[cvxfreak]

01./00. [PS3] Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Konami) - 465,000 / NEW
02./04. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) - 38,000 / 1,444,000
03./07. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 37,000 / 2,227,000
04./03. [PSP] Powerful Pro Baseball Portable 3 (Konami) - 27,000 / 187,000
05./06. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (Capcom) - 26,000 / 2,203,000
06./00. [NDS] Hisshou Pachinko/Pachislo Capture Series DS, Vol. 2 CR: Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Angels are Back Again (D3 Publisher) - 22,000 / NEW
07./00. [PS3] Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit (Bandai-Namco) - 18,000 / 111,000
08./10. [NDS] DS Beautiful Letter Training (Nintendo) - 17,000 / 285,000
09./05. [NDS] DS Misa Yamamura Suspense: Kyoto Murder Files (Tecmo) - 17,000 / 56,000
10./02. [WII] Mysterious Dungeon: Fuurai no Shiren 3 (Sega) - 14,000 / 73,000

11./16. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo)
12./13. [NDS] Taiko Drum Master DS: Seven Island Adventure (Bandai-Namco)
13./39. [NDS] Let's Make a Pro Baseball Team! (Sega)
14./09. [WII] Family Trainer (Bandai-Namco)
15./11. [PSP] Valhalla Knights 2 (Marvelous Entertainment)
16./18. [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo)
17./21. [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
18./17. [NDS] We're Fossil Diggers (Nintendo)
19./19. [NDS] Pokémon Ranger: Batonnage (Pokémon)
20./14. [NDS] Empty Space Training (Benesse)
21./00. [NDS] Majin Tantei Nougame Neuro: Neuro to Miko no Bishoku Sanmai (Marvelous Entertainment)
22./20. [WII] Link's Crossbow Training (Nintendo)
23./00. [NDS] More TOEIC Test DS Training (IE Institute)
24./27. [WII] Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo)
25./15. [NDS] Endless Frontier: Super Robot Wars OG Saga (Bandai-Namco)
26./28. [NDS] Tottado! Yowiko's Deserted Island Life (Bandai-Namco)
27./30. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
28./45. [NDS] More Brain Age (Nintendo)
29./25. [WII] Battalion Wars 2 (Nintendo)
30./42. [NDS] Pokémon Diamond (Pokémon)
31./38. [NDS] Animal Crossing Wild World (Nintendo)
32./36. [NDS] Kanji Brain Test 2.5M (IE Institute)
33./00. [PS2] Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (Konami)
34./22. [NDS] Riddle Training (Benesse)
35./23. [NDS] 99 Tears (Bandai-Namco)
36./43. [NDS] Mario Party DS (Nintendo)
37./41. [NDS] SimCity DS 2: From the Past to the Future (EA)
38./08. [360] Ninja Gaiden 2 (Tecmo)
39./49. [PSP] Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops+ (Konami)
40./24. [NDS] Front Mission 2089: Border of Madness (Square-Enix)
41./34. [NDS] Tea Dog's Room DS 3 (MTO)
42./26. [PS2] Mana Khemia 2: The Fallen School and the Alchemists (Gust)
43./00. [NDS] The World Revolves Around Me (Global A Entertainment)
44./46. [NDS] Pokémon Pearl (Pokémon)
45./37. [PSP] Bleach: Heat the Soul 5 (Sony)
46./40. [PS2] Musou Orochi: The Evil King Returns (Koei)
47./47. [NDS] Phoenix Wright: Gyakuten Revival (Capcom)
48./50. [NDS] More English Training (Nintendo)
49./00. [NDS] Harvest Moon: Shining Sun and Friends (Marvelous Entertainment)
50./44. [NDS] Luminous Arc 2: Will (Marvelous Entertainment)

NDS - 30
WII - 9
PSP - 5
PS2 - 3
PS3 - 2
360 - 1

Hardware - This Week | Last Week |       YTD |        LTD
1. PS3   -    75,311 |    10,856 |   513,009 |  2,154,685
2. PSP   -    64,675 |    62,016 | 2,017,749 |  9,619,343
3. WII   -    45,564 |    44,639 | 1,609,893 |  6,226,053
4. NDS   -    39,201 |    35,020 | 1,528,137 | 22,701,188
5. PS2   -     7,297 |     6,279 |   249,262 | 21,176,299
6. 360   -     2,163 |     2,280 |    64,850 |    572,191

Media Create Sales 6/11 - 6/17
Media Create Sales 4/28 - 5/4
Media Create Sales 5/5 - 5/11
Media Create Sales 5/12 - 5/18
Media Create Sales 5/19 - 5/25
Media Create Sales 5/26 - 6/1
Media Create Sales 6/2 - 6/8



Software numbers are typically posted on Wednesday nights at about midnight Eastern.
Hardware numbers are typically posted Thursday nights at about 9:20 PM Eastern.

