The Nintendo DS gained even more ground this week than it did last week, selling 106,081 to the PlayStation Portable’s 30,657. The software charts, however, were dominated by two systems: the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo DS. Once again, as has become tradition, no Xbox 360 game appears in the Top 50 software releases. Sales of the Top 100 titles totaled 1,777,440 units, 213.65% of last week’s total and 125.11% of the weekly average.
There were lots of new releases and twenty took spots in the Top 100, accounting for 62.82% of sales. So since there are many new releases this week, that should mean fewer returning titles from last week. That’s the case as only Brain Training 2, Brain Training, Animal Crossing: Wild World and Mario Kart DS return from last week, all of them being Nintendo DS games, meaning that the Nintendo DS software market has more mass market appeal than the competition.
1. PS2 Dirge of Cerberus – 392,169
2. DS English Training DS – 242,443
3. PS2 Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams – 226,334
4. DS Brain Training 2 – 110,539
5. DS Animal Crossing: Wild World – 79,515
6. DS Brain Training – 70,724
7. PS2 Ar tonelico – 54,289
8. DS Bleach DS – 35,977
9. DS Mario Kart DS – 29,366
10. PS2 World Soccer Winning Eleven 9 – 27,943
As we reported above, the Nintendo DS made considerable gains in a period that is traditionally more quiet than it currently is. The Nintendo DS is doing so strong in fact that its sales are more than 60% higher than all other hardware, both console and handheld, combined. The PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 2 both lost hardware sales week-over-week, but remain unchanged as rank is concerned. Going down the list, there were no changes in rank, but the GameCube and Xbox 360 both experienced declines in unit sales.
1. DS – 106,081
2. PSP – 30,657
3. PS2 – 24,580
4. GBA SP – 5,946
5. GBM – 3,042
6. GCN – 3,036
7. Xbox 360 – 1,976
8. GBA – 179
9. Xbox – 128
Rank Change: + up, – down
