Japan: PSP leads hardware for another week

  • Posted April 25th, 2008 at 05:53 EDT by Mike Harradence
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Weekly sales of Sony’s PlayStation Portable in Japan continue to lead hardware in the region for another week running, according to the latest data from Media Create.

The handheld sold 85,421 units for the week ended April 20, as Japanese consumers continue to snap up the machine on the strength of Capcom’s Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G.

Nintendo’s DS is in second place with 44,551 units sold, followed by the Wii, which shifted 44,241 units of hardware.

PlayStation 3 sales were down from the previous week, with Sony’s latest home console selling 7438 units, ahead of the PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360, which sold 6454 and 1076 units each, respectively.

Stay tuned for more coverage on the performance of Sony hardware in the coming weeks.

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  1. fkPS3

    • 7:04am BST - April 25th, 2008
    • 1

    North American numbers please. I don't think the PS3 is passing the xbox unfortunately, but I'd like to see those numbers if they're available.

  2. gingo | gingo

    • 8:43am BST - April 25th, 2008
    • 2

    psn id: gingo.... this will be the continuous trend for the rest of the year in japan unless another massive title comes out for the wii but i think most japanese hav a wii and a ds by now

  3. Die-romantic | Demon_King

    • 10:38am BST - April 25th, 2008
    • 3

    The wii loves dust

  4. D3v1lwqer23 | Demon_King

    • 11:16am BST - April 25th, 2008
    • 4

    GO PSP!!!  and fkPS3, I believe the PS3 has been doing slightly better than Xbox since February.

  5. zakruz | zakruz

    • 11:30am BST - April 25th, 2008
    • 5

    die-romantic: Every machine loves dust o_O

  6. MephistoSoze

    • 12:30pm BST - April 25th, 2008
    • 6

    The PS3 especially loves dust. Or is it that dust loves the PS3? I don't know, but I find myself cleaning the thing more often than anything else in the house. (Or maybe I just "baby" the PS3?)

  7. Alti | Alti

    • 1:28pm BST - April 25th, 2008
    • 7

    ps3 sales bite, but wow, that psp is somethin else.

  8. 6toes

    • 3:16pm BST - April 25th, 2008
    • 8

    I know you guys want to keep the news positive but we need numbers for NA and EU.  Just because Sony might not be leading in these regions doesn't make them unimportant. 

  9. nastanley

    • 3:54pm BST - April 25th, 2008
    • 9

    It will be interesting to see how things will turnout for the xbox360 in june when Ninja Gaiden 2 is released.I am sure this is a strategic move by MS so that the release of MGS4 won't have any effect on the difference difference in sales between ps3 and xbox360.Let's wait and see.

  10. terminator12259 | tacitassassin25

    • 6:19pm BST - April 25th, 2008
    • 10

    everybody is waiting for a ps3 bundle. i think that is why it isnt selling that well at the moment

  11. Pablo0620 | Pablo0620

    • 2:34am BST - April 26th, 2008
    • 11

    My wii is dusty. My PS3 is running its engines all day with GT5Prologue, Metal Gear Beta, and soon GTfrigginA 4

  12. PS3-The Ultimate Machine

    • 7:10am BST - April 26th, 2008
    • 12

    Seems like a slow week in Japan...

  13. Emo-Mercenary | Clarky-132

    • 10:24am BST - April 26th, 2008
    • 13

    Nice sales for the PSP indeed. PS3 sales are terrible in Japan...

  14. shaka | Shaka

    • 9:49pm BST - April 26th, 2008
    • 14

    Yeah well PSP if filled with AAA' last a checked the nds and wii sales were in the tubes. and both have zero games for 2008.

    as usuall nintendo always fail.

  15. Die-romantic | Demon_King

    • 7:44am BST - April 27th, 2008
    • 15

    @ Zakrus The PS3 especially loves dust

  16. serghis1000 | serghis1000

    • 7:06am BST - May 3rd, 2008
    • 16

    psp is probz the best thing made apart from the ps3 i got both so i know add me on ps3 mi addy is serghis1000 check what i got on mi profile i got loads

  17. shaka | Shaka

    • 6:36pm BST - May 15th, 2008
    • 17

    Good stuff with PSP the only handheld this year with AAAs like FF7-CC and GoW.

     

    the nds on the other hand has no games and it only sells beacuase its half the price of the PSP.

     

    PSP FTW!!!!!!!

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