Game Charting: Software Data Sources
Historical Famitsu data taken from either [1], [2], or [3].
PS2/GBA/GCN/Xbox/DS/PSP/X360/PS3/Wii
Famitsu 2000 Top 300
Famitsu 2001 first half Top 100
Famitsu 2001 Top 300
Famitsu 2002 first half Top 100
Famitsu 2002 Top 300
Famitsu 2003 Top 300
Famitsu weekly Top 30
Famitsu-via-Geimin full Wii/PS3 software through March 2007
Famitsu 2004 Top 500 through week of 2004-12-20
Famitsu 2004 Top 100 through week of 2004-12-27
Famitsu 2005 Top 500
Famitsu Top 100 DS games lifetime through the week of 2006-11-06
Famitsu 2006 first half Top 100
Famitsu 2006 Top 500
Famitsu 2007 first half Top 100
Famitsu 2007 first half Nintendo Top 100
Famitsu Top 50 X360 games lifetime through the week of 2007-10-03
Sporadic monthly Top 10 from Famitsu Xbox 360
Sporadic weekly Top 5 and Top 5 LTD from Famitsu Xbox 360
Famitsu Top 10 Wii, PS3, and X360 games lifetime through the week of 2008-02-11
Famitsu Top 30 for January - March 2008
Famitsu 2007 Top 500
Famitsu 2008 first half Top 100
Note that there is some data which unfortunately falls through the cracks. If I get a 2007 sales number for a 2006 game that I don't have the 2006-end value for, I can't calculate the new 2007 total. Similarly if I get monthly sales for a game I don't have the total of just prior to the month's start, I can't calculate the new total either. And in neither case does the combined yearly or monthly data allow anything to be gleaned about specific weekly data. So it just doesn't get included.