PSP rules Japanese software and hardware charts

Sony's PSP handheld shot to the top of the Japanese hardware chart last week, as well as taking the top two places in the software chart.

Capcom's Monster Hunter Diary sits firmly at number one with 256,000 sales, followed by Namco Bandai's Ace Combat X2: Joint Assault at two with 58,000. A third new PSP title, Hakuouki: Zuisouroku Portable, took fifth place with 24,000 sales.

The PSP itself sold 55,112 units compared to the 27,554 which saw it take second place last week. Sony also took the second place in the hardware chart with the PS3 shifting 24,053 units. All hardware platforms saw slight reductions in their sales figures, apart from the PSP and the PSPgo, which crept up from 631 to 836.

Last week's software number one, Another Century's Episode R, dropped down to fourth, whilst Wii Party slipped one place from second to third. Sony took six of the top ten software places, with Nintendo occupying the remaining four.

Full tables follow. Last week's sales figures are in brackets where appropriate.

Software sales week ending 29 August

01. Monster Hunter Diary: Poka Poka Ailu Village (PSP, Capcom): 256,000 / New
02. Ace Combat X2: Joint Assault (PSP, Namco Bandai): 58,000 / New
03. Wii Party (Wii, Nintendo) - 55,000
04. Another Century's Episode R (PS3, Namco Bandai): 28,000
05. Hakuouki: Zuisouroku Portable (PSP, Idea Factory): 24,000 / New
06. Inazuma Eleven 3: World Challenge!! Spark / Bomber (DS, Level 5): 13,000
07. Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Wii, Nintendo): 12,000
08. Art Academy (DS, Nintendo): 12,000
09. Tales Of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon X (PSP, Namco Bandai): 9,000
10. Sengoku Basara 3 (PS3, Capcom): 9,000
Hardware sales week ending 29 August

PSP - 55,112 (27,554)
PS3 - 25,053 (29,433)
DSi LL - 19,010 (21,179)
DSi - 17,057 (20,030)
Wii - 15,989 (18,145)
DS Lite - 3,925 (4,012)
Xbox 360 - 2,665 (3,842)
PS2 - 1,358 (1,366)
PSPgo - 836 (631)

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