Nintendo dominates Japan, makes money doing it

By Candace Savino

The Japanese sales numbers for the week ending 12/9 are in (via Famitsu), and there are some pretty notable things to point out regarding Wii sales:

  1. Wii Fit unsurprisingly takes the top spot, after impressively debuting at #2 in last week's charts
  2. Wii hardware sales continue to rise, as the system pushed 110,000 units for the week
  3. Super Mario Galaxy hit the 500,000 mark in Japan, showing that the game has legs

All of these are good developments for Nintendo, we reckon, and keep in mind that we haven't even mentioned DS sales. The nitty gritty of the numbers and charts are listed, for your viewing pleasure, after the break.

Hardware:

  • DS: 165,000
  • Wii:110,000
  • PSP: 88,000
  • PS3: 38,000
  • PS2: 15,000
  • Xbox 360: 7,800

Software:

  1. Wii Fit (Wii) — 153,000 (407,000)
  2. Tales of Innocence (DS) — 108,000
  3. Professor Layton 2 (DS) — 101,000 (409,000)
  4. Minna no Golf Portable 2 (PSP) — 86,000
  5. Mario Party DS (DS) — 81,000 (602,000)
  6. Lost Odyssey (Xbox 360) — 60,000
  7. SD Gundam G Generation Spirits (PS2) — 52,000 (283,000)
  8. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) — 49,000 (501,000)
  9. Power Pro Kun Pocket 10 (DS) — 47,000
  10. Winning Eleven 2008 (PS2) — 44,000 (439,000)

[Via NeoGAF]

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