All great things must come to an end. The PSP, which seemed like an unstoppable hardware selling juggernaut, finally came down from its lofty highs ... down to second place in Japan. In its place? Well, it's the DS ... Seems like the handheld console wars are back! Hold on, while we get some popcorn ...
Nintendo DS - 60,434
PSP - 58,501
Wii - 38,506
Xbox 360 - 24,962
PlayStation 3 - 9,673
PlayStation 2 - 8,503
Also shaking up the charts this week: the Xbox 360 outsells the PS3. Did something contaminate the Japanese water supply? There's so much drama this week!
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8-15-2008 @ 12:13PM
strike said...
I think I'm gonna cry.....
I didn't mind when MGS4 took the PS3 to the top for a week, but the DS? I'm no Sony fanboy, but I don't see why the DS is hailed as some portable console god. If I want to poke something with a pen/stylus, my younger brother is the best candidate.
I hope something big gets announced at the games convention. I would'nt mind a resident evil or maybe devil may cry.....
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8-16-2008 @ 12:37AM
The Fatass of Kickassness said...
The DS is a great system, as is the PSP. If you concentrate too much on the input method rather than the games available for the system, yeah, you're bound to miss the point of the system, but it has some pretty fun games that either aren't possible or wouldn't work as well on other systems. I'd give it a shot if I were ya.
8-15-2008 @ 12:52PM
omgitsthepope said...
its only by like 2k it could of easily went either way this week so no reason to cry. Its not like the psp is selling bad either this week the ds next week could easily go to either too.
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8-15-2008 @ 1:04PM
Eric said...
I'm surprised Nintendo DS is back at the top, also... it was number one for over two years straight, how many people can be left to buy them?
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8-15-2008 @ 1:07PM
Roto13 said...
Ha ha, I keep asking myself the same question. xD It's like "Doesn't everyone HAVE a DS by now?"
8-15-2008 @ 4:50PM
cafecito said...
Well I buy a DS every week just to toss it to the floor and crash it. I hate it :P
8-17-2008 @ 1:10PM
Char6296 said...
Japan lieks Mudkipz. Over and over again, they liek Mudkipz on their DS... they can't get enough.
8-17-2008 @ 7:56PM
Trickob said...
I don't have a DS yet. I hope to have one someday...
8-15-2008 @ 1:06PM
Roto13 said...
"Also shaking up the charts this week: the Xbox 360 outsells the PS3. Did something contaminate the Japanese water supply? There's so much drama this week!"
The PSP being outsold by the DS isn't exactly a huge shock. :P It did so consistently for, like, years. The Xbox 360 selling more than a dozen units is pretty big news, though. That's Tales of Vesperia for you. I'm still hoping for a PS3 version of that.
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8-15-2008 @ 1:40PM
Virtuous said...
Once the Monster Hunter fad has run its course Japanese PSP will plummet.
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8-15-2008 @ 4:25PM
Jacksons said...
No, no, they're on to phantasy star now.
8-16-2008 @ 9:53AM
Mr.ESC said...
"Once the Dargon quest fad has run its course Japanese DS will plummet."
See what I did there?
When I say weak ass you say troll.
Weak ass...
(Troll)
Weak ass...
8-18-2008 @ 1:44AM
The Dark Trooper said...
Troll!
8-15-2008 @ 1:56PM
Sinful Lust said...
i think ive read somewhere that sony has the most or the biggest first party studieos under their belt. i dont know what is wrong with them but they need to get to work fast for that ps3 and psp cuz i cant imagine they seem pleased with loosing to the xbox and the ds like this.
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8-15-2008 @ 2:27PM
omgitsthepope said...
i think you guys are overreacting the psp is still selling strong even if its 2nd place for the rest of the year or even third if the wii bounces up. The ps3 could be in trouble but i honestly don't see the 360 doing that well continually it will probly just spring up near the release dates of these rpgs.
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8-15-2008 @ 3:26PM
boltu222 said...
Yep that sounds about right
8-15-2008 @ 2:41PM
thx1138 said...
C-C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER
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8-15-2008 @ 3:22PM
EricLMcCormick said...
I can't belive how many people are still buying PS2. Can someone explain this to me? You don't see people out there buying up gamecubes and the original xbox. The only thing I can think of is that if Sony didn't keep selling the PS2 the wouldn't make any money since PS2 and PS3 sales combined don't come close to xbox 360 sales which is the next runner up.
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8-15-2008 @ 5:01PM
anarkhy said...
The actual generation consoles are too expensive, many people are just now acquiring the ps2 due to price down.
Even if sony kills ps2 not all sells will revert to ps3.
8-15-2008 @ 10:38PM
aj said...
It's because the PS2 is cheap, and has about ten million games available for it - also cheap.
The PS3 is expensive, and the games more so.