Weekly hardware & software sales from Japan: April 25 – May 1

GamesAreFun has just put up the weekly hardware and softwares sales from Japan for April 25 – May 1:

Platform – This week’s sales – Total 2005 sales

NDS – 64,247 – 739,557

PS2 – 40,471 – 828,824

PSP – 38,778 – 796,654

GBASP 14,616 – 280,128

NGC – 6,125 – 99,574

GBA – 448 – 9,594

XBX – 271 – 6,360

1. PS2 Mobile Suit Gundam: 1 Year War – Bandai – 33,906 (268,238)

2. DS Naruto: Saikyou Ninja Daikesshuu 3 – Tomy – 32,958 (117,153)

3. PS2 Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song – Square Enix – 31,037 (247,941)

4. DS Nintendogs: Shiba and Friends – Nintendo – 30,463 (113,048)

5. PS2 Baseball L!ve 2005 – Namco – 24,154 (68,006)

6. GC Fire Emblem: Souen no Kiseki – Nintendo – 22,221 (124,294)

7. DS Nintendogs: Dachshund and Friends – Nintendo – 19,971 (72,234)

8. DS Nintendogs: Chihuahua and Friends – Nintendo – 18,483 (64,309)

9. PS2 Rave Buster Darkness Century – Bandai – 16,581 (NEW)

10. PS2 Spectral Force Chronicle – Idea Factory – 12,285 (NEW)

The DS sales over the past couple of weeks have been phenomenal and
have caught it back up to the PSP for total units sold this year. The
DS still holds the a considerable lead over the PSP in overal totals
units sold:

DS overall Japanese sales – 2,236,153

PSP overall Japanese sales – 1,268,906