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December 11th, 2009, 21:05
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/9/2009/12/500x_mchw_121109.jpgAfter months of so-so weekly sales in Japan, the Wii returns to the top of the country's hardware sales charts, its best weekly tally since the release of Monster Hunter 3 (http://kotaku.com/5331902/wii-has-a-monster-week-in-japan). Thank New Super Mario Bros. Wii for that!
Japanese Wii sales more than doubled on the release—and massive sales (http://kotaku.com/5423484/new-super-mario-bros-wii-leads-the-new-of-the-new)—of the new four-player Mario game, putting Nintendo's console well ahead of its closest competitor, the PSP. Sony's portable platform saw a solid boost from the release of Phantasy Star Portable 2 and Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Gundam Next Plus.
Sony's other lead platform, the PlayStation 3, saw a nice uptick in sales too. Perhaps for Assassin's Creed II, perhaps just due to seasonal spending, but enough to give it a third place showing.
With those three consoles at the top, that means previous hardware chart topper, the Nintendo DSi LL, had to settle for fourth, just ahead of the regular-sized DSi.
Here's how sales tracker Media Create (http://kotaku.com/tag/mediacreate/) saw the Japanese hardware contest shake down last week.
Wii - 106,555
PSP - 67,880
PlayStation 3 - 57,782
Nintendo DSi LL - 53,791
Nintendo DSi - 51,635
Nintendo DS Lite - 8,367
Xbox 360 - 5,314
PSPgo - 3,412
PS2 - 2,277
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Japanese Wii sales more than doubled on the release—and massive sales (http://kotaku.com/5423484/new-super-mario-bros-wii-leads-the-new-of-the-new)—of the new four-player Mario game, putting Nintendo's console well ahead of its closest competitor, the PSP. Sony's portable platform saw a solid boost from the release of Phantasy Star Portable 2 and Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Gundam Next Plus.
Sony's other lead platform, the PlayStation 3, saw a nice uptick in sales too. Perhaps for Assassin's Creed II, perhaps just due to seasonal spending, but enough to give it a third place showing.
With those three consoles at the top, that means previous hardware chart topper, the Nintendo DSi LL, had to settle for fourth, just ahead of the regular-sized DSi.
Here's how sales tracker Media Create (http://kotaku.com/tag/mediacreate/) saw the Japanese hardware contest shake down last week.
Wii - 106,555
PSP - 67,880
PlayStation 3 - 57,782
Nintendo DSi LL - 53,791
Nintendo DSi - 51,635
Nintendo DS Lite - 8,367
Xbox 360 - 5,314
PSPgo - 3,412
PS2 - 2,277
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