Nintendo Rocks Japanese May Sales Numbers, PS2 Outsells PS3

2007 continues to be a successful year for Nintendo. Famitsu publisher Enterbrain this week released Japanese sales data for the month of May 2007, and the Big N has once again come out on top. All together, Nintendo hardware accounted for roughly 78% of all the hardware sales in the country for May.

Meanwhile, Sony’s next-generation home console, PlayStation 3, was outsold by its five-year-old brother, PlayStation 2. Worse, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 sold the least of all next-gen platform in the Land of the Rising Sun.

Approximate Japanese sales numbers for May 2007

• Nintendo DS – 600,000
• Wii – 250,000
• Sony PSP – 120,000
• PlayStation 2 – 53, 000
• PlayStation 3 – 45,000
• Xbox 360 – 11,000
• GBA SP – 2,000

In the realm of software sales, Nintendo also rocked the competition: 8 of the top 10 best-selling games in May were on Nintendo platforms. However, the number one seller last month was a PlayStation Portable title.
1. Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions – 241,904 (PSP)
2. Final Fantasy XII: Revanant Wings – 180,260 (DS)
3. Super Paper Mario – 156,642 (Wii)
4. Wii Sports – 140,704 (Wii)
5. Momotarou Dentetsu DS: Tokyo & Japan – 124,223 (DS)
6. Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree – 113,035 (Wii)
7. New Super Mario Bros. – 112,486 (DS)
8. Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day – 103,610 (DS)
9. Shining Wind – 101,138 (PS2)
10. Yoshi’s Island DS – 97,331 (DS)