Japanese Hardware Sales: July 28th - August 3rd, 2008

[Shrygue]

The weekly console data update from Japan is in once again with the following figures:


Playstation Portable: 61,181
Nintendo DS Lite: 57,398
Nintendo Wii: 41,109
Playstation 3: 9,508
Playstation 2: 9,045
Xbox 360: 5,359


PSP maintains top position, drops roughly 6,300. DS is second, up 600. Wii follows, up 85. Forth is PS3, down 1,100. Playstation 2 comes along at 5th rank, down 250. Last is Xbox 360, down 400.

[JKKDARK]

Nice, PSP is losing every week. 2 more weeks and DS will be back at the top.

[Veskgar]

No way, with the upcoming releases scheduled for the PSP starting next month, the PSP will no doubt hold strong. Don't get me wrong, the DS has a few gems on the way as well. But I think the DS's time as king has passed.

I will admit the PSP gains seem fragile at best but the PSP still has some untapped potential.

I just don't really see it as a competition between the two handhelds. Every real gamer will want to have both. Anyone who picks one over the other is just cheating themselves.

[iceman100]

Nintendo hand helds are king, and look how close it is. Like it really matters as the ds is years ahead of anything that sony could ever achieve.

[Darksaviour69]

I have been supprised the Xbox 360 is making a small come back in japan. They were getting 1000-1500 units sold every week for months there, but in the last few weeks they have been getting 4000+, and next week will be huge