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Latest Japanese Sales Charts - Week Ending July 4

Despite a significant number of new entries in the top ten, sales have once again fallen in Japan - by almost 40% compared to the previous week’s figures. This was primar...

David Jenkins, Blogger

July 9, 2004

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Despite a significant number of new entries in the top ten, sales have once again fallen in Japan - by almost 40% compared to the previous week’s figures. This was primarily due to a fall in unit sales of Sega’s soccer management title and Namco’s Xenosaga sequel. The highest new entry was Sony’s new party game based on the Ape Escape brand, although this could only manage to sell 38,000 units. Namco and Nintendo co-production Donkey Konga 2 fared no better on 32,000 units, with other titles such as RPG Kishin Houkou Demon Bane and driving game Monkey Turn V achieving their places in the top ten through even less effort. Hardware sales were once again led by the Game Boy Advance with a 49.73% market share, followed by PlayStation 2 at 42.09%, GameCube at 7.32% and Xbox at 0.46%.

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LW

Title

Publisher

Format

Release Date

1

1

J-League Pro Soccer Love o Tsukurou '04

Sega

PS2

2004.06.24

2

NE

Gacha Mech Stadium Saru Batore

SCE

PS2

2004.07.01

3

2

Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Bose

Namco

PS2

2004.06.24

4

NE

Donkey Konga 2: Hit Song Parade

Nintendo

GC

2004.07.01

5

NE

Kishin Houkou Demon Bane

Kadokawa Shoten

PS2

2004.07.01

6

4

Pachinko Slot! Fist of the North Star

Sammy

PS2

2004.05.27

7

NE

Monkey Turn V

Bandai

PS2

2004.07.01

8

3

Dragon Quest Characters: Toruneko no Daibouken 3 Advance

Square Enix

GBA

2004.06.24

9

NE

Donkey Kong Country 2

Nintendo

GBA

2004.07.01

10

NE

Smash Court Tennis Pro Tournament 2

Namco

PS2

2004.07.01

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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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