The DC is conspicuously absent from last week's Japanese software and hardware sales

Software and hardware sales for the week from June 14-20 are in from Japan, and the Dreamcast is standing just a bit on the absent side of things. None of the current DC games managed to make it into the top 30 software category (meaning that none of them sold more than 4,800 units). The DC only managed to take 0.5 per cent of software sales and sold just 2,567 pieces of hardware.

Next week's hardware and software tallies should cover just beyond Sega's all-around price cut date of June 24. In the weeks prior to the June 24 date, Sega had placed signs throughout retail outlets in Japan promoting the new 19,990 yen DC price point, as well as the new value price of 1,990 yen for such titles as Sonic Adventure, Virtua Fighter 3tb, Godzilla Generations, Pen Pen Tricelon, and July. In addition to the price drop, July 24 also saw the release of four new DC games, including Tokyo Highway Battle, King of Fighters '99, Expendable and Giant Gram. These games were well received by the Japanese press.

Reports out of Japan indicate that the price reduction was successful and that the Dreamcast hardware and software are selling better than before. Time will tell.

Courtesy of IGN.com