Japan: PSP still best selling; sold more units than Wii since January

Posted May 9, 2008 at 11:53AM by QJ Staff Listed in: News Tags: Japan, Media Create
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Japan: PSP still on top, sold more than Wii for the year so far - Image 1


Japan's been opening its arms to the PSP for the last few weeks. Thanks to continuously strong sales of Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G, the PSP is still maintaining its lead on the other hardware platforms for the week ending on May 4.

Seeing as how strong the PSP's been lately, some might also get a hoot out of these sales figures: So far this year, the PSP has sold more than Nintendo's mainstay, the Wii, selling 1.6 million units since January. The Wii sold about 1.3 million.

Monster Hunter is still going strong in second place in Japan's software charts, but how long will its sales continue to pull along PSP sales? One can only wonder. Here's the hardware sales chart in Japan for the week of May 4:
  1. Sony PSP: 100,870
  2. Nintendo Wii: 71,518
  3. Nintendo DS: 52,542
  4. PlayStation 3: 10,177
  5. PlayStation 2: 8,802
  6. Xbox 360: 1,725


 
 
 

Comments [refresh]

by scarface_tha_second - 2008-05-09 07:06
» I know of done this alot but...

PSP sales ratio to 360: 100 to 2

by Uplink - 2008-05-09 08:07
» lol@ratios

those numbers make me lol inside but this one is ever better. PSP Malfunction to 360 Malfunction Ratio + 1000 : 1

by Jettic - 2008-05-09 08:14
» ...

Scarface what I think you meant to say was PSP:360 + 200:1

by Fiska - 2008-05-09 09:23
» It's actually closer to

PSP:360 = 58:1



Also, congrats on not realizing he had a plus because he pressed shift for some reason.

by Sephiroth86 - 2008-05-09 09:39
» ratio

100:2 is 50:1 not 200:1

by 93pauott - 2008-05-09 12:33
» almost there

nope, it's 50,435 to 0,8265! hah pownd!

by duy817 - 2008-05-10 00:53
» it's people like me that psp is doing well...

i went through 3 psp within the last 3 years

i got my psp for free when i won in drawing contest someone stole that one the following year, so i bought another one and then i sold that one because i wanted a psp slim... and now i'm on my 3rd psp... as for the wii, i still haven't got one yet.

by Nicolo S. - 2008-05-10 10:30
» :)

I wonder how many of those went to Konata...

by PSPMAN90 - 2008-05-10 16:27
» Oviously the PSP Rules on the Modern Era of Portable Gaming and System Console...

That's what scales shows!



Viva la PSP!



NICE!



PSPMAN90

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