The last two issues of Weekly Famitsu have plenty of analysis on Japanese game industry in the year 2008, some of which already available elsewhere, but here some of the PS3 related data if you’re interested.

As reported before, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is PS3’s best selling game of the year. After selling 476,334 in its first week in Japan, the game went on to sell 686,254 copies as at December 28. Besides MGS4, Famitsu says Devil May Cry 4 and Ryu ga Gotoku Kenzan! did well enough to convince their fan base to move to PS3. The PS3 version of Grand Theft Auto IV is the best selling game made by Western developers at 66th place with 195,779 copies sold. In direct contrast to Nintendo, Famitsu notes that most PS3 games in the Top 100 are made by third party developers. Full Top 100 table after the jump.

Top 100 Best Selling Software

Rank	Title	Platform	Publisher	Release Date	Sales	Life To Date
1	Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G	PSP	Capcom	27/03/08	2,452,111	2,452,111
2	Pokemon Platinum	DS	Nintendo	13/09/08	2,187,337	2,187,337
3	Wii Fit	Wii	Nintendo	01/12/07	2,149,131	2,967,297
4	Mario Kart Wii	Wii	Nintendo	10/04/08	2,003,315	2,003,315
5	Dairantou Smash Brothers X	Wii	Nintendo	31/01/08	1,747,113	1,747,113
6	Rhythm Tengoku Gold	DS	Nintendo	31/07/08	1,350,671	1,350,671
7	Dragon Quest V: Tenkuu No Hanayome	DS	Square Enix	17/07/08	1,176,082	1,176,082
8	Animal Crossing: City Folk	Wii	Nintendo	20/11/08	895,302	895,302
9	Hoshi no Kirby: Ultra Super Deluxe	DS	Nintendo	06/11/08	855,427	855,427
10	Wii Sports	Wii	Nintendo	02/12/06	841,736	3,306,470
11	Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots	PS3	Konami	12/06/08	686,254	686,254
12	Dissidia Final Fantasy	PSP	Square Enix	18/12/08	660,262	660,262
13	Pokemon Ranger: Batonnage	DS	Nintendo	20/03/08	636,777	636,777
14	Phantasy Star Portable	PSP	Sega	31/07/08	633,954	633,954
15	Layton Kyouju to Saigo no Jikan Ryokou	DS	Level-5	27/11/08	628,143	628,143
16	Mario Kart DS	DS	Nintendo	08/12/05	621,890	3,317,318
17	Hajimete no Wii: Your First Step To Wii	Wii	Nintendo	02/12/06	602,625	2,593,294
18	Mario Party DS	DS	Nintendo	08/11/07	599,621	1,832,265
19	Wagamama Fashion Girls Mode	DS	Nintendo	23/10/08	549,348	549,348
20	Super Robot Taisen Z	PS2	Banpresto	25/09/08	480,093	480,093
21	Meccha! Taiko no Tatsujin DS: 7-tsu no Shima no Daibouken	DS	Namco	24/04/08	444,133	444,133
22	Chrono Trigger	DS	Square Enix	20/11/08	433,988	433,988
23	DS Bimoji Training	DS	Nintendo	13/03/08	425,272	425,272
24	Daigasso! Band Brothers DX	DS	Nintendo	16/06/08	424,477	424,477
25	Musou Orochi: Maou Sairin	PS2	Koei	03/04/08	411,019	411,019
26	New Super Mario Bros.	DS	Nintendo	25/05/06	377,034	5,372,187
27	Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games	DS	Sega	17/01/08	376,632	376,632
28	Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Gundam	PSP	Bandai Namco	20/11/08	357,783	357,783
29	Animal Crossing: Wild World	DS	Nintendo	23/11/05	338,531	4,852,053
30	Wii Music	Wii	Nintendo	16/10/08	323,882	323,882
31	Devil May Cry 4	PS3	Capcom	31/01/08	310,102	310,102
32	World Soccer Winning Eleven 2009	PS3	Konami	27/11/08	297,896	297,896
33	Persona 4	PS2	Atlus	10/07/08	294,214	294,214
34	Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball Portable 3	PSP	Konami	29/05/08	286,901	286,901
35	Derby Stallion DS	DS	Enterbrain	26/06/08	286,682	286,682
36	Gundam Musou Special	PS2	Bandai Namco	28/02/08	277,182	277,182
37	Ryu ga Gotoku Kenzan!	PS3	Sega	06/03/08	270,438	270,438
38	Mario Party 8	Wii	Nintendo	26/07/07	256,832	1,310,766
39	Fire Emblem: Shin Ankoku Ryuu to Hikari no Ken	DS	Nintendo	07/08/08	252,309	252,309
40	Gundam Battle Universe	PSP	Bandai Namco	17/07/08	252,092	252,092
41	Taiko no Tatsujin Wii	Wii	Namco Bandai	11/12/08	251,183	251,183
42	Layton Kyouju to Akuma no Hako	DS	Level-5	29/11/07	250,616	865,954
43	Taiko no Tatsujin DS	DS	Bandai Namco	26/07/07	245,829	524,827
44	Deca Sporta	Wii	Hudson	19/03/08	241,701	241,701
45	Boura wa Kaseki Holder	DS	Nintendo	17/04/08	240,176	240,176
46	Tongari Boushi no Mahou no 365 Nichi	DS	Konami	13/11/08	233,449	233,449
47	Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games	Wii	Nintendo	22/11/07	231,056	594,157
48	Monster Hunter Portable 2nd	PSP	Capcom	22/02/07	230,499	1,720,397
