The most successful games of the first half year

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21st July 2008

Famitsu has made a list of the most sold video games in Japan for the first half year of 2008. Ten leader ten looks in following way: 1. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (Capcom, PSP, 2300505 copies); 2. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo, Wii, 1666323 copies); 3. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo, Wii, 1526664 copies); 4. Wii Fit (Nintendo, Wii, 1443167 copies); 5. Pokemon Ranger Batonage (Pokemon, DS, 576467 copies); 6. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Konami, PS3, 576437 copies); 7. Wii Sports (Nintendo, Wii, 544958 copies); 8. Mario Party DS (Nintendo, DS, 497547 copies); 9. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo, DS, 416935 copies); 10. Wii Play (Nintendo, Wii, 411416 copies). As for hardware, amazingly PSP took the first place (1964461 copies), for which Monster Hunter must be thanked. On the second place Wii is with 1720263 units. Xbox 360 naturally brings up the list. For six months a little more than 80 thousand consoles from Microsoft were sold. www.maxconsole.net