<![CDATA[Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart - Kotaku Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png <![CDATA[Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart - Kotaku Comments]]> http://kotaku.com Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:00:09 MDT Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:00:09 MDT http://kotaku.com/373215/simple-2000-the-japanese-hardware-chart <![CDATA[Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart]]> http://kotaku.com/373215/simple-2000-the-japanese-hardware-chart#c4914255 @Katorok: I would have agreed with you last year but with GOW:COO, Patapon & FFVII:CC, it finally compelled me to buy a PSP. My DS still gets a lot of play, especially with multiplayer games but those three titles are badazz.

Starcraft2008

]]> 9:373215:c4914255 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:00:09 MDT <![CDATA[Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart]]> http://kotaku.com/373215/simple-2000-the-japanese-hardware-chart#c4914054 That pie chart is totally misleading. I could have SWORN PSP had the biggest share by visual inspection!

kwan

]]> 9:373215:c4914054 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:51:26 MDT <![CDATA[Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart]]> http://kotaku.com/373215/simple-2000-the-japanese-hardware-chart#c4912545 Microsoft should sign a deal with Sega to bring Dreamcast originals to XBLM. Please do it! It would raise their popularity in Japan, and allow me to buy all the wicked games that I missed! Come on M$ you can do it! If not Sony should lol.

Superstar90

]]> 9:373215:c4912545 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 06:07:40 MDT <![CDATA[Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart]]> http://kotaku.com/373215/simple-2000-the-japanese-hardware-chart#c4912432 @Charlie303:

Smart ass answer would be: The Internet

The answer I think your looking for: [vgchartz.com]

@Witzbold:

No, I'll do it.

@KingBroly:

Population of Japan = 127.7 million.
DS systems sold in Japan = 22 million

22 / 127.7=.1722

Conclusion = 17% of the population of Japan own a Nintendo DS*
* Figures do not account for instances of multiple sales to the same individual.

(insert slapping sound effect here)

VishusBurn

]]> 9:373215:c4912432 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:22:27 MDT <![CDATA[Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart]]> http://kotaku.com/373215/simple-2000-the-japanese-hardware-chart#c4912305 Remember folks, Japan has a LOT of people.

Some of them even buy Xboxes.

Go the Xbox Underground of Japan!

Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name.

]]> 9:373215:c4912305 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:27:50 MDT <![CDATA[Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart]]> http://kotaku.com/373215/simple-2000-the-japanese-hardware-chart#c4912277 @Witzbold: Where can i find the total sales of every system?,i mean,since they got released.

Charlie303

]]> 9:373215:c4912277 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:15:36 MDT <![CDATA[Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart]]> http://kotaku.com/373215/simple-2000-the-japanese-hardware-chart#c4912029 @KingBroly: Am I going to have to cock slap you with the population of Japan numbers?

Witzbold

]]> 9:373215:c4912029 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:44:08 MDT <![CDATA[Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart]]> http://kotaku.com/373215/simple-2000-the-japanese-hardware-chart#c4911733 @EvanS: At least when the sales are that low, you can feel like you made a difference.

male roof blower (CFB)

]]> 9:373215:c4911733 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:38:16 MDT <![CDATA[Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart]]> http://kotaku.com/373215/simple-2000-the-japanese-hardware-chart#c4911700 One of those 1,407 Xbox 360 sales is me. Woo!

EvanS

]]> 9:373215:c4911700 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:31:37 MDT <![CDATA[Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart]]> http://kotaku.com/373215/simple-2000-the-japanese-hardware-chart#c4911692 @ceilingfanboy: Ok, I didn't mean for my comment to have a bunch of line breaks after the comment. Sorry about that. :(

male roof blower (CFB)

]]> 9:373215:c4911692 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:30:39 MDT <![CDATA[Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart]]> http://kotaku.com/373215/simple-2000-the-japanese-hardware-chart#c4911681 I'm beginning to think everyone in Japan already has a DS lite. If a Pokemon game can't Japanese sales up high (75k+) I don't know what will.