[SabinFigaro]

Oh Snap.

[Count Dookkake]

A challenger approaches.

[BrodiemanTTR]

Eh. Next week will be legendary one way or another.

Also good to see Shiren hang in there. STAY STRONG.

[Elbrain]

MGS 4!!!

[norinrad21]

Go Go Go MGS4

[FinalEvangelion]

Hope does exist for Japan.

Feels like 1999 again (hardcore title taking the crown).

[RobertM]

Fuck yeah MGS4, Wiifit overtook MH :(

[Gamer @ Heart]

If MGS4 sinks in the charts next week, i wont be suprised. Im numb to charts now adays.

[Jeff-DSA]

I hope MGS4 can stay strong in the charts for a while. I really hope it's not a super heavy frontloaded sales game.

[rollingstart]

I wonder how long MGS4 will continue to sell strong.

Where is English of the Dead on the top 10? I am still waiting for my copy, but it is out, right?

[D.Lo]

Bizarre that MGS managed to do what bigger PS2 hits couldn't.

[The Hermit]

Well deserved.

[sprsk]

Wii Fit VS Monster Hunter, the saga continues.

[AlternativeUlster]

Fuck yeah MGS4, Wiifit overtook MH :(

Booo-hoooo-oooo. Wiifit 4 life dudez!

[Vinnk]

So next week MGS4 will beat out Dragon QUest Swords as the best selling 3rd party console title this gen. Impressive.

[viciouskillersquirrel]

Bizarre that MGS managed to do what bigger PS2 hits couldn't.

Those bigger hits may have had much wider fanbases, but said fanbases weren't as dedicated as MGS fanboys. That said, expect a price collapse once the used game market is flooded with second hand copies.

[jj984jj]

MGS4 will be the best selling third party title of the generation in Japan by next week.

Fake edit: Beaten by vinnk.

[Zombie James]

MGS4 will be the best selling third party title of the generation in Japan by next week.

You mean on the PS3 or in general? If it's the latter... well, that's surprising.

[AniHawk]

You mean on the PS3 or in general? If it's the latter... well, that's surprising.

For consoles. MHP2G is the best selling one overall.

[jj984jj]

You mean on the PS3 or in general? If it's the latter... well, that's surprising.

It's already outsold every PS3 title released so far so definitely the latter.

[jibblypop]

2. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) - 38,000 / 1,444,000 3. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 37,000 / 2,227,000 5. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (Capcom) - 26,000 / 2,203,000

Three absolute beasts! wow.

[Alcibiades]

So next week MGS4 will beat out Dragon QUest Swords as the best selling 3rd party console title this gen. Impressive.

a lame (to RPG fans) budget spinoff vs. a expensive, mainline game...

not exactly comparable... let's see a 3rd party effort on Wii with the budget and development time frame of MGS4... it could make a company very, very rich...

[schuelma]

Wii Fit VS Monster Hunter, the saga continues.

It really is a fascinating battle. I expect Wii Fit to win in the end, but I never thought MH would have the legs its displayed, so who knows

[jrricky]

Wow, MGS is surprising. Congrats.
I wonder if the NPD will be the same:

1. MGS4
2. Mario Kart Wii
3. Wiifit
4. Guitar Hero
5. Guitar Hero
6. Guitar Hero
7. Guitar Hero
8. Guitar Hero
9. Rock band Wii
10. GTA4

So next week MGS4 will beat out Dragon QUest Swords as the best selling 3rd party console title this gen. Impressive.

:lol Wow, some feat, eh.
:( (sigh)

[Dragona Akehi]

Excellent sales for MGS4. The real test comes next week though.

[seattle6418]

What's good for a second week? 100k? Or that's impossible?

At least the number for the first week is more than I imagined.

[schuelma]

Excellent sales for MGS4. The real test comes next week though.

Indeed. Let's see if it can avoid the massive drop/lack of legs that has happened to every other big PS3 release.

[FamousCanuck]

Japanese gaming taste isn't complete shit? Color me surprised! Any early reports on how many consoles MGS4 sold?

[Cipherr]

a lame (to RPG fans) budget spinoff vs. a expensive, mainline game... not exactly comparable... let's see a 3rd party effort on Wii with the budget and development time frame of MGS4... it could make a company very, very rich...

