wraggster
September 16th, 2011, 00:40
Japanese PS3 sales almost doubled during the week ended September 11 as new games helped give the platform a massive lift.
<FIGURE style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); MARGIN: 0px 0px 20px 20px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; WIDTH: 300px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: block; FONT: inherit; FLOAT: right; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; CLEAR: both; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial" class="article-image article-image-alt article-image-300">http://cdn.medialib.computerandvideogames.com/screens/screenshot_266175_thumb_wide300.jpg (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/viewer.php?mode=article&id=266175)</FIGURE>PS3 sales jumped from 33,831 units to 64.786, resulting in the console knocking 3DS from the top spot (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/318238/3ds-holds-top-spot-in-japan/) for the first time since Nintendo reduced the portable's price in mid-August.
A trio of PS3 titles stormed the software chart. Namco Bandai RPG Tales of Xillia entered at No.1 with over half a million sales, ahead of Resident Evil: Revival Selection and Resistance 3, which placed at No.2 and No.3 respectively.
Weekly hardware sales (previous week)
PS3: 64.786 (33,831)
3DS: 49.076 (54,744)
PSP: 25.404 (30,192)
Wii: 10.743 (11,606)
DSi: 4.890 (5.710)
PS2: 1.386 (1,394)
X360: 1.219 (1,228)
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/319152/japan-3ds-loses-top-sales-spot-to-ps3/
<FIGURE style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); MARGIN: 0px 0px 20px 20px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; WIDTH: 300px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: block; FONT: inherit; FLOAT: right; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; CLEAR: both; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial" class="article-image article-image-alt article-image-300">http://cdn.medialib.computerandvideogames.com/screens/screenshot_266175_thumb_wide300.jpg (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/viewer.php?mode=article&id=266175)</FIGURE>PS3 sales jumped from 33,831 units to 64.786, resulting in the console knocking 3DS from the top spot (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/318238/3ds-holds-top-spot-in-japan/) for the first time since Nintendo reduced the portable's price in mid-August.
A trio of PS3 titles stormed the software chart. Namco Bandai RPG Tales of Xillia entered at No.1 with over half a million sales, ahead of Resident Evil: Revival Selection and Resistance 3, which placed at No.2 and No.3 respectively.
Weekly hardware sales (previous week)
PS3: 64.786 (33,831)
3DS: 49.076 (54,744)
PSP: 25.404 (30,192)
Wii: 10.743 (11,606)
DSi: 4.890 (5.710)
PS2: 1.386 (1,394)
X360: 1.219 (1,228)
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/319152/japan-3ds-loses-top-sales-spot-to-ps3/