Japanese Hardware Unit Sales

Electronic Gaming Business, August 11, 2004

Rank  Platform      This Week  Last Week   Total for 2004
1     PS2           31,569     27,790      1,480,961
2     GBA SP        27,054     30,905      1,441,276
3     GameCube      5,544      4,835       402,619
4     GBA           1,785      1,930       158,630
5     Xbox          361        302         21,963
6     PSOne         253        184         12,184
7     Swan Crystal  146        83          -
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A sad commentary on the state of the Xbox in Japan when the PSOne is hot on its heels and it sells a fraction of the older GBA model. Curiously, Microsoft Game Studios in Japan recently placed ads for 10 job posts in art and software design, suggesting that it was ramping up for some special project. This comes after its True Fantasy Live RPG for Xbox Live was cancelled in May in an advanced state of development.

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