DS hardware continues to dominate the weekly charts in Japan, as PlayStation platform titles make up the majority of the top ten software sellers in the region.
Two new Namco-Bandai games topped Japanese sales charts for the week ended April 8, according to Japanese console game tracker Media Create.
PlayStation platform titles made up six of the top 10-selling games this week.
This week (last week)
- Naruto: Shippuuden N-Ultimate Accelerator (Bandai-Namco, PS2)—75,453 (New)
- Gundam SEED Alliance vs. ZAFT Portable (Bandai-Namco, PSP)—58,751 (New)
- Yoshi's Island DS (Nintendo, DS)—47,566 (629,459)
- Pro Baseball Spirits 4 (Konami, PS2)—40,891 (82,052)
- Musou Orochi (Koei, PS2)—36,168 (515,803)
- More English Training (Nintendo, DS)—34,933 (84,645)
- Wii Sports (Nintendo, Wii)—30,807 (1,315,931)
- Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball Portable 2 (Konami, PSP)—29,944 (New)
- Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix + (Square-Enix, PS2)—29,638 (202,850)
- Prof. Layton and the Mysterious Village (Level 5, DS)—27,833 (392,135)
On the hardware front, the Nintendo DS increased its sales 39 percent week-over-week landing the top spot once again. Wii follows behind with a modest increase in sales as the PlayStation 3 drops week-over-week. Xbox 360 sales continue to flag.
- DS—110,935 (80,012)
- Wii—52,583 (51,365)
- PSP—31,503 (39,077)
- PS3—14,520 (16,889)
- PS2—14,234 (17,787)
- Xbox 360—2,963 (3,889)
- Game Boy Advance—1,357 (1,206)
- GameCube—255 (205)