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Japan: Weekly PSP sales beat DS, PS3 on the rise

Posted on February 8th, 2008 at 07:43 EDT

Media Create has revealed that weekly PlayStation Portable sales in Japan have surpassed the DS, after previously falling shy of outselling Nintendo’s handheld by only a few thousand units the week before.

The PSP sold a total of 72,528 machines for the week ended February 4, with the DS selling 67,472 units in the same period. The Wii managed to claim the top spot thanks to a boost in sales on the release of the highly anticipated Super Smash Bros Brawl.

Meanwhile, Sony’s PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 2 home consoles received a boost in sales, selling 41,796 and 12,115 units each, respectively. Both machines continue to outsell the Xbox 360 on a weekly basis.

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posted 7:56am EST - February 8th, 2008
1

Why do we only get reports on Japan sales?

posted 8:10am EST - February 8th, 2008
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+1

posted 8:13am EST - February 8th, 2008
3

its good to see that the ps2 still beats 360......awsome.

posted 8:19am EST - February 8th, 2008
4

cool awsome

posted 8:41am EST - February 8th, 2008
5

People can't spell awesome nowadays...

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It was the PS3 that sold 41,796, right?

posted 8:42am EST - February 8th, 2008
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LOL, I love when the PS2 outsells the 360. As for the PSP, you'd think everyone in Japan would have a DS by now, so buy up some d**n PSPs!!!

posted 9:05am EST - February 8th, 2008
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@Muzikguy You pretty much took the words out my mouth...It looks like averyone in Japan has a DS now and moving onto the PSP :D But good to see the PSP sales doing so well, and the boost in sales for the PS£ & PS2 is good too!

And why does M$ bother with the 360 in Japan anyways, surely shipping, advertising and production of the 360 far outweighs the money they get from actually selling them!

posted 9:35am EST - February 8th, 2008
8

Hehe, the DS's have flooded the market and teh PSP is getting some great titles

posted 10:32am EST - February 8th, 2008
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haha, the 360 is still in last place! glad to hear that!
posted 11:07am EST - February 8th, 2008
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Meh I bet when everyone has a Wii, the PS3 will also increase more in sales. Just like whats happening now with the DS and PSP.

posted 11:08am EST - February 8th, 2008
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lol even the ps2 outsells crapbox3fixme lol thats just shameful, stupid crapbox, get outsold by a last generation console, tsk tsk tsk, i love it!
posted 12:10pm EST - February 8th, 2008
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how come everyone is buyin psp's in japan now??

posted 1:04pm EST - February 8th, 2008
13

So did it just get a boost for nothing,or some AAA title was released?

posted 3:01pm EST - February 8th, 2008
14

awsome awsome awsome f u...

 

meaning before the visuallys dumb sh**

 

...if it wasnt for the loud shaved nude chimps in my room id be violently aroused by these figures....

posted 4:35pm EST - February 8th, 2008
15

now the PSP takes over the world

posted 4:43pm EST - February 8th, 2008
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Yes the ps3 is outselling it’s main competitor the xb360 by about 50,000 consoles a week, it’s even catching the wii, it seems everyone wants a ps3, why? honest opinion they are the best consoles on the market, i used to be an xb360 fan until i read about the ps3 then i purchased a ps3 and got to say it’s about a million times better than any other consoles out at the moment, my xb360 is gathering dust now.
posted 4:43pm EST - February 8th, 2008
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Yes the ps3 is outselling it’s main competitor the xb360 by about 50,000 consoles a week, it’s even catching the wii, it seems everyone wants a ps3, why? honest opinion they are the best consoles on the market, i used to be an xb360 fan until i read about the ps3 then i purchased a ps3 and got to say it’s about a million times better than any other consoles out at the moment, my xb360 is gathering dust now.
posted 4:43pm EST - February 8th, 2008
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Yes the ps3 is outselling it’s main competitor the xb360 by about 50,000 consoles a week, it’s even catching the wii, it seems everyone wants a ps3, why? honest opinion they are the best consoles on the market, i used to be an xb360 fan until i read about the ps3 then i purchased a ps3 and got to say it’s about a million times better than any other consoles out at the moment, my xb360 is gathering dust now.
posted 5:12pm EST - February 8th, 2008
19

They probably only get Japan sales results cause they dont have to pay for it. 

posted 6:10pm EST - February 8th, 2008
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wud be gud if they cud get a EXACT, accurate method of finding out the numbers and tht in Europe and US but as long as a PS brand is winning in japan then im happy but i know loads of people in england r taking bak their Chekbox's and getting the ps3 soo u cud say there tht there aint tht many more chexbox's than ps3  

 

posted 8:12pm EST - February 8th, 2008
21

psn id: gingo.... most people in japan have a ds now so its not surprising that psp beat it, nice to see ps3 with a decent number of sales again

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