Turnabout: PSP first place in Japan thanks to mint green model

Posted Mar 7, 2008 at 9:32AM by QJ Staff Listed in: News Tags: Japan, Media Create, PS2

The PSP takes a fresh turn: thanks to the release of the mint green PSP, the Sony handheld has taken top spot in Japan's hardware charts for the week ending on March 2.

Although the handheld's been popular in Japan, it's only ever beat the Nintendo platforms on a number of occasions. One of the more notable ones was during the release of Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII.

We've also been tracking the movement of the Nintendo DS for a few weeks now. The DS was bumped off its usual spot in first place at the second week of February. It's been having trouble gaining back its momentum ever since.

This week, the Nintendo DS is in its second week in third place, after a brief spot in second place two weeks ago. Here's the rest of the figures for Japan's hardware sales for the week of March 2:

PSP: 73,706
Wii: 64,535
DS Lite: 51,922
PS3: 13,520
PS2: 10,986
Xbox 360: 2,282

Via Media Create

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22 Jumps EU PlayStation Store update - 12/03/09

22 Jumps PSP homebrew - MacroFire v3.0.12

20 Jumps PSP Minis to become playable on PS3 before Christmas?

18 Jumps Rumor: Logitech has PSP Go UMD add-on in the works

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by aNILEator - 2008-03-07 06:27

� Now get some patapon bundle pack going!

Would sell loads, limited edition patapon pack

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by Isaac C. - 2008-03-07 06:44

� Yeah!

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