KingBroly

]]> 9:373215:c4911681 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:28:31 MDT <![CDATA[Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart]]> http://kotaku.com/373215/simple-2000-the-japanese-hardware-chart#c4911680 @Yeux de nouilles: Yeah, February 22nd, it was in third.

Polywhirl

]]> 9:373215:c4911680 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:28:30 MDT <![CDATA[Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart]]> http://kotaku.com/373215/simple-2000-the-japanese-hardware-chart#c4911650 @Marcus: Japan shows weekly sales. US shows monthly. That's why it seems like you see the Japanese charts all the time.

mind in rewind

]]> 9:373215:c4911650 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:23:28 MDT <![CDATA[Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart]]> http://kotaku.com/373215/simple-2000-the-japanese-hardware-chart#c4911649 And here's the low fi bar graph representation in honor of Kirby
211563
DS.. - :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Wii. - :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
PSP. - ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
PS3. - ::::::
PS2. - :::::
360. - :








male roof blower (CFB)

]]> 9:373215:c4911649 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:23:02 MDT <![CDATA[Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart]]> http://kotaku.com/373215/simple-2000-the-japanese-hardware-chart#c4911641 @Marcus: Because the data is published weekly. We publish NPD data for US and Canada once a month.

[kotaku.com]

Michael McWhertor

]]> 9:373215:c4911641 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:20:50 MDT <![CDATA[Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart]]> http://kotaku.com/373215/simple-2000-the-japanese-hardware-chart#c4911636 @Marcus: Because numbers are harder to get for the other regions.

Witzbold

]]> 9:373215:c4911636 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:20:16 MDT <![CDATA[Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart]]> http://kotaku.com/373215/simple-2000-the-japanese-hardware-chart#c4911630 Why do I only ever see Japanese software/hardware sales?

Augustus

]]> 9:373215:c4911630 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:17:01 MDT <![CDATA[Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart]]> http://kotaku.com/373215/simple-2000-the-japanese-hardware-chart#c4911564 @dadeisvenm: well, at Konami. And that's my point. Everyone wants the MGS bundle, so they're going to wait for that instead of buying new PS3s now.

bangbangblah

]]> 9:373215:c4911564 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:04:34 MDT <![CDATA[Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart]]> http://kotaku.com/373215/simple-2000-the-japanese-hardware-chart#c4911470 @VishusBurn: I agree. its an amazing little console. whats not to like about it? its ps2 level gaming and portable and in a country like Japan that has a lot of value.

TT

]]> 9:373215:c4911470 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:46:00 MDT <![CDATA[Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart]]> http://kotaku.com/373215/simple-2000-the-japanese-hardware-chart#c4911466 Figured it'd only be a one-or-two-week thing...

Frank

]]> 9:373215:c4911466 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:45:05 MDT <![CDATA[Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart]]> http://kotaku.com/373215/simple-2000-the-japanese-hardware-chart#c4911432 @Katorok:
I've enjoyed mine pretty thoroughly.
Granted that a great many games that have been released for the system never should have been, but there is some good fun to be had none the less, especially if you like RPGs. It's A/V capabilities are quite useful to me also.

To each his own thou.

VishusBurn

]]> 9:373215:c4911432 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:37:57 MDT <![CDATA[Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart]]> http://kotaku.com/373215/simple-2000-the-japanese-hardware-chart#c4911420 @Polywhirl: I thought the PSP was up on top for about 2 months or so? Maybe it was dethroned by the Wii at some point or something.

It's good to see the DS back on top again, but there haven't been many games as of late that are really appealing to me. :(

Yeux de nouilles

]]> 9:373215:c4911420 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:33:40 MDT <![CDATA[Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart]]> http://kotaku.com/373215/simple-2000-the-japanese-hardware-chart#c4911323 Next month that valkyrie of the battlefield comes out also for the PS3 so perhaps that will be able to move a few more systems.

