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2005: Famitsu Top 100 (2004/12/27-2005/12/25)

1. DS Animal Crossing Nintendo 1,169,757
2. PS2 Gran Turismo 4 SCE 1,066,749
3. DS Train Your Brain Nintendo 1,011,341
4. DS Nintendogs Nintendo 965,665
5. PS2 Winning Eleven 9 Konami 923,288
6. PS2 Dynasty Warriors 5 Koei 917,985
7. DS Brain Flex Nintendo 875,371
8. DS Tamagotchi Bandai 770,391
9. PS2 Kingdom Hearts II Square Enix 737,652
10. DS Mario Kart DS Nintendo 669,575
11. PS2 Dragon Ball Z 3 Bandai 642,424
12. GBA Mushi King Sega 629,902
13. PS2 Super Robot Wars Alpha 3 Banpresto 602,695
14. PS2 Dragon Ball Z Sparking! Bandai 532,690
15. DS Pokemon Mysterious Dungeon Blue Pokemon 521,380
16. GBA Pokemon Mysterious Dungeon Red Pokemon 517,484
17. DS Sawaru Made in Wario Nintendo 505,254 855,5565
18. PS2 Winning Eleven 8: Liveware Evolution Konami 468,242
19. DS Jump Super Stars Nintendo 464,076
20. GBA Famicom Mini: Super Mario Bros. Nintendo 457,558 1,034,264
21. PS2 Romancing Saga: Minstrel Song Square Enix 454,657
22. DS Super Mario 64 DS Nintendo 447,505 814,108
23. PS2 Tales Of The Abyss Namco 440,225
24. PS2 Mobile Suit Gundam: The One Year War Bandai 436,411
25. PS2 Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 12 Konami 433,535
26. GBA Rockman EXE 6: Faltzer / Greiga Capcom 432,119
27. PS2 Gundam Seed: Federation vs. Z.A.F.T. Bandai 417,191
28. PS2 BioHazard 4 Capcom 370,580
29. PS2 Dynasty Warriors 5 Xtreme Legends Koei 355,296
30. PS2 Tales of Legendia Namco 342,779
31. GC Mario Party 7 Nintendo 329,633
32. GBA Pokemon Emerald Pokemon 319,837 1,654,858
33. PS2 Tekken 5 Namco 317,357
34. PS2 Dragon Quest VIII Square Enix 307,572 3,538,860
35. DS Daredemo Asobi Taizen Nintendo 301,809
36. PS2 Rogue Galaxy SCE 299,310
37. PS2 Radiata Stories Square Enix 293,413
38. PS2 Devil May Cry 3 Capcom 281,025
39. DS Touch! Kirby Nintendo 276,418
40. PSP Hot Shots Golf Portable SCE 268,173 399,161
41. PS2 Another Century's Episode Banpresto 254,527
42. GBA Mario Party Advance Nintendo 241,721
43. PS2 Daito Pachi-Slot Yoshimune Daito 241,277 510,555
44. PS2 Grandia III Square Enix 233,866
45. PSP Monster Hunter Portable Capcom 233,783
46. GC Naruto: Gekitou Ninja Taisen ! 4 Tomy 233,107
47. PS2 Ryu ga Gotoku Sega 232,650
48. PS2 Monster Hunter G Capcom 232,239
49. GC Pokemon XD Pokemon 232,196
50. GC BioHazard 4 Capcom 220,799
51. DS Pokemon Torouze Pokemon 215,038
