Dragon Quest and DS Dominate in Japan

[Demon_Skeith]

Dragon Quest IX and the DS continue to dominate everything video game related in Japan. In software, DQIX outsold every other game in the top ten this week. In hardware, DSi outsold all other systems combined -- two fold if you combine it with DS Lite sales!

Here's the full top 10 software chart for July 13 through July 19, as reported by Media Create.

* Dragon Quest IX (Square Enix, DS): 613,000 (2,932,000 total)
* Pro Baseball Spirits 6 (Konami, PS3): 74,000
* Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo, Wii): 72,000 (689,000)
* Friend Collection (Nintendo, DS): 61,000 (354,000)
* Pro Baseball Spirits 6 (Konami, PS2): 50,000
* Ys I&II Chronicles (Falcom, PSP): 19,000
* My Summer Vacation 4 (SCE, PSP): 17,000 (91,000)
* Hatsune Miku Project Diva (Sega, PSP): 15,000 (131,000)
* Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G PSP the Best (Capcom, PSP): 11,000 (800,000)
* Pokemon Platinum (Pokemon, DS): 9,000 (2,481,000)

The hardware chart for the same period looks like this:

* DSi: 96,986 (118,202)
* PSP : 24,053 (26,527)
* Wii: 20,807 (22,141)
* DS Lite: 9,932 (9,864)
* PS3: 8,865 (10,161)
* PS2 : 3,352 (3,508)
* Xbox 360: 2,899 (3,561)

DS has now crossed the 27 million mark, Media Create reports.

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[GracefulAssassin]

Nintendo makes tons of money, yet they want mone to fix broken products. And they would make more if they sent stuff here, but you change their asshole way.