Nintendogs Helping Nintendo DS Outsell Sony PSP

[firstadopter]

Nintendo wasn't kidding when it says "new types" of games will let it succeed vs. greater horse power technical capabilities. Thanks to the release of three Nintendogs titles, which is a virtual dog pet game, the Nintendo DS is now outselling the Sony PSP by almost 3 times in Japan. Wow.

How in the hell can this happen? Well the leading Japanese game magazine gave the Nintendogs titles perfect 10 ratings. If that isn't enough check out this in-game video. I showed it to my wife and she immediately said "I want to buy this game! Forget Sony, let's buy Nintendo." I showed her Warioware the other day at Best Buy and she loved that too.

I think this is what Nintendo means by saying the Revolution will focus on new types of innovative gameplay for casual players like my wife and probably every other woman out there, not just better graphics and sound. Here's also a TV commercial and also a blog for the game.

Top 10 Best Selling Games in Japan for the week of April 18 - 24.

1. Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song (PS2, Square Enix) - 217,000 units
2. Fire Emblem: Souen no Kiseki (GC, Nintendo) - 102,000 units
3. Naruto: Saikyo Ninja Daikesshu 3 for DS (NDS, Tomy) - 84,000 units
4. Nintendogs: Shiba and friends (NDS, Nintendo) - 83,000 units
5. Nintendogs: Dachs and friends (NDS, Nintendo) - 53,000 units
6. Nintendogs: Chihuahua and friends (NDS, Nintendo) - 46,000 units
7. Baseball Live 2005 (PS2, Namco) - 44,000 units
8. Rockman Zero 4 (GBA, Capcom) - 38,000 units
9. Mobilt Suit Gundam: The One Year War (PS2, Bandai) - 30,000 (234,000) units
10. Shutokou Battle: Zone of Control (PSP, Genki) - 29,000 units

Hardware sales in Japan for the week of April 18 - 24.

1. Nintendo DS - 96,191 units
2. PlayStation 2 - 33,080 units
3. PlayStation Portable - 33,004 units
4. GameBoy Advance SP - 10,820 units
5. GameCube - 8,329 units
6. GameBoy Advance - 422 units
7. Xbox - 112 units

[firstadopter]

The DS has really taken over Gameboy Advance mantle, even though it's more expensive. And those Xbox numbers are laughable. 112 units sold in the whole country of Japan? Lol.

[firstadopter]

God my wife wants me to get the Nintendo DS now over the Sony PSP because of this. Lol.

[Nick!]

If only they had Nintencats...

I find that my wife is a much bigger fan of puzzle games, and she has played some of those on PDAs. She never much liked the normal console controller. DS is a much better fit, but personally I think DS would have done better to be one larger touchscreen rather than two screens like it has. I've liked the touchscreen function, but I've never seen anything that made me think two screens was the only way to go.

The shame of it was I loved the GBA form factor better than the GBA SP, and thats why I prefer DS to play GBA games... and that form factor is pretty much what PSP has... natch.

[firstadopter]

You can get it for $14.99 if you pre-order today.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...784231-6153626