52. DS Naruto: Saikyou Ninja Daikesshuu 3 Tomy 212,655
53. PS2 Ape Escape 3 SCE 212,534
54. GC Super Mario Stadium Miracle Baseball Nintendo 211,661
55. GBA Rockman EXE 5: Team of Blues Capcom 211,099 415,630
56. PS2 Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater Konami 209,674 819,807
57. PS2 Drag On Dragoon 2 Square Enix 203,336
58. GBA Pokemon Fire Red / Leaf Green Pokemon 202,800 2,580,513
59. PSP Winning Eleven 9 Konami 202,176
60. PS2 Jissen Pachi-Slot Fist of North Star Sega 201,367
61. DS Touch! Catch! Yoshi Nintendo 197,337
62. PSP Dynasty Warriors Koei 195,473 333,223
63. GC StarFox Assault Nintendo 195,407
64. PS2 DQ & FF in Itadaki Street Special Square Enix 194,673 350,452
65. GBA Rockman EXE 5: Team of Colonel Capcom 194,472
66. PS2 Naruto: Narutimate Hero 3 Bandai 194,372
67. PSP Tales Of Eternia Namco 193,458
68. PS2 Naruto: Uzumaki Ninden Bandai 191,077
69. PS2 Wanda to Kyozou SCE 190,916
70. PS2 Ratchet & Clank 4th SCE 187,773
71. PS2 Wild Arms: The 4th Detonator SCE 186,221
72. PSP Brain Trainer Portable Sega 185,199
73. PS2 Daito Pachi-Slot Ossu! Banchou Daito 184,440
74. PS2 Gundam Seed Destiny Generation of C.E. Bandai 181,576
75. GBA Super Robot Taisen J Banpresto 180,503
76. PS2 Gundam True Odyssey Bandai 180,386
77. PS2 Berwick Saga Enterbrain 177,202
78. DS Slime MoriMori: Dragon Quest 2 Square Enix 176,218
79. PS2 Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2 Konami 175,660
80. DS Pokemon Dash Pokemon 171,286 348,285
81. PS2 Sengoku Basara Capcom 167,445
82. DS Dragon Ball Z: Bukuu Ressen Bandai 165,599
83. GBA Super Robot Taisen Original Gen 2 Banpresto 164,884
84. PS2 Simple 2000 Series Vol. 81 D3 164,586
85. PSP Ridge Racers Namco 158,265 308,675
86. GC Fire Emblem: Souen no Kiseki Nintendo 156,413
87. PS2 Summon Night EX Thesis Banpresto 153,962
88. GC Mario Party 6 Nintendo 153,682 527,132
89. PS2 Tales Of Rebirth Namco 152,551 596,493
90. PS2 Momotarou Densetsu 15 Hudson 149,550
91. PS2 Sakura Taisen 5 Sega 144,668
92. PS2 Tengai Makyou III: Namida Hudson 144,415
93. DS Super Princess Peach Nintendo 142,684
94. GC Naruto: Gekitou Ninja Taisen! 3 Tomy 139,212 404,951
95. GBA Final Fantasy IV Advance Square Enix 134,418
96. PS2 Namco x Capcom Namco 131,615
97. PS2 Rumble Roses Konami 129,021
98. PS2 Baseball Live 2005 Namco 128,221
99. PSP Ape Escape Academy SCE 127,679
100. PS2 Saint Seiya: Chapter Sanctuary Bandai 127,509