Witzbold

]]> 9:373215:c4911323 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:15:21 MDT <![CDATA[Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart]]> http://kotaku.com/373215/simple-2000-the-japanese-hardware-chart#c4911317 @bangbangblah: actually... the msg bundle is sold out.

dig a few article back and you'll find the news.

dadeisvenm

]]> 9:373215:c4911317 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:14:45 MDT <![CDATA[Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart]]> http://kotaku.com/373215/simple-2000-the-japanese-hardware-chart#c4911281 PS3 fans are probably all waiting for the MGS bundle. Especially now that it's so public.

bangbangblah

]]> 9:373215:c4911281 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:07:12 MDT <![CDATA[Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart]]> http://kotaku.com/373215/simple-2000-the-japanese-hardware-chart#c4911262 @Kyle81: good point, I was really just testing if I can comment since it wasn't working.

then again, I think the figure on top somewhat accurately represents ninty's market share, while the PSP is just a temporary spike.

mescalineeyes

]]> 9:373215:c4911262 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:02:15 MDT <![CDATA[Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart]]> http://kotaku.com/373215/simple-2000-the-japanese-hardware-chart#c4911235 @VishusBurn: Well, technically it's a sequel to Armored Core 4, not sure how much different it is than that original, i don't know much about it really
[en.wikipedia.org]
Thats the Wiki for it, "Armored Core for Answer"

hyperk2

]]> 9:373215:c4911235 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:58:16 MDT <![CDATA[Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart]]> http://kotaku.com/373215/simple-2000-the-japanese-hardware-chart#c4911229 DS-Wii Domination. Again.

KM91

]]> 9:373215:c4911229 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:57:08 MDT <![CDATA[Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart]]> http://kotaku.com/373215/simple-2000-the-japanese-hardware-chart#c4911217 @slikz21: now THAT is the comment of the day! :)

SAKY

]]> 9:373215:c4911217 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:55:29 MDT <![CDATA[Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart]]> http://kotaku.com/373215/simple-2000-the-japanese-hardware-chart#c4911208 @VishusBurn: I heard it was a pretty decent game, so it's not completely strange, maybe?

Anyways.. why are people still buying the PSP, such a horrible console imo..

Katorok

]]> 9:373215:c4911208 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:54:18 MDT <![CDATA[Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart]]> http://kotaku.com/373215/simple-2000-the-japanese-hardware-chart#c4911207 @hyperk2: point?

SAKY

]]> 9:373215:c4911207 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:54:15 MDT <![CDATA[Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart]]> http://kotaku.com/373215/simple-2000-the-japanese-hardware-chart#c4911200 Doesn't everyone in Japan own a DS yet?

Fitz Rhapsody

]]> 9:373215:c4911200 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:53:59 MDT <![CDATA[Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart]]> http://kotaku.com/373215/simple-2000-the-japanese-hardware-chart#c4911198 @Kyle81: you're right, N's market share is probably MUCH bigger than that.

SAKY

]]> 9:373215:c4911198 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:53:44 MDT <![CDATA[Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart]]> http://kotaku.com/373215/simple-2000-the-japanese-hardware-chart#c4911190 @hyperk2:
AC4 @ #13? Ewww.. Why? What strange tastes they have over there.

VishusBurn

]]> 9:373215:c4911190 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:52:07 MDT <![CDATA[Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart]]> http://kotaku.com/373215/simple-2000-the-japanese-hardware-chart#c4911188 @mescalineeyes: 1 week data does not dictate market share.

Kyle81

]]> 9:373215:c4911188 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:51:40 MDT <![CDATA[Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart]]> http://kotaku.com/373215/simple-2000-the-japanese-hardware-chart#c4911187 @BlackIceJoe: agreed PSP back on top next week.

