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Latest Japanese Sales Charts - Week Ending July 11

The Japanese games market has suffered its worst week of software sales all year, with unit sales dropping below 400,000 for the first time and representing only 38.52% o...

David Jenkins, Blogger

July 16, 2004

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The Japanese games market has suffered its worst week of software sales all year, with unit sales dropping below 400,000 for the first time and representing only 38.52% of the weekly average. As a result the greatest amount of movement in the sales top ten was the rise back up the charts of older releases. The only new entries are party game Dokapon DX and the sequel to Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life. Hardware sales were slightly more buoyant than software sales with the PlayStation 2 regaining the lead with a 47.32% market share, followed by Game Boy Advance at 43.23%, GameCube at 8.31% and Xbox at 0.54%.

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Title

Publisher

Format

Release Date

1

1

J-League Pro Soccer Love o Tsukurou '04

Sega

PS2

2004.06.24

2

6

Pachinko Slot! Fist of the North Star

Sammy

PS2

2004.05.27

3

2

Gacha Mech Stadium Saru Batore

SCE

PS2

2004.07.01

4

4

Donkey Konga 2: Hit Song Parade

Nintendo

GC

2004.07.01

5

3

Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Bose

Namco

PS2

2004.06.24

6

NE

Dokapon DX

Asmik Ace

PS2

2004.07.08

7

RE

Pikmin 2

Nintendo

GC

2004.04.29

8

RE

Famicom Mini: Gambare Goemon! Karakuri Douchu

Nintendo

GBA

2004.05.21

9

NE

Bokujou Monogatari: Wonderful Life for Girls

Marvelous Interactive

GC

2004.07.08

10

8

Dragon Quest Characters: Toruneko no Daibouken 3 Advance

Square Enix

GBA

2004.06.24

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David Jenkins ([email protected]) is a freelance writer and journalist working in the UK. As well as being a regular news contributor to Gamasutra.com, he also writes for newsstand magazines Cube, Games TM and Edge, in addition to working for companies including BBC Worldwide, Disney, Amazon and Telewest.

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