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PSP Still On Top In Japan

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By Tom Ivan

February 5, 2010

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Sony’s PSP remained the bestselling individual hardware platform in Japan during the week ended January 31.

The portable sold 47,875 units to retain its weekly lead, while Nintendo’s Wii placed second with 42,309 sales.

Combined DS sales made Nintendo’s handheld the overall top selling hardware platform, while Sony’s PS3 fell to fourth spot on the hardware chart despite a 7,500 jump in weekly sales.

Weekly hardware sales (previous week):

PSP - 47,875 (52,909)
Wii - 42,309 (45,167)
DSi LL – 34,863 (24,059)
PS3 - 34,431 (26,966)
DSi - 24,783 (20,373)
DS Lite - 6,811 (4,966)
Xbox 360 - 4,089 (3,343)
PlayStation 2 - 2,182 (2,088)
PSPgo - 1,645 (1,773)

On the software front, Square Enix’s Nintendo DS remake of Dragon Quest VI: Realms Of Reverie sold over 900,000 units to storm the chart.

Source: Media Create
Japanese sales history
 

joel_chima's picture
On February 7th joel_chima said:

If publishers would play nice and allow game swapping or some sort of trade in feature perhaps digital downloads would be more attractive...

Dan_Chippendale's picture
On February 5th Dan_Chippendale said:

now if they could just convince the world the Go is a good proposition. It totally fits with my digital lifestyle, I guess there is a lot of folks who would disagree...

Alex Walker's picture
On February 5th Alex Walker said:

The Go certainly has a place. But when you compare it to the cost of a 3000 and a memory card, I'm not entirely sure where that place is.

I Am The Manta's picture
On February 5th I Am The Manta said:

If Sony can ship my digital downloads in beautiful packaging, I'll buy in ;-)