Publisher Top 10

1. Nintendo 11,030,000 19
2. Bandai 5,540,000 11
3. Konami 5,080,000 7
4. SCE 4,090,000 8
5. Square Enix 3,580,000 9
6. Namco 3,360,000 8
7. Capcom 3,330,000 9
8. Sega 2,770,000 5
9. Koei 2,370,000 3
10. Pokemon 2,290,000 7


Hardware

1. DS 4,002,871 5,098,801
2. PSP 2,225,799 2,565,743
3. PS2 2,134,863 18,706,019
4. GBASP 831,221 5,636,928
5. GBM 394,845 394,845
6. GC 305,000 3,913,258
7. XB360 81,770 81,770
8. GBA 28,985 8,978,795
9. XB 13,186 472,991

 

[Wario64]

Wow, Japan has poor taste

 

[Timen]

Wow, Japan has poor taste

mission: failed.

 

[Blackcherry]

There a thread chart every hour now?

 

[Solid]

5. PS2 Winning Eleven 9 Konami 923,288

Wtf.. WE8 outsold it :/

PS2 Winning Eleven 8 Konami 1,042,234

And Kingdom Hearts 2... bomba?

There a thread chart every hour now?

Welcome to Sales-Ages.

 

[Wollan]

Pokemon is it's own publisher?

 

[Idioteque]

Go PSP!

 

[Wollan]

And Kingdom Hearts 2... bomba?

Hasn't Kingdom been out for only 3 active days on that list?

 

[littlewig]

2. PSP 2,225,799 2,565,743

Yet the software keeps coming in droves...

 

[Ruud_Luiten]

Totals per platform:

8 PSP
52 PS2!!!
19 NDS
12 GBA
9 NGC
-20 Xbox

 

[Wario64]

Pretty much.

Shadow/Wanda ftw. wtf Japan.

Low sales for Shadow were kinda expected. But what about Biohazard 4? wtf.

 

[Oblivion]

Wow, Japan has poor taste

Not sure if you're just pokin fun at the constant jabs at the UK's shitty taste, but lemme just say:

Japan's shitty taste (barring some minor exceptions)>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Amerikaa and Europe's shitty taste

Pokemon is it's own publisher?

Yep. The Pokemon Company. Nintendo created it so they could handle all the publishing and shit.

 

[Thomper]

Magic Box also has number of games released per platform, even though not in the top 100.

PS2		651	PS2		(52.5%)
GC		50	GC		(5.6%)
Xbox		42	Xbox		(0.3%)
Xbox 360	9	Xbox 360	(0.2%)
GBA		110	GBA		(7.5%)
PSP		106	PSP		(12.6%)
DS		107	DS		(21.2%)	
Other		9	Other		(0.2%)

Wow, PS2 sure gets a lot of games. :/

 

[captainbiotch]

Damn, all other publishers were Nintendowned.

And gamers have bad taste everywhere.

 

[Borys]

Not a single Xbox/ Xbox 2 game.

Question to Microsoft: why do you even try & care?

 

[White Man]

Japan's shitty taste (barring some minor exceptions)>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Amerikaa and Europe's shitty taste

Patently untrue. Animal Crossing didn't sell near that number in the US or EU -- Japan loses the taste wars by default.

 

[Fuzzy]

Not a single Xbox/ Xbox 2 game.

Question to Microsoft: why do you even try & care?

Wasn't DoA4 only 60K on the Famitsu charts? That's half of what number 100 sold.

 

[Cheesemeister]

20. GBA Famicom Mini: Super Mario Bros. Nintendo 457,558 1,034,264

For some reason, I found this game's position on the chart somewhat amusing.

 

[Naked Snake]

Did Final Fantasy IV bomb?

 

[Sho Nuff]

These numbers are fuckin pathetic. Good Dreamcast games would sell 300k in their sleep back in the day in Japan. The industry here sucks.

(Goes back into cranky old man closet)

 

[cvxfreak]

These numbers are fuckin pathetic. Good Dreamcast games would sell 300k in their sleep back in the day in Japan. The industry here sucks.

(Goes back into cranky old man closet)

Are you confusing the DC with something else?

 

[Blimblim]

Not a single Xbox/ Xbox 2 game.

Question to Microsoft: why do you even try & care?

Because people (outside Japan) actually care about japanese games? We all know the japanese devs are as motivated to create a great game when they know they won't sell in their home country.
You really are on a roll with the Xbox/Xbox 360 these days Borys (not especially this topic, in general)

 

[Rekwest]

mission: failed.

Mission Failed.

 

[Tabris]

PSP sold 50% the hardware of NDS. That's not too bad.

 

[ioi]

I'm sorry but that's an infinitely more exciting and dynamic chart than the 2005 offerings from UK or US.

 

[<nu>faust]

Not a single Xbox/ Xbox 2 game.

Question to Microsoft: why do you even try & care?

Mr gates:Becuase our long term goals are not affected by a poor launch in one market or being ignored by japanese gamers for couple generations borys,i have all the resources and dedication to win in the long run.

