Sony’s PlayStation 3 has topped the Japanese weekly hardware sales chart for the period April 13-19, with the console selling a whopping 62,527 units on the strength of Square’s playable Final Fantasy XIII demo.
To get an idea of how significant this is for the platform holder, take into account that Sony’s black box sold a modest 16,701 units the week before, meaning it’s weekly chart performance actually quadrupled in sales. Not too shabby.
The good news doesn’t stop there, either. PSP managed to secure second place, shifting just north of 40,000 units, beating out the likes of DSi, Wii and Xbox 360. Things weren’t so rosy for Sony’s trusty old PS2, though, with the last-gen machine coming in at last place.
See below full the full chart roundup.
PlayStation 3 – 62,527
PSP – 40,065
Nintendo DSi – 38,287
Wii – 13,221
Xbox 360 – 8,652
Nintendo DS Lite – 6,438
PlayStation 2 – 4,230