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PSP Surges Ahead In Weekly Japanese Charts

Sony's PlayStation Portable handheld once again took the top spot in the Japanese dedicated video game hardware sales charts, after being edged out by the Nintendo 3DS in the previous week.

Mike Rose, Blogger

April 28, 2011

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Sony's PSP once again took the top spot in the Japanese dedicated video game hardware sales charts this week, after being edged out by the Nintendo 3DS in the previous week. For the week ended April 24, the PSP sold 49,162 units, more than doubling its sales from last week, according to data from tracking firm Media Create. Sales of the Nintendo 3DS continued to decline, down 5,000 units compared to last week. PS3 and Wii sales were also down, while the Xbox 360 shifted roughly the same number as last week. In the wake of the discontinuation of the PSP Go in the country, the Sony handheld sold 265 units. Below are the full sales rankings from Media Create for the week ended April 24, 2011. (The second chart lumps together sales of all models in a given line of hardware.)

LW

TW

Platform

Weekly Sales

Last Week

2

1

PSP

49,162

23,846

1

2

3DS

23,038

28,252

3

3

PS3

19,033

22,265

4

4

Wii

7,866

8,122

5

5

DSi LL

7,064

7,724

6

6

DSi

6,214

6,809

7

7

Xbox 360

1,891

1,898

8

8

PS2

1,163

1,261

9

9

DS Lite

283

423

10

10

PSP go

265

207

LW

TW

Platform

Weekly Sales

Last Week

2

1

PSP

49,427

24,053

1

2

3DS

23,038

28,252

3

3

PS3

19,033

22,265

4

4

DS

13,561

14,740

5

5

Wii

7,866

8,122

6

6

Xbox 360

1,891

1,898

7

7

PS2

1,163

1,261

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