Famitsu's Japan Game Charts: PS3 selling 40k; Oblivion 360, GTA LCS and PS3 Hot Shots Golfs 5 Among Top 10

PS3's Hot Shots Golf 5 sells 180k. Xbox 360's Oblivion reaches to number 6 while The Legend of Zeld: Phantom Hourglass falls to the last place.

1. Mario Party 8 (Wii)
2. Hot Shots Golf 5 / Everybodys Golf 5 (PS3)
3. Taikou Drum Master DS (DS)
4. It's a Wonderful World (DS)
5. Powerful Pro Baseball 14 (PS2)
6. The Elders Scroll IV: Oblivion (360)
7. Mobile Suit Gundam: MS War Front 0079 (Wii)
8. GTA: Liberty City Stories (PSP)
9. DQS (Wii)
10. The Legend of Zeld: Phantom Hourglass (DS)

Wii : about 70k
PS3 : about 40k
PS2 : 14000
PSP : 32000
360 : 3800

[drtysouf21]

hmmm guess we'll know for sure when the hardware numbers get released tomorrow evening.

[nasim]

OMG why is MS still selling x360s in JAPAN.

Famitsu numbers

PS3 38,000
PS2 14,000
Wii 70,000
360 3,800

1. [Wii] Mario Party 8 - 280,000
2. [PS3] Minna no Golf 5 - 176,000
3. [NDS] Taiko no Tatsujin DS - 90,000
4. [NDS] Its a Wonderful World - 81,000
5. [PS2] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 14 - 53,000（~200,000）
6. [360] Oblivion - 45,000
7. [Wii] Gundam MS 0079 - 44,000
8. [PSP] GTA LCS - 39,000
9. [Wii] Dragon Quest Swords - 32,000（~400,000）
10. [NDS] Zelda Phantom Hourglass - 32,000 (~680,000）

[MK_Red]

The biggest surprise for me is Oblivion, a Western RPG on Xbox360 (The PS3 version isn't released yet) doing good in J market! Not to mention a GTA game on PSP also being among top 10.

[shysun]

They like great games too...just not FPS games!;)

[timmyp53]

it was just like 9,000. The games make the difference(Hot Shot Golf) =)lets see what happens when more japanese friendly games are released over there

[MK_Red]

Good point. I knew a Japanese friendly game would help PS3 sales but 40k, More than PSP!? I cant even begin to imagine what happens when games like FFXIII and MGS4 hit the market.

[xaphanze]

read my thoughts

[Circa24]

MGS is big in Japan? I didn't know...

Would you say it's bigger in the US or in Japan?

[xaphanze]

It's big in both regions.It's one of the most anticipating titles in Japan.

[tehcellownu]

Imagine when final fantasy and mgs4 drop in japan..you goin to see even bigger sales..like 300k or more..lol..

[Lord Anubis]

http://www.google.com/trans...
180k first week?

I thought it was 150k.

40k PS3's solid is a good number.

[junk56]

remember pre-orders plus pack-ins with the ps3 bundle

[Ju]

Currently it seems the PS3 outsells the 360 everywhere - except in Australia. It hit the >100K weekly mark globally. Seems that price - and maybe the issues the 360 faces ATM play into Sony's favor. Might change again with a cheaper 360, later this year. At least, this will be a very interesting holiday season (cheaper 360, more PS3 games).

[sonarus]

Games sell consoles. Thats jst the plain truth. Same can't be said for 360. Don't mean to be a hater but don't think it has hit 5000 in a long time.

[akaFullMetal]

crazy 40k, while its been at best 12k usually, wow just wow, cant wait to see things when more games are released this holiday season

[xfrgtr]

PS3 about 40k
360 : 3800
HAHAHAHA!!!
WHERE ARE ALL THE XBOTS?

[ElementX]

the hahaha thing is pretty popular among adolescents.

[toughNAME]

.....17%

back to article

im surprised oblivion is selling that well
surprised a 360 game is in the top 10 period.

[frostbite06]

....in America you idiot

[hotshot1237]

ESPICIALLY 13 AND VERSUS. final fantasy games r bigger in japan then halo is for xbox fans. bcuz they have conventions over there with people dressing up as final fantasy characters. its like comic con for final fantasy fans.
people dont realise devs look at other countrys too not just U.S. and japan is big on mgs4 and ff games so they have 2 look at that too.

[supnub5]

oblivion doing good, because it's one of few west rpg's and i think japanese want to play a diferent experience,or maybe they just got tired of Choose the way to attack it will be minus 7 HP off your opponent, opponents turn.

