Japanese sales tracker Media Create has their hardware sales numbers and software rankings for the second week of September, the week of September 8th to September 14th.  This week is marked by the release of Pokémon Platinum for the Nintendo DS, and the price drop of the Xbox 360.

The top seller this week is the aforementioned Pokémon Platinum, selling 960k copies in two days.  Coming in second was Konami's Quiz Magic Academy DS, selling 119k copies in three days.  Rounding out the top five are Square Enix's RPG Infinite Undiscovery (360 - #3 - 90k), Namco Bandai's One Piece Unlimited Cruise Episode 1 (WII - #4 - 61k), and Nintendo's Rhythm Tengoku Gold (NDS - #5 - 56k).

On the hardware side, the 360 sees a significant boost in sales since last week due to the system's price drop in Japan, alongside the release of Infinite Undiscovery from tri-Ace and Square Enix.  However, contrary to Famitsu's numbers, it didn't have enough to overtake the Wii, which sold just a thousand more.  The DS and the PlayStation family continue to hold similar numbers as compared to last week.

On the software side, there were a bunch of new releases to break through into the top ten which will be covered later.  Rhythm Tengoku Gold continues to chug along, hoping to hit that one million mark.  Top ten stalwarts Mario Kart Wii (WII - #8 - 14k) and Wii Fit (WII - #6 - 25k) still continue to sell respectable weekly numbers.  Daigasso! Band Brothers DX (NDS - #9 - 14k), Dragon Quest V (NDS - #11), Fire Emblem DS (NDS - #12), Inazuma Eleven (NDS - #13) and Konami's J-League Winning Eleven 2008 Club Championship (PS2 - #10 - 13k) all continue to show their legs.

For the top fifty breakdown, the DS had 25 games in the top fifty, the Wii had 9, the PS2 and PSP with 5 apiece, and the 360 and PS3 had 3 apiece.

Out of the new releases, five of them made their way into the top ten, highlighted by the outstanding numbers of Pokémon Platinum, going above and beyond the competition.  Konami's Quiz Magic Academy DS also had a decent opening marketing push, and that allowed it to reach #2 in sales.  Infinite Undiscovery was the hot new RPG from Square Enix to hit the block, and it helped that it was released alongside the 360 price drop.  Namco Bandai's One Piece Unlimited Cruise also sold well, working off of the popular property.

What to look for tomorrow:

• The games with the selling power this week are the PS3 version of Trusty Bell (Eternal Sonata) and Dragonball DS
  • Eternal Sonata was a moderately popular RPG game when first released for the 360, selling decent numbers on debut.  This is the long-awaited PS3 version of the game.  Famitsu's numbers have it pegged at 30k.
  • Dragonball DS is the latest game in the popular anime series.  That combined with the fact that it is on the DS could see some good numbers.  Famitsu's numbers have it at 88k sold.
• Expect a drop in 360 sales numbers--Media Create notes that there has been some sort of supply issue yet again for the console.