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Japan: PS3 sales slightly up, PSP continues chart lead

Posted on May 2nd, 2008 at 04:22 EDT

Sony’s PlayStation Portable continues to steam ahead of its rivals in Japan for another week, selling over 92,000 units for the week ended April 27, reports Media Create.

The portable gaming system sold a total of 92,411, beating out both the Nintendo Wii and DS, which during the same period sold 48,796 and 42,435 units each, respectively.

Meanwhile, the PlayStation 3 experienced a small but noticeable rise in sales, shifting over 9,000 units, again outselling the PlayStation 2, which managed 7,108 units.

Microsoft’s Xbox 360 sold 1,283 machines over the same week.

See below for a full chart roundup.

1. PlayStation Portable (92,411)
2. Nintendo Wii (48,796)
3. Nintendo DS (42,435)
4. PlayStation 3 (9107)
5. PlayStation 2 (7108)
6. Xbox 360 (1283)

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posted 2:18am EDT - May 2nd, 2008
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yippe ky yay!!!

posted 5:13am EDT - May 2nd, 2008
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Excellente newsa!!!

posted 6:37am EDT - May 2nd, 2008
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psn id: gingo... i think the reason this is happening is that nearly everyone in japan has got a DS and a wii but take nothing away from sony they are certainly starting to do well with the psp

posted 7:37am EDT - May 2nd, 2008
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The psp is outselling Nintendo by itself ! :P

posted 10:04am EDT - May 2nd, 2008
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@ Staude, yes you are right.  The PSP outsold the Wii and DS combined.

posted 12:48pm EDT - May 2nd, 2008
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My god, the PSP outsold the Wii, but that probably happened just because the shortage of Wii's.

 

The Japanese consoles like the PS3, PSP, Wii, and DS will always dominate Japan no matter what Microsoft does. The Xbox 360 just barely surpassed 600,000 consoles sold in Japan just recently, ha ha! With those MGS4 bundles coming out, PS3 sales in Japan are going to be going up. The next big game to boost PS3 sales in Japan is Final Fantasy XIII and when that comes out, Japan will be going crazy for PS3's.

posted 3:09pm EDT - May 2nd, 2008
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Wii sales have gone down! 360 hasn't budged.

posted 5:10pm EDT - May 2nd, 2008
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everyone one in japan is waiting for the mgs4 bundle to buy a ps3

posted 6:12pm EDT - May 2nd, 2008
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h3ll yeah, the PSP outsold the Wii and DS combined! Too bad the PS3 isn't doing so well. @terminator12259 You might have something there.

posted 7:26pm EDT - May 2nd, 2008
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I will only be happy when ps3 starts selling that much. But I am definately happy for psp cause it blew away it's competition. almost like bluray against HDVD there was no competiton.

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