Here' s something you don' t see every day

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lotusson
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Here' s something you don' t see every day - Jul 10, 2004 01:31
Sega topping the Japanese sale charts TWICE.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?section_name=ret&aid=3761

Japan Charts: Sega' s Let' s Make J-League... ' 04 takes a second week at the top
Rob Fahey 11:52 09/07/2004

Market drops overall, despite three new titles in the top five

There was no change at the top of the Japanese software chart this week, as Sega' s Let' s Make J-League Pro Soccer Club ' 04 made it a fortnight at number one - but sales slipped overall after last week' s huge launches.

Namco' s Xenosaga Episode 2: Jenseits von Gut und Bose slipped a single place, dropping to number three to make way for Sony' s Gacha Mech Stadium Saru Batore, which debuted at number two with sales of around 38,000 units.

Nintendo' s Donkey Konga 2: Hit Song Parade - which was co-developed by Namco - arrived at number four on the GameCube, with sales of around 32,000 units, followed up by Kadokawa Shoten' s Kishin Hoko Demondane, another new entry at number five.

Three more new entries appeared in the bottom half of the top ten - Bandai' s intriguingly named Monkey Turn V (PS2) at number seven, Nintendo' s Donkey Kong Country 2 (GBA) at nine, and Namco' s Smash Court Pro Tournament 2 (PS2) at ten.

However, despite the large number of new releases, the market slipped significantly as sales of last week' s huge releases - Let' s Make J-League... and Xenosaga Episode 2 - dropped off, leading to an overall decline of about 318,000 units - almost 40 per cent.

In hardware terms, the GBA managed to take 50 per cent market share, leaving the PlayStation 2 with 42 per cent and the GameCube with just over seven per cent.
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RE: Here' s something you don' t see every day - Jul 10, 2004 01:58


I' m not surprised at all really, just happy as hell. This is one of Sega' s most popular franchises in Japan. :)
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RE: Here' s something you don' t see every day - Jul 10, 2004 05:00
surprising isn' t it? gba over everything else...i thought bigger screens and better controls and features would be popular, maybe Japanese ppl like smaller screens better ..???
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RE: Here' s something you don' t see every day - Jul 10, 2004 05:27
Are you kidding? To them, the GBA screen is GIANT! :)
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RE: Here' s something you don' t see every day - Jul 10, 2004 05:48
 
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RE: Here' s something you don' t see every day - Jul 10, 2004 06:50

Are you kidding? To them, the GBA screen is GIANT! :)


last time i looked, Japanese ppl had bigger eyes
lol...Joe, i don' t know where u came up with that...hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
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RE: Here' s something you don' t see every day - Jul 11, 2004 05:26
 
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