Games for legacy PlayStation console continue to be among top sel...
Games for legacy PlayStation console continue to be among top sellers in Japan. Reporting on videogame software sales in Japan for week ended Nov. 3, Media Create (MC) said 4 PlayStation games were in top 10, compared with 3…
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for PlayStation 2 (PS2) next-generation console, 2 for Game Boy Advance (Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land from Nintendo at #3 and Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 2 from Namco at #8); one for GameCube (From TV Animation One Piece: Treasure Battle! from Bandai at #5). But MC said overall top-selling title for week was Dragon Quest Characters: Tomeko’s Great Adventure 3 for PS2 from Enix. MC also said PlayStation/PS one games represented only 2.4% of top 100 videogame software sales in week, trailing leader PS2 (44.50% market share), Game Boy Advance (38.23%), GameCube (11.67%). Results continued to be bleak for Microsoft’s Xbox in Japan, which had only 1.44% share of videogame software market in week -- not much better than SwanCrystal (1.29%) and WonderSwanColor (0.47%), neither of which are marketed in U.S. MC said “PS2 took over the Number 1 slot back from GBA in software sales per hardware.” It also said new games fared well in week, saying 15 made their way into top 100 rankings for week, representing 64.06% of total unit sales. More than 300,000 units of Dragon Quest Characters were sold in that title’s first week of availability, MC said. Other 2 PS2 titles in top 10 were Ultraman Fighting Evolution 2 from Banpresto at #6 and Medal of Honor Frontline from EA Square at #9. Top-selling PlayStation game was Square’s Final Fantasy at #2. Other PlayStation games in top 10 were Final Fantasy II from Square at #4, Final Fantasy I & II Premium Package from Square at #7, Simple Character 2000 Series Vol. 13: Mobile Battle Record from Bandai at #10.