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Japan: PSP outsells DS as sales continue to rise

The PlayStation Portable has outsold Nintendo’s DS in Japan for the second week running, as sales of the portable gaming system continue to climb on a weekly basis.

The PSP sold 75,912 units for the week ended February 10, beating out the DS for a second week, which sold 60,464 in the same period.

Elsewhere, hardware sales for remaining consoles declined from the previous week, with the PlayStation 3 selling 23,985 units, down from almost 42,000 the week before.

Despite this, the next-generation console continued to outsell its main rival, the Xbox 360, by a pretty substantial margin, as did the PlayStation 2, which totalled just over 11,000 units.

Hardware, W/E February 10:

Wii – 81,737
PSP – 75,912
Nintendo DS – 60,464
PlayStation 3 – 23,985
PlayStation 2 – 11,038
Xbox 360 – 3,615

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