According to Famitsu, the DS was the top-selling hardware again with 240,000 units. In second came Game Boy Micro with 200,000 units and then the PSP with 140,000 units. The PS2 managed to sell 100,000 units.
It's the first time stats have been released following the launch of the pocket-sized Game Boy Micro
The best selling game was Koei’s Shin Sangokumuso 4 Moshoden on the PS2 with 260,000 copies, in front of Super Mario Brothers (Nintendo) for the Game Boy Micro with 220,000 copies and Tamagochi (Bandai) for the DS with 150,000 copies.
Total sales for games reached 14.5 billions yen, 23.6% less than the same period last year. But in 2004, Nintendo released Pokemon Emerald on the GBA counting for a significant proportion of software sales. In comparison, there were no big titles released in September 2005. Hardware sales reached 11.3 billions yen, an increase of 167% thanks to the launch of Game Boy Micro.