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 100

Famitsu 2002 first half Top 100

Famitsu 2002 Top 100

Famitsu 2003 Top 100

Famitsu weekly Top 30

Famitsu-via-Geimin full Wii/PS3 software through March

Famitsu 2004 Top 100

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

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.