SAKY

]]> 9:373215:c4911187 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:51:35 MDT <![CDATA[Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart]]> http://kotaku.com/373215/simple-2000-the-japanese-hardware-chart#c4911181 Nintendo back on top again. "Just killing it!", I say.

SAKY

]]> 9:373215:c4911181 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:50:29 MDT <![CDATA[Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart]]> http://kotaku.com/373215/simple-2000-the-japanese-hardware-chart#c4911165 I got to say I would not be shocked to see next week the PSP in first place. Seeing as Monster Hunter G just came out and a lot of people over in Japan really dig that game. Plus both MH games have sold over a million so it would not be much of a shock to see this one do the same thing.

As for DS doing good this week I got to say this number will look really small when Dragon Quest IX comes out.
My guess when that game comes out the DS systems are going to fly off the shelfs really fast. So I hope any one that wants to play DQ had better hope they already own a DS or they won't be able to DQ.

Even if they own a DS already it is going to be hard to play DQ. So I hope they have one already.

Also nice job on the Wii too.


BlackIceJoe

]]> 9:373215:c4911165 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:47:25 MDT <![CDATA[Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart]]> http://kotaku.com/373215/simple-2000-the-japanese-hardware-chart#c4911157 60% of the market.
nintendo has it.

mescalineeyes

]]> 9:373215:c4911157 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:46:37 MDT <![CDATA[Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart]]> http://kotaku.com/373215/simple-2000-the-japanese-hardware-chart#c4911138 And just so you guys know, the two xbox 360 games that were in the top 50 were Army of Two at #20 and Armored Core 4 at #13.

hyperk2

]]> 9:373215:c4911138 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:43:52 MDT <![CDATA[Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart]]> http://kotaku.com/373215/simple-2000-the-japanese-hardware-chart#c4911137 @Seven Is Darker: Ninentendo is now manufacturing people to buy all these consoles.

slikz21

]]> 9:373215:c4911137 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:43:43 MDT <![CDATA[Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart]]> http://kotaku.com/373215/simple-2000-the-japanese-hardware-chart#c4911131 @Seven Is Darker: Nintendo is now manufacturing people to buy the consoles.

slikz21

]]> 9:373215:c4911131 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:42:20 MDT <![CDATA[Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart]]> http://kotaku.com/373215/simple-2000-the-japanese-hardware-chart#c4911104 I can never understand how they can sell so many consoles(Wii), is there no cap on how large the market is?

Seven Is Darker

]]> 9:373215:c4911104 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:40:06 MDT <![CDATA[Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart]]> http://kotaku.com/373215/simple-2000-the-japanese-hardware-chart#c4911100 Next weeks sales of the PSP should be back on top.

MS seriously needs to release more games from homegrown devs if they want their system to sell more here.

Witzbold

]]> 9:373215:c4911100 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:39:32 MDT <![CDATA[Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart]]> http://kotaku.com/373215/simple-2000-the-japanese-hardware-chart#c4911087 Aww...poor little PsP, you had a good 3-week run. But now, because you're 5k fewer sales than the DS, you're obviously a failure. Let's write you off right now.
Okay, I'm lying. Excellent showing from each company, save one.

Pokemon Ranger boosting sales is kind of saddening, though. The original wasn't exactly an epic game. It was Nethack-with Pokemon. Which actually sounds a lot cooler when you put it that way.

Polywhirl

]]> 9:373215:c4911087 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:38:08 MDT <![CDATA[Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart]]> http://kotaku.com/373215/simple-2000-the-japanese-hardware-chart#c4911081 Sony's finally catching speed with the PS3... Pretty sweet!

blacksamurai87

]]> 9:373215:c4911081 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:37:13 MDT <![CDATA[Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart]]> http://kotaku.com/373215/simple-2000-the-japanese-hardware-chart#c4911077 DS is doing it this week.Well,I see the PSP is still holding in third place for now.I was thinking it would make it another week though.

enewtabie

]]> 9:373215:c4911077 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:36:58 MDT