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.