Japanese and US Software / Hardware Sales

11 April, 2000 16 January, 2025

I found these this morning, and I figured most of you would like a look. Unfortunately, PS2 is giving the DC a beating. Let’s start with US software from March 26-April 1.

LAST						AVERAGE
WEEK					RELEASE	RETAIL
RANK	RANK	TITLE	PLATFORM	PUBLISHER	DATE	PRICE

1	1	POKEMON STADIUM	N64	NINTENDO OF AMERICA	MAR’00	$60
**	2	RESIDENT EVIL: CODE	DC	CAPCOM USA	MAR’00	$50
2	3	WWF SMACKDOWN!	PSX	THQ	MAR’00	$41
3	4	SYPHON FILTER 2	PSX	989 STUDIOS	MAR’00	$40
4	5	POKEMON YELLOW	GBOY	NINTENDO OF AMERICA	OCT’99	$25
5	6	THE SIMS	CD W95/W98	ELECTRONIC ARTS	FEB’00	$43
9	7	TONY HAWKS PRO SKATER	N64	ACTIVISION	MAR’00	$51
6	8	WHO WANTS TO BE MILLIONAIRE	CD W95/WNT	DISNEY INTERACTIVE	NOV’99	$19
7	9	POKEMON BLUE	GBOY	NINTENDO OF AMERICA	SEP’98	$25
8	10	POKEMON RED	GBOY	NINTENDO OF AMERICA	SEP’98	$25
**	11	SOLDIER OF FORTUNE	CD W95/W98	ACTIVISION	MAR’00	$46
11	12	TRIPLE PLAY 2001	PSX	ELECTRONIC ARTS	MAR’00	$41
12	13	SYPHON FILTER	PSX	989 STUDIOS	FEB’99	$20
14	14	TONY HAWKS PRO SKATER	PSX	ACTIVISION	SEP’99	$40
10	15	STAR WARS: FORCE COMMANDER	CD W95/W98	LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT	MAR’00	$33
16	16	STAR TREK: ARMADA	CD W95/W98	ACTIVISION	MAR’00	$43
13	17	GRAN TURISMO 2	PSX	SONY COMPUTER ENT.	DEC’99	$40
18	18	MARIO PARTY 2	N64	NINTENDO OF AMERICA	JAN’00	$50
20	19	ROLLER COASTER TYCOON	CD W95/W98	HASBRO INTERACTIVE	MAR’99	$30
17	20	LEGO ISLAND	CD W95/W98	MINDSCAPE	SEP’97	$14
**	21	ARMY MEN 3D	PSX	THE 3DO COMPANY	MAR’99	$20
**	22	DEAD OR ALIVE 2	DC	TECMO	MAR’00	$45
19	23	WWF WRESTLEMANIA 2000	N64	THQ	NOV’99	$60
21	24	SPYRO THE DRAGON	PSX	SONY COMPUTER ENT.	SEP’98	$20
**	25	FROGGER	PSX	HASBRO INTERACTIVE	OCT’97	$18
22	26	POKEMON PINBALL	GBC	NINTENDO OF AMERICA	JUN’99	$30
**	27	CRASH BANDICOOT WARP	PSX	SONY COMPUTER ENT.	NOV’98	$20
25	28	NAMCO MUSEUM 64	N64	NAMCO	NOV’99	$30
**	29	THIEF 2: THE METAL AGE	CD W95/W98	EIDOS INTERACTIVE	MAR’00	$34
23	30	SUPER MARIO BROS. DLX	GBC	NINTENDO OF AMERICA	MAY’99	$29

Now, to Japanese Software figures for March 27-April 2:

