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Top 20 Video Game Sales in Japan, Week of 6/21 - 6/27
No. Was Title Publisher Platform Release Date
1 - Let's Make a J-League Pro Soccer Club! '04 Sega PS2 6/24
2 - Xenosaga Episode II: Jensets von Gut und Bose Namco PS2 6/24
3 - Dragon Quest Characters: Torneko no Daibouken 3 Advance Square Enix GBA 6/24
4 1 Jisen Pachisuro: Hokuto no Ken Sammy PS2 5/27
5 - Memories Off ~Sorekara~ Kid PS2 6/24
6 - 3-Toshi B-Kumi Kinhachi-Sensei Chunsoft PS2 6/24
7 3 Mario Vs. Donkey Kong Nintendo GBA 6/10
8 4 Pikmin 2 Nintendo GCN 4/29
9 5 Famicom Mini 20: Ganbare Goemon Nintendo GBA 5/21
10 2 Silent Hill 4: The Room Konami PS2 6/17
11 6 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Capcom PS2 5/20
12 - Need For Speed Underground Electronic Arts PS2 6/24
13 14 Hoshi no Kirby: Kagami no Daimeikyu Nintendo GBA 4/15
14 13 Pokémon Fire Red Pokémon GBA 1/29
15 8 Super Robot Taisen MX Banpresto PS2 5/27
16 - Simple 2000 Series Vol. 55: The Catfight: Joneko Densetsu D3 Publisher PS2 6/24
17 - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Electronic Arts PS2 6/24
18 11 Wario World Nintendo GCN 5/27
19 19 Pokémon Leaf Green Pokémon GBA 1/29
20 12 Famicom Mini 15: Dr. Mario Nintendo GBA 5/21

The Japanese market has started to recover after almost a month of lackluster sales with almost double the amount of units sold compared to last week. However the market is still below the weekly average, implying that the Japanese market in general is still in some amount of trouble.

First week sales for Sega’s new soccer management title were extremely healthy though with around 215,000 units sold. Namco’s Xenosaga sequel also did well with about 186,000 units sold. However Square Enix will be slightly disappointed with the performance of their latest portable Dragon Quest title, which is normally considered the strongest of all RPG brands in Japan.

In hardware sales the PlayStation 2 has retaken the top spot with a 47.74% market share, compared to 44.38% for the Game Boy Advance, 7.02% for the GameCube and 0.48% for the Xbox.
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[Gattsu25]

 

[DSN2K]

how long has pikmin 2 been in the top ten ?

 

[SolidSnakex]

"However Square Enix will be slightly disappointed with the performance of their latest portable Dragon Quest title, which is normally considered the strongest of all RPG brands in Japan."

It's always got a home on the PS2 where it'll sell just fine.

 

[cvxfreak]

Will they please give us numbers?!?!

 

[solarplexus]

Where are the Media Create numbers? It's already Saturday...

 

[cvxfreak]

They weren't posted up for some insane reason. I hope they're posted again next week.

Xenosaga II is pretty disappointing if they were expecting 600,000. It's hardly even as good as Tales of Symphonia on the GC.

 

[Kobun Heat]

It's always got a home on the PS2 where it'll sell just fine.

More like they've been milking the shit out of Torneko no Daibouken and they're starting to see diminishing returns.

 

[Deku Tree]

I'm really surprised Pikmin 2 is still in the top ten!
Now I'm still waiting for the NA release...
where is the poster with the Pikmin 2 release date tatoo avatar?

 

[ravingloon]

More like they've been milking the shit out of Torneko no Daibouken and they're starting to see diminishing returns.

No kidding. It doesn't take a genius to figure out games that have massive budgets and are in development for 5 years are gonna sell more than throw-away titles with tiny budgets and a milking of a franchise name.

 

[Banjo Tango]

Has SH4 made any progress, or does it still look to be the worst-selling one in Japan?

 

[fennec fox]

If it sells then Japanese gamers are sheeple
If it doesn't sell then Japanese gamers hate Japanese games

Japanese gamers can't win here!