 

[Borys]

Mr gates:Becuase our long term goals are not affected by a poor launch in one market or being ignored by japanese gamers for couple generations borys,i have all the resources and dedication to win in the long run.

Hey, Mr Gates, another Qs 4 U:

- define long run. 5, 10, 15 years? Infinity?
- same tactics as with Windows? [from an unusable POS to something almost ideal? (1.0 --> ... --> 3.1 --> ... --> 95 --> ... --> XP)]

 

[drohne]

were it not for dynasty warriors that would be an ALL SHIT TOP 25 :x

 

[genjiZERO]

These numbers are fuckin pathetic. Good Dreamcast games would sell 300k in their sleep back in the day in Japan. The industry here sucks.

(Goes back into cranky old man closet)

you know it's even sadder that DQ8 sold a million fewer copies than DQ7 ;(

 

[BuzzJive]

Japan's shitty taste (barring some minor exceptions)>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Amerikaa and Europe's shitty taste

Very true.

 

[<nu>faust]

Hey, Mr Gates, another Q 4 U: define long run. 5, 10, 15 years? Infinity?

mr gates: Well(scratches his head) we became no2 in this business in our first try Borys ,not bad i say. For the next gen, every analyst in this business agree that we gonna expand our user base and finally be profitable....You see, i see this videogame business more than just selling hardware,games and making money, it's a key battleground for competing technologies and media content , i can't just let sony dominate...(sips his coffee) if they try.....i'll kill them(imitates kutaragi) ha ha haa.It's alll good in da hood, my os business is making more money than i can ever spend , who cares if i lost coule of billion, i can take it, my personal charity gave away 10 billion since 2000. Look at sony they are financially a mess despite ps/ps2 being enormously sucessfull in videogame business,look at all those big name software companies; merging, going out of business,being bought out....i'll be here borys,i'll be waiting for my time to shine, it might be in 4 years, in 8 years, in 12 years...i don't care, i can wait, i can wait (laughs histerically)

 

[genjiZERO]

mr gates: Well(scratches his head) we became no2 in this business in our first try Borys ,not bad i say. For the next gen, every analyst in this business agree that we gonna expand our user base and finally be profitable....You see, i see this videogame business more than just selling hardware,games and making money, it's a key battleground for competing technologies and media content , i can't just let sony dominate...(sips his coffee) if they try.....i'll kill them(imitates kutaragi) ha ha haa.It's alll good in da hood, my os business is making more money than i can ever spend , who cares if i lost coule of billion, i can take it, my personal charity gave away 10 billion since 2000. Look at sony they are financially a mess despite ps/ps2 being enormously sucessfull in videogame business,look at all those big name software companies; merging, going out of business,being bought out....i'll be here borys,i'll be waiting for my time to shine, it might be in 4 years, in 8 years, in 12 years...i don't care, i can wait, i can wait (laughs histerically)

MS isn't #2 if you take handhelds or even profitability into account

 

[Archie]

MS isn't #2 if you take handhelds or even profitability into account

They are #2 in market share, which is the only thing that is important to the fanboy armies

 

[genjiZERO]

They are #2 in market share, which is the only thing that is important to the fanboy armies

I oft forget that console gaming is the only relevant kind

 

[teruterubozu]

70. PS2 Ratchet & Clank 4th SCE 187,773

One non-Japanese, Western developed game out of a hundred!!!

Holy shit! Didn't GTA:SA do fairly well? Wow, the Japanese HATE American games.

 

[LiquidMamba]

Atleast their top 100 isn't lined with sports titles.

 

[GoutPatrol]

One non-Japanese, Western developed game out of a hundred!!!

Holy shit! Didn't GTA:SA do fairly well? Wow, the Japanese HATE American games.

It hasn't come out yet in Japan.

 

[Last Hope]

Wasn't DoA4 only 60K on the Famitsu charts? That's half of what number 100 sold.

And the fact that DOA came out after 12/25/05

I am surprised GT4 didn't sell more. I am surprised that number one barely broke a million in a year. Population of Japan is 130m so it is not that small of a market.