Last	Rank	Game Title	Publisher	System	Type	Units Sold	Total Sold
—	1	Tekken Tag Tournament	Namco	PS2	FIG	210,176	210,176
1	2	Kirby Star 64	Nintendo	N64	ACT	181,554	518,588
—	3	Dead or Alive 2	Tecmo	PS2	FIG	157,317	157,317
—	4	Marvel VS Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes	Capcom	DC	FIG	119,987	119,987
—	5	Pawafuru Kun Pocket 2	Konami	GB	SPT	103,799	103,799
—	6	The King of Fighters ’99 Evolution	SNK	DC	FIG	61,119	61,119
5	7	Ridge Racer V	Namco	PS2	RAC	57,753	509,516
—	8	Super Robot War Compact 2: Kaleidoscopic of Ground	Banpresto	WS	SLG	56,160	56,160
—	9	Driving Emotion Type-S	Square	PS2	RAC	52,612	52,612
2	10	Warioland 3: The Mysterious Music Box	Nintendo	GB	ACT	47,968	151,873
—	11	Eve Zero	Net Village	PS	AVG	47,299	47,299
9	12	Pocket Monster Silver	NIntendo	GB	RPG	42,771	3,328,355
3	13	Muscular Ranking Vol. 2 The New Challenge	Konami	PS	ACT	37,763	111,647
11	14	Pocket Monster Gold	Nintendo	GB	RPG	37,384	3,225,519
10	15	Kessen	Koei	PS2	SLG	35,827	290,781
—	16	The Typing of the Dead	Sega	DC	ETC	30,853	30,853
—	17	Bass Fishing No. 1	Nintendo	N64	SLG	24,013	24,013
4	18	World Stadium 4	Namco	PS	SPT	23,855	86,035
—	19	Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball DC Edition	Konami	DC	SPT	22,909	22,909
—	20	FIFA 2000 Europe League Soccer	EA Square	PS	SPT	21,806	21,806
6	21	Golf Paradise	T&E Soft	PS2	SPT	21,668	64,184
12	22	Muscular Ranking GB	Konami	GB	SPT	21,005	149,391
24	23	Trade & Battle Card Hero	Nintendo	GB	CRD	19,904	227,787
14	24	Hamster Paradise 2	Atlus	GB	SLG	17,737	50,560
23	25	Donkey Kong 64	Nintendo	N64	ACT	17,408	1,000,537
16	26	Fantavision	SCE	PS2	PZG	16,970	98,511
19	27	Street Fighter EX3	Capcom	PS2	FIG	16,777	185,496
22	28	Mario Party 2	Nintendo	N64	VAR	16,395	813,635
18	29	Mobile Suit Gundam Giren’s Ambition: Genealogy of Zion	Bandai	PS	SLG	15,922	429,447
27	30	Beat Mania Append 5th Mix ~ Time to Get Down	Konami	PS	MUS	15,373	112,232

And the hardware/overall software sales:

SOFTWARE	3/20 ~ 3/26	HARDWARE	3/13 – 3/19
System	Sales %	System	Sales
PlayStation	34.0%	PlayStation 2	71,780
Nintendo 64	25.3%	Gameboy Color	52,374
GameBoy	21.7%	PocketStation	15,819
PlayStation 2	15.4%	Dreamcast	7,080
Dreamcast	3.6%	PlayStation	4,937
WonderSwan	0.0%	WonderSwan	4,763
		Neo Geo Pocket Color	2,961
		Nintendo 64	2,921

And finally, Top Ten Arcade Games:

Last	Rank	Game Title	Developer	Type
1	1	Marvel vs Capcom 2	Capcom	Fighting
2	2	Power Smash	Sega	Sports
4	3	Derby Owners Club	Sega	Simulation
3	4	Keyboard Mania	Konami	Music
10	5	Golgo 13	Namco	Gun Shooting
5	6	The Typing of the Dead	Sega	Keyboarding
8	7	Virtua Striker 2 Version 2000	Sega	Sports
6	8	Crisis Zone	Namco	Gun Shooting
7	9	Dead or Alive 2 Millennium	Tecmo	Fighting
—	10	World Kicks	Namco	Sports