Gamasutra has an interesting set of metrics on game software and hardware sales in Japan from last week.According to the figures, Microsoft's great white hope for breaking the Japanese gaming market has failed to outsell even the years-old GameCube in its second week on the charts.
The Xbox 360 sold only 8,623 units compared to 17,849 for GameCube - putting them at 1.39% and 2.88% market share respectively.
Gamasutra suggest this is down to the absence of Team Ninja's Dead or Alive 4 and a dearth of top Japanese-developed titles so far for the Xbox 360.
Gamasutra report Japanese stores are still well-stocked with the next-gen console, in contrast with the situation in the U.S. and Europe where shortages are expected to continue into the New Year.
The triumph of GameCube over Xbox 360 is part of a broader success for Nintendo, who dominate the charts for game sales, and whose DS accounts for a whopping 66% of all game hardware sales in Japan last week.
More figures on Gamasutra
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