Big in Japan June 29-July 5: Wii Sports Resort orders another mai tai

By Tom Magrino, GameSpotPosted Jul 9, 2009 10:35 am PT

Nintendo's minigame compilation again tops Media Create's weekly chart, selling 155,000; DSi's 46,855 tops hardware.

Wii Sports Resort won't hit the US until later this month, but Nintendo's latest accessible minigame compilation is already making waves in Japan. Opening to nearly 360,000 units in mid-June, the Wii MotionPlus-bundled game posted another strong performance during its second week on the market. Media Create reports this week that Wii Sports Resort topped its Japanese software sales chart for the week of June 29-July 5 with 155,000 units sold.

Lounging with Wii Sports Resort.

Sega's rhythm game Hatsune Miku: Project Diva for the PSP scored the week's biggest debut, opening with 101,000 units and taking the second slot in Media Create's chart. Nintendo's Tomodachi Collection for the DS followed with 63,000 units, and Sony's PSP title Boku no Natsuyasumi 4: Seitouchi Shounen Tanteidan, Boku to Himitsu no Chizu debuted to 50,000 unit sales. Monster Hunter Freedom Unite the Best, which Capcom said had just recently surpassed the 1 million unit mark, sold 14,000 more copies.

Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days scored the sixth position during the week with 13,000 units sold, followed by Level 5's Sloane and MacHale's Mysterious Story and Ken to Mahou to Gakuen Mono 2 with 12,000 units a piece. Gust's Rorona no Atelier: Arland no Renkinjutsushi for the PS3 shifted 11,000 copies, and Sega's Infinite Space rounded out the chart with 10,000 units sold.

On the hardware front, Nintendo's DSi and DS Lite combined to sell 54,362 systems, making it the top-selling platform during the week. The PSP followed with 32,849 units, while Nintendo's Wii led console sales with 24,971 units. The PlayStation 3 sold 11,196 units during the week, while the Xbox 360's 5,876 units edged past the PlayStation 2's 3,734 systems.

Week of June 29-July 5, 2009
Software:
1) Wii Sports Resort (WII) - 155,000
2) Hatsune Miku: Project Diva (PSP) - 101,000
3) Tomodachi Collection (DS) - 63,000
4) Boku no Natsuyasumi 4: Seitouchi Shounen Tanteidan, Boku to Himitsu no Chizu (PSP) - 50,000
5) Monster Hunter Freedom Unite (PSP) - 14,000
6) Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (DS) - 13,000
7) Sloane to MacHale no Nazo no Story (DS) - 12,000
8) Ken to Mahou to Gakuen Mono 2 (PSP) - 12,000
9) Rorona no Atelier: Arland no Renkinjutsushi (PS3) - 11,000
10) Infinite Space (DS) - 10,000

Hardware:
DSi - 46,855
PSP - 32,849
Wii - 24,971
PS3 - 11,196
DS Lite - 7,507
Xbox 360 - 5,876
PS2 - 3,734

28 Comments

  • nezardm

    Posted Jul 12, 2009 5:30 am PT

    Jesus where are we going, this abnormal console sales world wide are just too much, does anyone visit,take a walk, does some sports, talk? too much, just too much electronics are around us and pushed in our faces constantly...Sick society just got sicker...

  • kavadias1981

    Posted Jul 10, 2009 12:48 pm PT

    I just thought, WSR wouldn't be too bad if you could play it online. Come on Kcube, you know you would want to knock the crap of me in that sword fighting game lol.

  • Kcube

    Posted Jul 10, 2009 11:30 am PT

    I have WSR reserved.I'm also curious about how well Dragon quest 9 is gonna sell

  • Flipyap28

    Posted Jul 10, 2009 10:41 am PT

    Wii sports........why? The only wii-anything game that is good is Wii Fit and even that has its problems, its sad to see how the gaming market expands and how the quality of games goes down....actually that only applys to nintendo wii

  • wahyudil

    Posted Jul 10, 2009 7:52 am PT

    wii sport and miku ... I want them both

  • KhanhAgE

    Posted Jul 10, 2009 7:19 am PT

    Can't believe Wii Sport Resort beat Project Diva. But then again Wii owners are being be starved of games. So they're desperate for anything thing Nintendo throws at them. Sad really...

  • Brawl578

    Posted Jul 10, 2009 7:13 am PT

    Good to see the Wii's getting more sales in Japan.

  • FoxExecutive

    Posted Jul 9, 2009 5:30 pm PT

    Wii Sports Resort is number 1, followed by a rhythm game with "Project Diva" in the title. Hmm, no joke is really necessary here.

  • funsohng

    Posted Jul 9, 2009 4:01 pm PT

    MIKU MIKU NI SHlTEAGERU

    im thinking half at least half of the Project Diva sales came from Nico Nico Douga's pre-order frenzy. i want psp so much just to play this game

  • ralphikari

    Posted Jul 9, 2009 3:56 pm PT

    Resort, Diva, Friends Collection, Our Summer Break 4: Teenage Detectives yadi yada... oh my.

  • hatieshorrer

    Posted Jul 9, 2009 3:11 pm PT

    I wonder if the DSi will replace the current DS lite by means of sales.

  • CoolKidX

    Posted Jul 9, 2009 2:31 pm PT

    Boku no Natsuyasumi 4: Seitouchi Shounen Tanteidan, Boku to Himitsu no Chizu, Thats a long @ss name

  • invictuslemming

    Posted Jul 9, 2009 2:25 pm PT

    Already got mine on order... starting to get bored of golf XD

  • Wikipedian

    Posted Jul 9, 2009 2:02 pm PT

    just hope its fun

  • kavadias1981

    Posted Jul 9, 2009 1:42 pm PT

    @Darkainious

    heehee, you said "extended length"

  • kavadias1981

    Posted Jul 9, 2009 1:41 pm PT

    So that's 155,000 people who are going to be annoyed when they realise that they need to buy another WM+ to enjoy the multiplayer part.

  • rohail88

    Posted Jul 9, 2009 1:02 pm PT

    console sales are yuck in japan!!!....i hope we see a day where sales here in japan will be equivalant to america!

  • Raykuza

    Posted Jul 9, 2009 12:49 pm PT

    Playing fetch... with a dog... is a sport now... Nintendo what are you doing? Where did my friends from the 90s go?

  • jerahmeela

    Posted Jul 9, 2009 12:45 pm PT

    Next week is going to be very interesting when Dragon Quest IX is released in Saturday in Japan. How many copies will be sold in its first week will be a surprise.

  • JohnnyDanger87

    Posted Jul 9, 2009 12:42 pm PT

    Can't Wait to jet ski on WSR....might be the closest thing I get to playing a wave race-like game.

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