 

[Lince]

where's Soulcalibur love??

 

[snatches]

GRAN TURISMOWNED

 

[snatches]

Wow, Japan has poor taste

Yes I would prefer a top 100 filled with Madden and NBA Live. American taste is just so fuck awesome/sarcasm

From Izzy's NPD thread. NA top ten for 05:

1. Madden NFL 06 (PS2), Electronic Arts, over 2.9 million sold
2. Pokemon Emerald (GBA), Nintendo of America, over 1.7 million sold
3. Gran Turismo 4 (PS2), SCEA, over 1.5 million sold
4. Madden NFL 06 (Xbox), Electronic Arts, over 1.2 million sold
5. NCAA Footbal 06 (PS2), Electronic Arts, over 1.1 million sold
6. Star Wars: Battlefront II (PS2), LucasArts, over 1 million sold
7. MVP Baseball 2005 (PS2), Electronic Arts, over 970,000 sold
8. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (PS2), LucasArts, over 930,000 sold
9. NBA Live 06 (PS2), Electronic Arts, over 820,000 sold
10. LEGO Star Wars (PS2), Eidos, over 800,000 sold

^^^^^HAHAHALOLTASTEMYASS^^^^^^^WARIOWNED^^^

 

[Moor-Angol]

Thanks Verplant for your topic, especially cause you also wrote LTD sales.

So i had a lucky weekend: thanks to GAF on Friday i found again Shrine of Data old site and i was able to update all N64 numbers, today i updated some titles in DS, GBA and GC chart.

By now probably it's the most accurate Famitsu chart on the net for Nintendo systems in Japan (I'm sorry i did not a similar job like Shrine of Data did, but really takes a lot of times).

http://moorangol.altervista.org/ds.html

 

[Shawn128]

DS/GBA Vs. PS2:

Clash of the Titans

 

[Juno]

I gotta say it: Japan has 'sucky' taste!

 

[Doom_Bringer]

That list is missing Ace Combat V! It did about 200 ,000 in one week in Japan.

 

[Juno]

#69

#5

#28

 

[Wario64]

Yes I would prefer a top 100 filled with Madden and NBA Live. American taste is just so fuck awesome/sarcasm

From Izzy's NPD thread. NA top ten for 05:

1. Madden NFL 06 (PS2), Electronic Arts, over 2.9 million sold
2. Pokemon Emerald (GBA), Nintendo of America, over 1.7 million sold
3. Gran Turismo 4 (PS2), SCEA, over 1.5 million sold
4. Madden NFL 06 (Xbox), Electronic Arts, over 1.2 million sold
5. NCAA Footbal 06 (PS2), Electronic Arts, over 1.1 million sold
6. Star Wars: Battlefront II (PS2), LucasArts, over 1 million sold
7. MVP Baseball 2005 (PS2), Electronic Arts, over 970,000 sold
8. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (PS2), LucasArts, over 930,000 sold
9. NBA Live 06 (PS2), Electronic Arts, over 820,000 sold
10. LEGO Star Wars (PS2), Eidos, over 800,000 sold

^^^^^HAHAHALOLTASTEMYASS^^^^^^^WARIOWNED^^^

When did I say Americans have better taste?

 

[Juno]

I think we should all agree that - overall - everywhere around the world has shit taste in gaming and "our" taste is far superior.

 

[The_lascar]

No LTD ?
http://www.ga-forum.com/showthread.php?t=32607&highlight=Famitsu+top+2004
Top 2004 Famitsu : 29 dec 03 - 02 jan 05
Top 2005 Famitsu : 27 dec 04 - 25 dec 05
GT4 in top 10 2004 and top 10 2005.
Shame on Famitsu. è_é

Nothing have Publisher Top for 2004 ?

 

[Jiggy]

At least some country in the world has decent taste in gaming. There are a few flops on there like Star Fox Assault or Pokemon Dash, but it could be worse. 50 Cent: Bulletproof could be on there, for example.