Latest Japanese Sales Charts – Week Ending December 14

Japan has seen another extremely healthy week of sales, with some 1,919,000 units sold, representing 217% of the weekly average. Capcom have been the obvious winners this week with Biohazard (aka Resident Evil) returning to its natural home on the PlayStation with the first, and critically acclaimed, online game in the series. The only title to eclipse this success has been Capcom’s own Rockman EXE 4 (to be known as Mega Man Battle Network 4 in the West), which if sales of both Pokémon-esque versions were combined would actually exceed Outbreak. In hardware sales the GameCube has continued its slow increase in market share, to the point where it has now out sold the Game Boy Advance SP. The market share now stands at 49.53% for the PlayStation 2, 26.14% for combined Game Boy Advance sales, 22.79% for GameCube and 1.13% for Xbox.

TW	LW	Title	Publisher	Formats	Release Date
1	NE	Biohazard: Outbreak	Capcom	PS2	2003.12.11
2	NE	Rockman EXE 4: Blue Moon	Capcom	GBA	2003.12.12
3	NE	One Piece Grand Battle! 3	Bandai	PS2	2003.12.11
4	NE	Rockman EXE 4: Red Sun	Capcom	GBA	2003.12.12
5	NE	Momotaro Railway 12	Hudson	PS2	2003.12.11
6	2	Gran Turismo 4 Prologue	SCE	PS2	2003.12.04
7	3	Hot Shots Golf 4	SCE	PS2	2003.11.27
8	1	Mobile Suit Gundam Z: AEUG vs. Titans	Bandai	PS2	2003.12.04
9	NE	Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando	Sony	PS2	2003.12.11
10	NE	One Piece Grand Battle! 3	Bandai	GC	2003.12.11

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