokémon)
21. [PS3] White Knight Chronicles (SCE)
22. [NDS] Penguin no Mondai: Saikyou Penguin Densetsu! (Konami)
23. [PSP] Musou Orochi: Maou Sairin (KOEI)
24. [NDS] Power Pro Kun Pocket 11 (Konami)
25. [NDS] Professor Layton and the Last Time Travel (Level 5)
26. [PS3] Race Driver Grid (Codemasters)
27. [PS3] Gundam Musou 2 (Limted Edition) (Namco Bandai)
28. [NDS] Animal Crossing: Wild World (Nintendo)
29. [NDS] Phantasy Star Zero (SEGA)
30. [PS3] Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (Konami)

31. [NDS] Taiko Drum Master 2: The Seven Island Adventure (Namco Bandai)
32. [WII] Play on Wii: Pikmin (Nintendo)
33. [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
34. [NDS] Harvest Moon: Welcome to the Wind Bazaar (Marvelous)
35. [WII] Karaoke Joysound Wii (Hudson)
36. [WII] Super Smash Brothers Brawl (Nintendo)
37. [PSP] Yu-Gi-Oh: Tag Force 3 (Konami)
38. [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo)
39. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven (Level 5)
40. [NDS] Tales of Hearts: Anime Movie Edition (Namco Bandai)
41. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
42. [PSP] Kenka Banchou 3: Conquer the Entire Nation (Spike)
43. [NDS] Suikoden Tierkreis (Konami)
44. [360] Race Driver Grid (Codemasters)
45. [PS3] Ryu ga Gotoku Kenzan! (PlayStation 3 the Best) (SEGA)
46. [NDS] Beautiful Letter Training (Nintendo)
47. [PS2] Yakuza 2 (Playstation 2 The Best) (SEGA)
48. [NDS] Chrono Trigger DS (Square Enix)
49. [WII] Family Ski World Ski & Snowboard (Namco Bandai)
50. [NDS] Akaiito DS (Alchemist)

and all the informations about the hardware:

as that:

I ask that, because we are vgchartz, and so we must really be vg charts. Other things, they are mistake in the LTD totals of neogaf. LTD totals for the DSi and 360 are false, and all the website around the world copy these totals which are false.

Proof for the 360 (same LTD total this week and the precedent week):

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=349739 (bad total week 3 2009, because same total week 2)

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=348979 (good total week 2 2009)

Proof for the DSi (what has happened):

BAD totals week 2 and 3 (link before), because they use the bad total of the week 1 to obtain these totals.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=348233 (bad total week 1 2009, because they take the LTD total for the week 50)

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=347514 (good total week 52 2008, because not the same poster as usual which has taken the right total for the week 51)

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=346658 (week 51 2008, no totals which maybe explain the mistake for the week 1)

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=345823 (week 50 2008, good total)

And maybe, they have done mistakes before, which i don't see, because i only see the last data.

In all cases, it's not serious, and nobody on this website (neogaf) speak about these mistakes, which for me have been seen in 10 seconds. All the website around the world take these numbers which are false. It's absolutely not serious.

So, because the best website (as a lot of bodies say, not for me, because of these mistakes i speak before) can't do this work with no mistakes, we must do this same work, with no mistakes.

Table for the week 50, which is suposed to be right:

Table for the week 52, which is right if the number of the week 50 are right (In fact, the LTD total of all platforms seems false, so i give the good total, you can see the mistake):

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=347514

The right hardware table for the week 3, if the number of the week 50 of 2008 are right, is (the YTD total for the DSi and DSL have been changed in comparison to what is posted on neogaf, because, they are false too, and THE LTD total of all the platforms). Maybe, i have make mistakes too.

White Knight Chronicles has done really well as of late, especially for anew franchise.

In fact, the table of the week 50 and 52 are not coherent. And it's the same for the table of the week 3. They are a lot of mistakes, i don't want to search all, because they are a lot, and as i said, which table between the table of the week 50 and 52 is right, finally, i don't know. Maybe the two are false. What is sure, is that, the table of the week 3  (on neogaf) is absolutely false, and maybe, there is a japanese table on a japanese website which is right.

Is someone know this table which is right?

On gamefront.de, they give this YTD for 2008, which are absolutely not coherent with the YTD total of neogaf for 2008, so really, i don't know the right totals for media create:

PS3's doing well. And I think WKC was a very good success.

Forget, what i posted before. Table of neogaf posted for week 52 is:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=347514

Finally, i think, it's the right table, because for the week 50, they have taken numbers rounded for the week 49.

The YTD of gamefront for 2009 are right:

So, it give for the week 3 of 2009, if the table for the week 52 of 2008  is right:

But, i am absolutely not sure that the table for the week 52 of 2008 is right.