[Premonition]

1up says games like FFXIII and probably MGS4 can easly sell over 2 mill and thats at its low points, so who knows, and probably by that time a price drop would have happend in Japan, which makes the situation look really good.

[Shaka2K6]

' ' PS3 about 40k
360 : 3800
HAHAHAHA!!!
WHERE ARE ALL THE XBOTS? ' '

Where?where?WHERE???? LMAO
PS3 is now outselling x360 world wide and its $200 more in the States even more expensive in Europe.

and so it begins...
BTW true fact the ''PS3 sells x10 times more then x360 in Japan.''
hows that for a magnificent headline eh.i click on it.

[Capt CHAOS]

A 360 game in the top 10? That's a real surprise..

[s8anicslayer]

see what happens when games trickle out, the ps3 more then triples its sales when one jpaneese killer app comes out. imagine what will happen when the major releases come out. damn that hurts just 3800 360's sold, thats pathetic.

[Bathyj]

Everyone wants a PS3. Most are either waiting for a pricedrop or waiting for ceratain/more games.

[s8anicslayer]

i agree and most people just won't admit! heres a bubble.

[supnub5]

why Minna No Golf 5 only sold 184k didn't it have 300k, preorders, oh i guess not all people who preordered it picked it up yet.

[crck]

Not customers.

[Lord Anubis]

its says 180k+ in a week. Which I'm confused about it. I think it sold 150k on launch.

[supnub5]

40k when i saw it i thought it was for a month, but i when i saw it was for a week, i almost went in shock.

[NextGen24Gamer]

VG Charts...interesting indeed. People actually take this site seriously. WOW.

I'm sure the Ps3 sales have picked up with the clearance sale of the 60 gig Ps3's. I'm curious to see what the NPD official numbers will be.

Maybe now the Ps3 sales will come close or equal the 360's worldwide sales per month. Because since the ps3 launch the 360 has been outselling the Ps3 worldwide 2 to 1. Even with all the lowered shipments from MS. 250 to 300k a month in the US...but yet the Ps3 before the clearance only 80k to 100k a month.

It makes the console war more interesting indeed. Me personally, I'm just happy I have all 3 next gen consoles with every game for each system. I love video games man. And the next 4 months will be fantastic for Gamers everywhere. Thanks MS, Sony, and Nintendo.

[xaphanze]

There's a japanese link there.I know you dont read japanese,but I bet you can see that 40 next to the ps3.

[mikeslemonade]

VG Charts is the most accurate source we have next to the offical #s. And 360 has not been outselling PS3 by the 2 to 1 it's just been the past two months and you claim 360 is dominating PS3. Don't kid yourself that PS3 "might" come close. PS3 is going to outsell 360 for the month of July and also the month of August. Right now it's the #1 seller under video games on Amazon ahead of the Wii. Now if Wii is outselling 360 4 to 1 and PS3 is ahead of Wii right now on Amazon, I wouldn't be suprised to see PS3 selling 1.5x than the 360 for July and August.

[Bathyj]

How can XB be outselling PS3 2:1 since launch when they allegedly had sold 10M (obviously lies) when PS3 came out but sales stand at about 12M(XB):5M(PS3) now? Now I know PS3 hasnt sold 5M to XB's 2M, that why I say they hadnt sold 10M at PS3's launch. The truth is world wide sales are fairly neck and neck and that counting that it took another 5 months to launch in Europe.

The XB is winning in the US. PS3 is beating it in that little spec of dirt known as The Rest of the World.

PS
The last VG-NPD comparison showed VG was way under their guess for PS3 sales while they were way over their guess for XB.

[supnub5]

but sometime they say truth, and it's not the only source i've been hearing this news from.

[supnub5]

crck, thanks for help.

[mikeslemonade]

Hot Shots Golf is one of the most anticipated games in Japan, so it sold a lot of PS3s. Remember, the PS3 did not have a recent price drop in Japan. The sales were indicative of Hot Shots Golf being a system seller.

[Maddens Raiders]

at Elite, ahem *cough* *cough* , the top lamer gamer.

