Nintendo DSi on top, PSP moves up in Japan

According to Media Create, the Nintendo DSi was the best selling console in Japan for the week of Oct. 19 - 25th, 2009. During the week Nintendo managed to sell 42,199 units, followed by the PSP with 32,865 and the PS3 finally beating out the Wii with 29,977 units.

No hell has not in fact frozen over - price cuts are like little miracles!  Personally I think that the PSP go would be doing a lot better if its price point wasn’t more than the Wii at this point. Go figure. Full list below:

1 - DSi: 42,199

2 - PSP: 32,865

3 - PS3: 29,977

4 - Wii: 25,917

5 - DS Lite: 6,550

6 - Xbox 360: 4,470

7 - PS2: 1,951

Source: Media Create

Japanese hardware sales for Sept. 14 - 20, 2009

Japanese hardware sales are in for the week of Sept. 14 - 20, 2009, with the DSi continuing to top the hardware sales charts in that region with right around 66k units sold for the week - according to data from Media Create.

The PS3 came in at a respectable 55k, followed by the PSP at 21k, the Wii with over 16k in sales, the DS at 13k the Xbox 350 at just under 5K and the PS2 at over 2k. Pokémon Heart Gold and Soul Silver editions for the Ds probably didn’t hurt DS/DSi sales for the week. Full list below:

- DSi: 66,073

- PS3: 51,055

- PSP: 21,073

- Wii: 16,698

- DS Lite: 13,555

- Xbox 360: 4,965

- PS2: 2,723

Japanese hardware sales - May 11 - 17, 2009

Media Create has released hardware sales numbers for last week and it’s not good news. The average decline across all platforms was almost 35 percent. Chalk this up to a lack of system selling software or a general feeling of consumer indifference to video games, but it is not a good trend for the market. I hope that next week’s numbers will not be so depressing.

The DSi continued to top the sales charts, with the PSP coming in a close second, followed by the Wii, PS3, DS Lite, PS2 and Xbox 360. The Xbox 360 is just didn’t sell too well during a week when consumers seems to be uncertain that spending money on concoles and games is a good idea.. or maybe i’m just reading too much into this week’s numbers.

1. DSi 34,152 units - down 38.33
2. PSP 28,683 units - down 33.31 percent
3. Wii 15,116 units - down 38.04 percent
4. PS3 11,605 units - down 37.21 percent
5. DS Lite 4,888 units - down 37.50 percent
6. PS2 4,020 units - down 21.74 percent
7. Xbox 360 3,233 units - down 36.21 percent

Source

Japanese Hardware Sales: Feb. 23 - March 1, 2009

PS3 hardware sales are on the rise in Japan, thanks mostly to the release of the Yakuza 3 PS3 Bundle, while the PSP climbs slightly above the DSi with the help of Dynasty Warriors: Multi Raid. The Xbox 360 falls down 53 percent as everyone else muscles above it. The DS Lite is up slightly, followed by the PSP which is up a mere 1 percent since the previous charts. This is all according to Media Create retail data for the week of Feb. 23 - March 1, 2009. Details below:

1. PS3: 36,513 Units - up 126.10 percent
2. DSi: 35,827 Units - down 14.37 percent
3. PSP: 35,588 Units - up 20.43 percent
4. Wii: 17,876 Units - up 5.32 percent
5. Xbox 360: 11,795 Units - down 13,539 53.44 percent
6. DS Lite: 11,774 Units - up 18.04 percent
7. PS2: 5,099 Units - up 1.39 percent

Japanese Hardware Sales: Feb. 16 - 22, 2009

Media Create has released hard sales numbers for the week of Feb. 16 - 22, 2009 with the Xbox 360 continuing to shock the Japanese market thanks to the Square Enix’s Star Ocean: The Last Hope. While Microsoft’s console continues do well, it’s not beating out the DSi or the PSP - despite both platforms off from the prior week’s sales.

The DSi moved nearly 42k units, the PSP nearly 30K and the Xbox 360 slightly over 25K. The Wii was down 19 percent to nearly 17K, followed by the PS3 at around 16K, the DS Lite at nearly 10K and the good old PS2 at a little over 5K. Exact numbers with percentages below:

1. DSi: 41,839 Units (- 21.77 percent)
2. PSP: 29,552 Units (- 13.73 percent)
3. Xbox 360: 25,334 Units (+ 157.64 percent)
4. Wii: 16,973 Units (19.24 percent)
5. PS3: 16,149 Units 2,507 (13.44 percent)
6. DS Lite: 9,975 Units (- 32.65 percent)
7. PS2: 5,029 Units (- 5.68 percent)

Japanese Hardware: Feb. 9 15, 2009

Japanese hardware sales data is in for the week of Feb. 9 - Feb. 15, with the DSi and the PSP fighting for supremacy at the top of the charts, according to Media Create. The Nintendo Wii and PS3 and fighting for supremacy as well, with the old fan favorite DS light edging out the Xbox 360 and PS2 for the week. Here are the numbers:

1. DSi: 53,483 Units
2. PSP: 34,256 Units
3. Wii: 21,016 Units
4. PS3: 18,656 Units
5. DS Lite: 14,810 Units
6. Xbox 360: 9,833 Units
7. PS2: 5,332 Units

DSi Rules Japan

Japanese hardware sales for Nov. 3 - Nov. 9 shot that the new Nintendo DSi is doing pretty well in the region, beating out every other platform out there including the usually impressive PSP. The DSi sold 104, 897 units during the week, followed in the distance by the PSP at 40, 726 units, the Wii at 24, 726, the PS3 at 18, 354 and Xbox 360 at 12, 759. The good old DS Lite, one the standard bearer of Nintendo’s hand-held business in Japan, is the real victim here; the system moved a meager 8, 381 units, only beating out the PS2 which moved 5, 743 units.

You can see the list - in order - after the break:

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