49	Inazuma Eleven	DS	Level-5	22/08/08	229,011	229,011
50	Wii Zapper with Link’s Crossbow Training	Wii	Nintendo	01/05/08	227,621	227,621
51	Pocket Monsters Diamond / Pearl	DS	Pokemon	28/09/06	227,226	5,624,430
52	Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Spec III	PS3	SCEJ	30/10/08	223,837	223,837
53	Shin Sangoku Musou 5 Special	PS2	Koei	02/10/08	223,328	223,328
54	Pokemon Fushigi no Dungeon: Toki no Tankentai / Yami no Tankentai	DS	Pokemon	13/09/07	215,513	1,472,029
55	Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 15	PS2	Konami	24/07/08	213,551	213,551
56	Zaidan Houjin Nippon Kanji Nouryoku Kentei Kyoukai Koushiki Soft: 250-Mannin no KanKen	DS	IE Institute	01/11/07	213,088	324,351
57	Tales of Symphonia: Knight of Ratatosk	Wii	Bandai Namco	26/06/08	212,408	212,408
58	Miru Chikara wo Jissen de Kitearu: DS Ganriki Training	DS	Nintendo	31/05/07	209,812	939,125
59	Gundam Musou 2	PS3	Bandai Namco	18/12/08	206,438	206,438
60	Super Mario Stadium: Family Baseball	Wii	Nintendo	19/06/08	204,553	204,553
61	Shirokishi Monogatari: Inishie no Kodou	PS3	SCEJ	25/12/08	203,033	203,033
62	Pro Yakyuu Spirits 5	PS2	Konami	01/04/08	199,789	199,789
63	Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP The Best)	PSP	Capcom	30/10/08	199,117	199,117
64	Super Mario Galaxy	Wii	Nintendo	01/11/07	197,422	945,106
65	J. League Winning Eleven 2008 Club Championship	PS2	Konami	21/08/08	196,788	196,788
66	Grand Theft Auto IV	PS3	Capcom	30/10/08	195,779	195,779
67	World Soccer Winning Eleven Ubiquitous Evolution 2008	PSP	Konami	24/01/08	190,140	190,140
68	Dragon Ball DS	DS	Bandai Namco	18/09/08	185,229	185,229
69	Touhoku Daigaku Mirai Kagaku Gijutsu Kyoudou Kenkyuu Center Kawashima Ryuuta Kyouju Kanshuu: Motto Nou wo Kitaeru Otona no DS Training	DS	Nintendo	29/12/05	184,560	4,967,131
70	Ganbaru Watashi no Kakei Diary	DS	Nintendo	12/07/07	180,563	550,022
71	Tottado! Yowiko no Mujintou Seikatsu	DS	Bandai Namco	03/04/08	179,007	179,007
72	Tales of Hearts (Anime Movie Edition / CG Movie Edition)	DS	Bandai Namco	18/12/08	176,526	176,526
73	Quiz Magic Academy DS	DS	Konami	12/09/08	175,636	175,636
74	Final Fantasy IV	DS	Square Enix	20/12/07	175,388	622,475
75	Ryuusei no RockMan 3: Red Joker	DS	Capcom	13/11/08	174,426	174,426
76	Mobile Suit Gundam: Giren no Yabou – Axis no Kyoui	PSP	Bandai Namco	07/02/08	174,107	174,107
77	Super Robot Wars A Portable	PSP	Bandai Namco	19/06/08	171,475	171,475
78	Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit	PS3	Bandai Namco	05/06/08	163,010	163,010
79	Layton Kyouju to Fushigi na Machi	DS	Level-5	15/02/07	162,839	928,597
80	Musou Orochi	PSP	Koei	21/02/08	162,403	162,403
81	Dragon Quest IV: Michibikareshi Monotachi	DS	Square Enix	22/11/07	161,783	1,214,610
82	Tales of Vesperia	Xbox 360	Bandai Namco	07/08/08	161,070	161,070
83	SimCity DS 2: Kodaikara Mirai e Tsudzukumachi	DS	Electronic Arts	19/03/08	159,245	159,245
84	Penguin no Mondai	DS	Konami	11/12/08	154,987	154,987
85	Tamagotchi Kira Kira Omisecchi	DS	Bandai Namco	11/12/08	154,939	154,939
86	Bokujou Monogatari: Kira Kira Taiyou to Nakama Tachi	DS	Marvelous	21/02/08	154,525	154,525
87	Macross Ace Frontier	PSP	Bandai Namco	09/10/08	149,131	149,131
88	Yuusha no Kuse ni Namaikida or 2	PSP	SCEJ	16/10/08	146,767	146,767
89	Sekaiju no Meikyuu 2: Shoou no Seihai	DS	Atlus	21/02/08	145,421	145,421
90	Star Ocean The Second Evolution	PSP	Square Enix	02/04/08	143,424	143,424
91	Nintendogs (Shiba & Friends / Dachs & Friends / Chihuahua & Friends)	DS	Nintendo	21/04/05	142,591	1,850,984
92	Tales of Destiny Director’s Cut	PS2	Bandai Namco	31/01/08	142,301	142,301
93	Senjou no Valkyria	PS3	Sega	24/04/08	141,589	141,589
94	Touhokudai Gaku Mirai Kagakugijutsu Kyoudoukenkyuu Center: Kahashima Ryuuta Kyouju no Nou o Kitaeru Otona DS Training	DS	Nintendo	19/05/05	140,992	3,750,890
95	Suzumiya Haruhi no Tomadoi	PS2	Bandai Namco	31/01/08	139,425	139,425
96	Saka-Tsuku DS: Touch and Direct	DS	Sega	20/11/08	137,051	137,051
97	Valkyrie Profile: Toga o Seoumono	DS	Square Enix	01/11/08	136,948	136,948
98	Ryu ga Gotoku 2 (PlayStation2 the Best)	PS2	Sega	06/12/07	136,809	201,866
99	KanKen DS 2 + Jouyou Kanji Jiten	DS	Rocket Company	27/09/07	136,750	297,873
100	World Soccer Winning Eleven 2008	PS2	Konami	22/11/07	135,128	680,152

