Sales Statistics, 10-16th of October

Thanks to Bluelight's post at Digital Share, here are the latest (released) hardware and software sales statistics. These stats are for the 10th to 16th of October 2005 in Japan.

Hardware:
DS 44,262
PSP 29,162
PS2 23,659
GBM 20,026
GBASP 9,707
GC 1,666
GBA 431
Xbox 132

Analysis (all approximates):

1. DS sales up by 5,000 units.
2. GBM sales down by 4000 units (and 10,000 units down in two weeks).
3. PSP sales down by 2,000 units.
4. PS2 sales down by 1,000 units.
5. GBASP sales down by 100 units but GBA sales up by 100 units.
6. GC sales up by 200 units but still below 2000 units.
7. XBOX sales up by 26 units!

Conclusions:
* GBM price drop around Christmas time (I hope) to increase sales & triggering price drop of other GBAs as well.
* GC sales might increase because of Nintendo's decision to allow retailers to sell it at any price they want.
* Nintendo controls 71.8% (DS:42.7%,GBA:29.1%) of the handheld market while Sony PSP holds 28.2% (GBA still outselling PSP & DS still kicking ass)
* Sony controls 92.9%of the console market while Nintendo and Microsoft hold 6.5% and 0.51% respectively.
* Overall Nintendo controls 58.96% of the market while Sony and Microsoft hold 40.93% & 0.1% respectively.

Software top 10:
1) Dragon Ball Z Sparking! - PS2 - 89,077 units
2) Code Age Commanders - PS2 - 37,199 units
3) YU-GI-OH! Duel Monsters GX - GBA - 34,849 units
4) Famicom Mini: Super Mario Bros. (20th Anniversary version) - GBA - 31,548 units
5) Tamagotchi Connection: Corner Shop! - DS - 29,165 units
6) DS Training For Adults: Work Your Brain - DS - 24,173 units
7) Gentle Brain Exercises - DS - 20,315 units
8) Tsuukin Hitofude - GBA - 14,359 units
9) Dynasty Warriors 5: Mosho Den (incl. Limited Edition) - PS2 - 12,328 units
10) JUMP SUPER STARS - DS - 8,778 units

Conclusions:
* Dragon Ball Z Sparking! on #1 spot for two weeks.
* JUMP SUPER STARS back in top ten list.
* Super Mario Bros. (20th Anniversary version), DS Training For Adults: Work Your Brain, & Gentle Brain Exercises still going strong.