No need to get defensive about it, they were just stating a fact. Kind of puts the horrible 3rd party numbers in Japan into perspective tbh.

[D-Pad]

Oh wow. MGS 4 is off to a good start! I wonder how many copies were shipped out...

[blu]

10. [WII] Mysterious Dungeon: Fuurai no Shiren 3 (Sega) - 14,000 / 73,000

yabba-freakin-dabba-fuckin-doo!

[FinalEvangelion]

Japanese gaming taste isn't complete shit? Color me surprised! Any early reports on how many consoles MGS4 sold?

Famitsu said around 77k for the week...

[viciouskillersquirrel]

Excellent sales for MGS4. The real test comes next week though.

I honestly don't expect it to have very long legs. By all accounts, MGS4 is about 20 hours long and the kind of games that have had monstrous legs have tended to be either Mario games or games that are meant to be played 'forever'.

[Zombie James]

I honestly don't expect it to have very long legs. By all accounts, MGS4 is about 20 hours long and the kind of games that have had monstrous legs have tended to be either Mario games or games that are meant to be played 'forever'.

MGS4 has pretty good replayability, plus there's MGO. Don't know how much a factor online multiplayer will be in Japan, though.

[Dragona Akehi]

Indeed. Let's see if it can avoid the massive drop/lack of legs that has happened to every other big PS3 release.

Well to be fair, most major non-PS3 releases share the same fate, Monster Hunter Portable games aside.

I honestly don't expect it to have very long legs. By all accounts, MGS4 is about 20 hours long and the kind of games that have had monstrous legs have tended to be either Mario games or games that are meant to be played 'forever'.

Well this might be true, but if there is one thing about MGS fans, they are definitely... let's say... uh... devoted. :P

[ivysaur12]

You can do it, Shiren! Break 100k!

[schuelma]

Well to be fair, most major non-PS3 releases share the same fate, Monster Hunter Portable games aside.

True. Though the Nintendo franchises seem to be somewhat of an exception.

[Dragona Akehi]

True. Though the Nintendo franchises seem to be somewhat of an exception.

Speaking strictly of third party games here. Nintendo franchises have always appeared to have slightly more legs in comparison.

[schuelma]

You can do it, Shiren! Break 100k!

It dropped more than I was hoping. I think it will break it, but we probably won't know it for a while.

[The Faceless Master]

wow, wii fit vs monster hunter just got real

[schuelma]

Speaking strictly of third party games here. Nintendo franchises have always appeared to have slightly more legs in comparison.

Gotcha

[ivysaur12]

It dropped more than I was hoping. I think it will break it, but we probably won't know it for a while.

I think it's already sold more than Chocobo's Labyrinth of Time though (or at least is very close). This has to be doing about at what Sega expected.

[kswiston]

I honestly don't expect it to have very long legs. By all accounts, MGS4 is about 20 hours long and the kind of games that have had monstrous legs have tended to be either Mario games or games that are meant to be played 'forever'.

Well MGS4 does come with MGO, so it's not like you are completely done with the game after those 20 hours in single player. But even if MGS4 has horrible legs, it will still reach 600k after a 465k debut. If MGS4's first week ends up being 77% of its LTD, it will break 600k. If the first week ends up being 65% of the eventual LTD it will break 700k. While I'm sure Konami would ideally want to hit 900k-1M in Japan, they really can't be upset with having the best selling PS3 game of all time by 50-75%.

[viciouskillersquirrel]

MGS4 has pretty good replayability, plus there's MGO. Don't know how much a factor online multiplayer will be in Japan, though.

My theory is that for it to have long legs, it needs to be the kind of game that people are disinclined to sell once they're done with it. Square Enix games tend to be really bad for this (see Crisis Core). I still think that MGS4 isn't that kind of game.

I may be underestimating the MGS fanbase.

[Jaruru]

everything goes as expected

excepted for DB, 2-3 positions lower than I thought

[AAK]

Gamers have lost. Wii Fit defeated Monster Hunter. :(

[Tron 2.0]

Great start for MGS4. The next few weeks will be interesting.

Hooray for the continued success of Shiren.

Where is English of the Dead on the top 10? I am still waiting for my copy, but it is out, right?

Bombed hard. So amazingly hard.

[OldJadedGamer]

Excellent sales for MGS4. The real test comes next week though.

This week was a given, next week is the money shot.

[rollingstart]

Bombed hard. So amazingly hard.

And games like Beautiful Letter Training sell close to 300,000? that is fucked up. It is even educational.