Japanese console sales fell from 203,484 to 133,798 units during the week ended August 23.
Sales of all consoles were down week-on-week, with Sony’s PS3 notably suffering ahead of the PS3 Slim’s September 3 launch. The existing model sold just over 2,000 units, down from 5,944, placing it firmly at the bottom of the hardware rankings.
DSi - 59,578
PSP - 27,187
Nintendo Wii - 26,972
Xbox 360 – 8,979
DS Lite - 5,735
PS2 – 3,295
PS3 – 2,052
On the software front, Nintendo’s Tomodachi Collection moved up one place to top the chart, narrowly outselling the previous week’s number one, Square Enix’s Dragon Quest IX.
Monster Hunter 3 was the only other title to achieve sales in excess of 50,000 copies, moving up one spot to third in the process.
Ecole Software’s PS2 title Melty Blood: Actress Again debuted in fourth place, while Wii Sports Resort fell two positions to fifth.
Konami’s Okami Kakushi (Sly Wolf) for PSP was new at number seven, while Koei’s Kin-iro No Corda 2f Encore, also for Sony’s handheld, entered the chart in tenth place.
Tomodachi Collection (Friend Collection) (DS, Nintendo) - 82,000
Dragon Quest IX: Defenders Of The Starry Sky (DS, Square Enix) - 79,000
Monster Hunter 3 (Wii, Capcom) - 51,000
Melty Blood: Actress Again (PS2, Ecole Software) - 44,000 (New)
Wii Sports Resort (Wii, Nintendo) - 32,000
SD Gundam G Generation Wars (PS2, Namco Bandai) - 26,000
Okami Kakushi (Sly Wolf) (PSP, Konami) - 23,000 (New)
Monster Hunter Portable 2 G (PSP, Capcom) - 18,000
Puyo Puyo 7 (DS, Sega) - 18,000
Kin-iro No Corda 2 f Encore (PSP, Koei) - 14,000 (New)
Sources: Media Create / El33tonline
2009 Japanese sales history