Media Crate: Japanese sales figures for May 18-24

So I was talking to one of my friends online yesterday, about how the demand for the Wii has dropped considerably in Japan. The Wii sold only 16,000-ish units in the home land last week – enough to surpass its home console competitors, but definitely indicative of the economic times and the lack of any new, AAA title for the Wii in recent weeks.

At the same time, Japan’s been very receptive to Nintendo’s casually-targeted games (as Wii Fit‘s #8 ranking after the break shows). We’ve got Wii Sports: Resort on the horizon for the casuals, and Wii MotionPlus coming for the veterans. What I was speculating with my friend was that while non-standard peripherals usually have a hard time establishing a userbase, Wii Sports: Resort, like Wii Fit before it, should have the power to sell in Japan. If it doesn’t? Well… announce black Wii hardware at E3 and pack in Resort/MotionPlus. Nintendo would win the economy.

DSi: 33,833
PSP: 27,536
Wii: 16,233
PS3: 10,932
DSL: 5,631
PS2: 4,075
X360: 3,854

Full software sales rankings can be found after the break.