Sales by Publishers

Bandai Namco sees its software sales increased by more than one million copies to make them the second biggest publisher of the year behind Nintendo, who took the top spot for the second year in a row easily. Famitsu says BNGi’s huge improvement is due to the inclusion of Banpresto’s Super Robot Wars series.

This Yr	Last Yr	Publisher	2008 Sales	2007 Sales
1	1	Nintendo	19,100,000	23,520,000
2	3	Bandai Namco Games	8,550,000	7,500,000
3	4	Capcom	5,340,000	5,560,000
4	5	Konami	5,040,000	4,910,000
5	2	Square Enix	4,040,000	7,580,000

Software Sales Ratio

All the current generation consoles saw an increase in their software sales ratio for 2008, although not by a lot.

Hardware Sales

PS3 missed the one million mark by 9,000 units and sales of the system dropped from 1.2 million units of previous year.

System	2006	2007	2008	Life To Date
Nintendo DS	8,862,969	7,143,702	4,029,804	25,135,276
PlayStation Portable	1,946,911	3,022,659	3,543,171	11,078,484
Nintendo Wii	989,118	3,629,361	2,908,342	7,526,821
PLAYSTATION 3	466,716	1,206,347	991,303	2,664,366
PlayStation 2	1,547,866	816,419	480,664	21,547,802
Xbox 360	208,697	257,841	317,859	866,167

Posted in News, Ranking on Monday, February 16th, 2009 at 10:59 pm |
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