The sky is blue, therefore the PSP is top in Japan

Posted Jul 11th 2008 1:15PM by Alan Tsang
Filed under: News

Just as the Xbox 360 is firmly planted at the bottom of the Japanese sales chart, the PSP is once again on top. The nitty-gritty numbers are presented to you below:

Week of June 30th-July 6th:

PSP - 56,439 (2422)
Nintendo DS - 47,455 (1,429)
Wii - 44,525 (3,955)
PlayStation 3 - 14,359 (3,614)
PlayStation 2 - 11,768 (4,095)
Xbox 360 - 4,776 (328)

Seems like video game hardware sales are down in general over in Japan this week. All the current-gen systems reported lower than last week sales. But hey, our favorite portable is still at the top, besting the runner-up, the Nintendo DS, by 8,984 units.

Tags: hardware, japan, psp

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

7-11-2008 @ 1:22PM

Dan said...

Its scary how the 360 is doing so bad in japan... I wonder if even the Square Enix games with save it over there.

Then again they are for PS3 also so Imma say no :-\

And why is the wii selling?!?! What game do they have that is causing this o_O???

7-11-2008 @ 2:01PM

Alien said...

Well casual stuff like in the US/EU :P

Its nice to see the PSP dominating at least one territory in this world :D

7-11-2008 @ 3:29PM

Ted said...

I find this scary:

PSP - 56,439 (2422)
Nintendo DS - 47,455 (1,429)
Wii - 44,525 (3,955)
PlayStation 3 - 14,359 (3,614)
PlayStation 2 - 11,768 (4,095) WTF, up by over 4,000!
Xbox 360 - 4,776 (328)

7-11-2008 @ 3:38PM

bryansurvive said...

How about some videos for my psp?
Why did you guys stop posting the video feed? .
I would assume the xbox is failing since its an american product.
Has anyone else since those anti-walmart commercials? pretty whack huh?

7-11-2008 @ 4:05PM

theMediaman said...

That gap has been getting smaller and smaller every week since the first time they were way out in front. They're going to have to pull another rabbit out of their hat if Sony's going to keep on top.

7-11-2008 @ 5:48PM

Shin said...

PS2 sales are rising a bit because Persona 4 was released yesterday.

7-11-2008 @ 6:35PM

Dan said...

I thought it was gonna be released on the PS3... oh well, I stil have to beat 3 anyway.

7-11-2008 @ 11:34PM

anarkhy said...

Where is the sales numbers for US and EU?

7-11-2008 @ 11:36PM

anarkhy said...

Sony should stop selling ps2 for the people buy more psp and ps3.

7-12-2008 @ 2:34PM

Da44e said...

Stay away, Nintendo DS...stay away from the ultimate machines place pleaz :o

7-13-2008 @ 10:01PM

Eric said...

I think the issue with Nintendo DS is that they ran out of people to sell them to... It was on top for over a year.

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