Thursday, August 14, 2008

PSP and PSP dominate Japanese software and hardware charts

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The PlayStation Portable and Phantasy Star Portable are both on top of their game this week in Japan; the portable gaming device managed to sell 61,181 units, which is down from 6,271 units from last week. The DS comes dangerously close to beating the PSP this week though, with 57,398 units sold.

Software-wise, Phantasy Star Portable set a record for the fourth biggest debut for a PSP game with 341,700 copies of the game sold, according to PSPHyper. Hardware numbers are below, with software numbers after the jump:

Hardware and software sales for the week of July 28th - August 3rd:

  • PSP -- 61,181
  • DS Lite -- 57,398
  • Wii -- 41,109
  • PS3 -- 9,508
  • PS2 -- 9,045
  • Xbox 360 -- 5,359

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Thursday, August 14, 2008

PSP and PSP dominate Japanese software and hardware charts

Filed under: News


The PlayStation Portable and Phantasy Star Portable are both on top of their game this week in Japan; the portable gaming device managed to sell 61,181 units, which is down from 6,271 units from last week. The DS comes dangerously close to beating the PSP this week though, with 57,398 units sold.

Software-wise, Phantasy Star Portable set a record for the fourth biggest debut for a PSP game with 341,700 copies of the game sold, according to PSPHyper. Hardware numbers are below, with software numbers after the jump:

Hardware and software sales for the week of July 28th - August 3rd:

  • PSP -- 61,181
  • DS Lite -- 57,398
  • Wii -- 41,109
  • PS3 -- 9,508
  • PS2 -- 9,045
  • Xbox 360 -- 5,359

Continue reading PSP and PSP dominate Japanese software and hardware charts