Changes: Media Create June 2008

Latest revision as of 18:57, 17 January 2009

Media Create sales data for June 2008.

June saw the worldwide release of Metal Gear Solid 4. In its first week, the title sold 465,000 and pushed PS3 hardware to 75,311 units. This is the first time the PS3 has outsold the Wii in a week since November 2007.

Hardware sales figures

Console	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Total
PSP	62,016	64,675	59,351	58,861	56,439	301,342
Nintendo DS	35,020	39,201	36,599	48,884	47,455	207,159
Wii	44,639	45,564	41,037	48,480	44,525	224,245
PS3	10,856	75,311	20,336	17,973	14,359	138,835
Xbox 360	2280	2,163	2,555	5,104	4,776	16,878
PS2	6279	7,297	6,346	7,673	11,768	39,363

New releases

First week sales

Metal Gear Solid 4 - 465,000 [1]

External links

Sony PS3 catching up to Wii in Japanese sales in June (Famitsu numbers)
PSP retains top spot in Japan (week 1 ending June 8)
Metal Gear Shoots PS3 to Top Spot in Japan (Week 2 ending June 15)
Japan: PS3 Comes Back Down to Earth (Week 3 ending June 22)
PSP Holds Strong in Japan (Week 4 ending June 29)
DS still leads Japanese hardware sales (week 5 ending July 6)

Japan game sales figures

Sales data	Japan LTD sales \| Best selling games \| Fastest selling games \| Japan's Top 100 favorite games \| Most wanted games \| Top 50 Xbox 360 games
Yearly game sales	Famitsu 2002 video game sales \| 2003 \| 2004 \| 2005 \| 2006 \| 2007 \| 2008 \|
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-'''[[Media Create sales data]]'' for June [[2008]].
+'''[[Media Create sales data]]''' for June [[2008]].
-==Hardware sales==
+June saw the worldwide release of [[Metal Gear Solid 4]]. In its first week, the title sold 465,000 and [[boost|pushed]] [[PS3]] hardware to 75,311 units. This is the first time the PS3 has outsold the [[Wii]] in a week since November 2007.
+==Hardware sales figures==
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 !Week 3
 !Week 4
+!Week 5
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 |-
 |[[PSP]]
+|62,016
-|
+|64,675
-|
+|59,351
-|
+|58,861
-|
-|274,131
+|56,439
+|style="font-weight:bold" |301,342
 |-
 |[[Nintendo DS]]
+|35,020
-|
+|39,201
-|
+|36,599
-|
+|48,884
-|
-|195,714
+|47,455
+|style="font-weight:bold" |207,159
 |-
 |[[Wii]]
+|44,639
-|
+|45,564
-|
+|41,037
-|
+|48,480
-|
-|235,990
+|44,525
+|style="font-weight:bold" |224,245
 |-
 |[[PS3]]
+|10,856
-|
+|75,311
-|
+|20,336
-|
+|17,973
-|
-|139,494
+|14,359
+|style="font-weight:bold" |138,835
 |-
 |[[Xbox 360]]
+|2280
-|
+|2,163
-|
+|2,555
-|
+|5,104
-|
-|10,964
+|4,776
+|style="font-weight:bold" |16,878
 |-
 |[[PS2]]
+|6279
-|
+|7,297
-|
+|6,346
-|
+|7,673
-|
+|11,768
+|style="font-weight:bold" |39,363
 |}
 ==New releases==
+First week sales
-*[[Metal Gear Solid 4]]
+*[[Metal Gear Solid 4]] - 465,000 [http://www.edge-online.com/news/mgs4-blows-away-japanese-chart-competition]
+==See also==
+*[[Media Create 1st half of 2008]]
 ==External links==
-*[http://www.forbes.com/reuters/feeds/reuters/2008/07/03/2008-07-03T100405Z_01_T334031_RTRIDST_0_SONY-NINTENDO-UPDATE-1.html Sony PS3 catching up to Wii in Japanese sales in June]
+*[http://www.forbes.com/reuters/feeds/reuters/2008/07/03/2008-07-03T100405Z_01_T334031_RTRIDST_0_SONY-NINTENDO-UPDATE-1.html Sony PS3 catching up to Wii in Japanese sales in June] ([[Famitsu]] numbers)
-*[http://next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11201&Itemid=2 Japan: Wii Sales Up 100K on PS3 in June]
 *[http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/psp-retains-top-spot-in-japan_2 PSP retains top spot in Japan] (week 1 ending June 8)
 *[http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11030&Itemid=2 Metal Gear Shoots PS3 to Top Spot in Japan] (Week 2 ending June 15)
 *[http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11120&Itemid=2 Japan: PS3 Comes Back Down to Earth] (Week 3 ending June 22)
 *[http://next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11217&Itemid=2 PSP Holds Strong in Japan] (Week 4 ending June 29)
+*[http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/ds-still-leads-japanese-hardware-sales DS still leads Japanese hardware sales] (week 5 ending July 6)
+{{Japan}}
+[[category:Media Create]]