The Japan Preview: 8/10 Edition (360 tops PS3, DS~PSP, ToV ~113k, FE 152k)
VGChartz writes: Four games topped 100,000 units this week. One of those titles, Fire Emblem pushed DS hw & PSP hw to near identical numbers, while Tales of Vesperia pushed Xbox 360 hw above PS3 hw this week.
Four games sold over 100,000 units. Two of them were on DS while PSP and Xbox 360 had the others. The relative resurgence of console software last week, which saw PS2, PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii games take nine of the top 20 in the preliminary data, has receded in the wake of a big week for the portables.
Key Points:
-Tales of Vesperia pushed Xbox 360 sales past PS3 sales in Japan this week. The game itself sold over 110,000 units.
- Wii, PS3, and PS2 had very quiet weeks, with no software topping 30,000 units.
-Fire Emblem DS continued the drive in Japan to push DS back to parity with PSP.
Hardware Predicted Totals:
DSL: 60,000 to 70,000 unit range
PSP: 58,000 to 68,000 unit range
Wii: 35,000 to 45,000 unit range
360: 12,000 to 20,000 unit range
PS3: 8,000 to 12,000 unit range
PS2: 6,000 to 10,000 unit range
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