You're not supposed to say thanks MS, Sony, Nintendo. You're supposed to say stupid shyt like:

WOW. Thanks MICROSOFT. Remember? That's you're dumbass signature that we're all used to. Stick to the script please, liar? So get the hell outta here and stop trolling NINTENDO employee [total sarcasm]. =]

btw - PLAY B3YOND

[ApocalypseShadow]

at first it was the chu-chu train.now it's the mag-lev super train starting to move across the land.whoooosh!!!!i'd get out of the way.

elite gamer doubts all the hot shot golf bundles that were preordered were selling this week."it's all about thew games!" as you would say baby boy.

the train was almost derailed by a high price and one AAA game that sold over 2 million(resistance-ha ha!!),and a bunch of idiots trying to make a buck off of others.but as luck would have it,the train stayed on track.chu-chu!!

next the train moved out chugging along spewing out awsome smoke with GT-HD,the firmwares,GDC and home,gamers day and the ps1/ps2/dvd upscaling.the fire in the furnace slowly growing.

then something happened:marty went back into the past and changed history.the train changed in the present and turned into THE MAG-LEV SUPER TRAIN.whooosh!!there were fanboy bumps along the way,but they were run over .thump.....thump....thump!haha haah!!

then all went quiet.the train was suspended in time.and enormous event was about to happen:E3.the invitations were sent.the screenhot was posted.there was doubt.there was worry...from the haters.....would sony and guerilla pull it off?then.....BAAAAANGGGGG!!!th e train went into over drive.thump...thump....thump.. confusion in 60gig....more fanboys in the way.and that's how it's going.the train is on the move.

sony is doing what they do best.an that is adapt.they adapted to the launch,the viral marketing,the popshots on what the system is capable of and if features were needed,the multiplatform games,the lazy devs.

they adapted.by making their own games,coming up with their own vision of what next gen is.and that's next gen games,next gen movies,connectivity to the psp from anywhere and other devices,next gen storage,next gen cpus.and right now one of their games is helping them just like motorstorm and resistance.and that's the marathon to 100.

100 million ps1s
118 million ps2s
and with HOT SHOTS GOLF in japan,rachet and uncharted in america,heavenly sword and lair worldwide,ps3 is on the road to 100 million...AGAIN.the tracks are laid.sony is in this to win.not drop out in 4-5 years like their opponents.we see the way,GT5,killzone,mgs4,ffxiii/v s xiii,etc.

the TGS and LIEPZIG shows will prove without a doubt that ps3 is a contender and microsoft had better recognize that because sony is making very few mistakes now.the train is on the move.and it's getting faster.......whoooosh!!!

GO HOT SHOTS!GO! GO PS3!GO!.....i'd get out of the way.........

[Figboy]

and yet oddly entertaining...

[ALIEN]

Dude! you made me laugh. That s@#$# was funny. bubbles for u my friend.

[killer_trap]

it's good to see the ps3 picking up steam in japan, but the problem is hot shots golf is the only big Japanese release sony has until the rest of the year, so things will slow after the hype for game is lost(give it a month at most).there will be no other system sellers until the end of the year.

where are all the good Japanese games????

[mikeslemonade]

It doesn't really matter if they have games or not. It's not like they are going to sell 40,000 in one week and then instantly drop back to 13,000 like they usually do. Hot Shots golf is a system seller and it's going to hold up sales pretty well through the year. Gears of War for 360 held up 360 sales for about 5 months.

[ApocalypseShadow]

bubble for you for reading it all.lol.

don't worry killer trap,sony will have a couple of SURPRISES at TGS and LIEPZIG.sony knows they were arrogant.they knew the system was expensive.and the consumers kicked back with a "enter the dragon-bruce lee kicking ohara kick!"OHARA........wooooo ooooaaaaaaaaahhhhh.POW!...oohhh hhhhhhhhh(crowd).waaaaaaaaaaaaa POWWWWWW!!!!!crack!!!.......... ohara has disgraced us...........

okay,back to what i was saying.sony knows killzone,ratchet,heavenly sword,lair,uncharted has fired up the west.and the price drop helped to propel ps3 forward.marathon,not a sprint.america is ready.

watch what happens next.sony will most likely show 8 days,getaway,heavenly sword,lair,uncharted,ratchet,k illzone at LEIPZIG.and things that will fire up the european gamers.just watch.but it doesn't end there.

then at TGS,sony is going for the all out-it's time to get it on-jet li kicking a pool ball to the face-bomb.white knight story,mgs4,ffxiii,rumble controller,probablly afrika,eye of judgement,and super secret things that will move that train even faster.hot shots will move systems.and hot shots will sell in every other region.i loved every hot shots.and i really don't like golf.

at first,the train had wheels of bluray discs.just chugging along,running over hd-dvd fanboys.....thump....thump...t hump and crushing hd-dvd discs....crunch....crunch....c runch.

