DSi XL pulls ahead in Japan's Weekly Sales

Written by pikaby

The Japanese weekly sales charts from June 14 to 20 saw the DSi XL (or rather, LL as it's known over there) pull off a rare stunt as it dominated the hardware charts, pulling ahead of even the regular DSi and the leader for the past few months, the PSP. What happened? Part of it was because of the three new colors for the DSi LL, and also because they are now priced 2000 yen cheaper. Yep, there was a price cut.

New DS color for cheap. Which Japanese person could resist?

• 1. DSi LL: 30,183 (11,138)
• 2. PSP: 20,929 (21,662)
• 3. Wii: 19,045 (20,588)
• 4. DSi: 18,214 (10,172)
• 5. PS3: 17,175 (17,676)
• 6. DS Lite: 5,126 (3,108)
• 7. Xbox 360: 2,060 (3,225)
• 8. PS2: 1,568 (1,291)
• 9. PSP go: 837 (718)

As for software, Super Mario Galaxy 2 fever continues throughout the world (though not as fervent as the slightly blander New Super Mario Bros. Wii. THIS should get all the attention dammit) and reclaims the first position from newly released Xenoblade (yep, it's out in Japan now. Want? Yeah, me neither. Okay, maybe). Ghost Trick also made a good first impression, debuting in second. And Tomodachi Collection doesn't die. Ever.

• 1. Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo, Wii): 53,000 (572,000)
• 2. Ghost Trick (Capcom, DS): 24,000
• 3. Painting Classroom DS (Nintendo, DS): 21,000
• 4. Xenoblade (Nintendo, Wii): 21,000 (104,000)
• 5. Grand Theft Auto Episodes From Liberty City (Take-Two, PS3): 21,000 (85,000)
• 6. Tamagotchi no Pichi Pichi Omisecchi (Namco Bandai, DS): 17,000
• 7. Winning Eleven 2010 Aoki Samurai no Chousen (Konami, PS3): 16,000 (122,000)
• 8. Tomodachi Collection (Nintendo, DS): 14,000 (3,277,000)
• 9. Winning Eleven 2010 Aoki Samurai no Chousen (Konami, PSP): 13,000 (69,000)
• 10. Haku Ouki Jun Souroku (Idea Factory, PS3): 13,00

DSi XL pulls ahead in Japan's Weekly Sales