but sony knows bluray's tracks are laid out.that train no longer needs pushing.it will have pirates3(and box sets),spiderman 3(and box sets) and every top sony made movie added with bluray support from other movie houses coming just before christmas.the hd-dvd supporters just don't see what is going to happen.

but just wait for TGS and LIEPZIG.the surprises are coming....i'd get out of the way fanboys.(not you killer trap)

[The Wood]

that games that they like in japan wouldn't increase the sales of the ps3 by a large amount are delusional. ps3 defenders have said this from the start. ps3 attackers keep using the term 'wait or waiting' See the thing about these words are by definition they all end or come to an end. So yes ps3 owners had to wait for the titles they liked. They just have more patience.

Well done but who honestly wasn't expecting this anyway huh??

[The Wood]

the ps3 is down to £329 in the uk

http://www.shopto.net/page....

stay off the level crossing people, somethings coming real fast

[cloud360]

why is it doing so bad

[SofaKingReetodded]

would put effort into releasing Oblivion for the 3FIXME first and not the PS3. The first is selling like dog poo and the other broke a million consoles sold last month. kinda of a no brainer don't ya think.

3FIXME's Oblivion has indeed created alot of hype in Japan, FOR THE PS3 VERSION...lol

[tyrile]

40k ps3's sold this week? how is that possible oO thats amazing compared to last week
i mean, they sold 13k last week, thats an increas of ~300%?
there wasnt any pricedrop in japan. or was there something like christmas in japan this week? ^^

[shysun]

Hot shots golf bro, That game is like a new Football game in the states. It moved those PS3 consoles all on it's own. I Think we can call it a system seller but for how long will it last? I can't wait to play the game, the demo was hot!:)

[SorenK]

wtf is with mario party 8!? do they get some special edition that is better than the pile of mediocrity that was released on this side of the pacific?

in fact, they couldn't pay me to play games 1-4 on that list

[killercam19]

surprise surprise the ps3 is still outselling the 360 in japan lets pretend we haven't known this and make a big deal out of it.

[shysun]

That's not what its about, The PS3 sold 40k in Japan, I think it's been MONTHS since it sold 40k in one week..... that's the Surprise surprise!;)

[Kratos12]

Where is the stupid Mart :)

[Imalwaysright]

Does anyone know if Metal Gear 20th Aniversary is coming to Europe???

[XxZxX]

DEJA VU,
Dreamcast tremendous success in US but poor reception in the rest of the world, sound familiar?? those who claimed PS3 is the next dreamcast think again.

[Ju]

I thought it was Dreamcast 360...

http://www.1up.com/do/featu...

[nasim]

ps3 is beating x360 all around the world and NOW also in NA

www.vgcharts.org

BY ALL MEANS ...x360 is a dreamcast.

It is a dead console in Japan and Eu and will be dead in NA soon

[THE TERMINATOR]

Earth to Mart
Earth to Mart
Where are you Mart the Xbots need you.
He's probably gone to Uranus since he talks out of his Ass all the time.

[s8anicslayer]

i love those japaneese consumers, when they smell garbage they stay away!

[Anything but Cute]

!!!

[TriggerHippie]

Wow, PS3 sales and Oblivion are pretty impressive.

[killer_trap]

i hope there's a game from ICO team
i hope there's a game from ICO team
i hope there's a game from ICO team
i hope there's a game from ICO team
i hope there's a game from ICO team

that would make the show for me

[Shaka2K6]

I agree Team ICO are some of the best gaming devs in the history of gaming,always expect nothing but complete Epic master pieces from them cant wait to see what they got for PS3.

[ngg12345]

This guy is a god
Fumito Ueda

[Raptors]

Wow, kinda funny how different are markets are. Hot Shots Golf is a system seller in Japan. Wow.

[The Dude]

@Ju

Currently the ps3 is being out sold in every country either by the wii or 360. Sony had one good month in the us...

[Genki]

Were the Japanese impressed with E3, or is Hot Shots a system seller? Either way, good news.

[greed]

Yo the dude you are a f#*#*%*g idiot are you serious well i don't have to say anything because the ps3 is doing all the sh!t talking for me but you really need to stop denying your self and face facts regardless of what xbox does anywhere else the two major markets are US and JAPAN and unless xbox comes out with a game that brainwashes people into buying there system then the only future your system will be looking to is the everlasting underdog because what you xbots aren't comprehinsing is that you are going up against sony; the company that gaming in general revolves around