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PSP Leads Japanese Charts As Sales Decline Across All Platforms

For the first week of February, Sony's PSP and PlayStation 3 led the Japanese hardware sales charts, as week-over-week sales declined across all platforms, reports tracking firm Media Create.

Tom Curtis, Blogger

February 11, 2011

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Sony's PSP and PlayStation 3 led the Japanese hardware sales charts this week, as sales declined across all platforms, reports tracking firm Media Create. For the week ended February 6, the standard PSP hardware sold 30,475 units, followed by the PS3 with 23,846 units sold. Taking number three on the individual platforms chart was the Nintendo Wii at 14,972 units sold. Nintendo DS sales were consistent week-over week, with minimal sales drops across each version of the handheld. On the combined platforms chart, the Nintendo DS line took number three, selling 22,565 units across all its hardware versions. Below are the full sales rankings from Media Create for the week ended February 6, 2011. (The second chart lumps together sales of all models in a given line of hardware.

LW

TW

Platform

Weekly Sales

Last Week

1

1

PSP

30,475

34,648

2

2

PS3

23,846

25,149

3

3

Wii

14,972

19,448

4

4

DSi LL

11,555

11,891

5

5

DSi

9,954

9,611

6

6

Xbox 360

2,282

3,513

7

7

PS2

1,897

1,938

8

8

DS Lite

1,056

1,059

9

9

PSP go

136

280

LW

TW

Platform

Weekly Sales

Last Week

1

1

PSP

30,611

34,928

2

2

PS3

23,846

25,149

3

3

DS

22,565

22,561

4

4

Wii

14,972

19,448

5

5

Xbox 360

2,282

3,513

6

6

PS2

1,897

1,938

About the Author

Tom Curtis

Blogger

Tom Curtis is Associate Content Manager for Gamasutra and the UBM TechWeb Game Network. Prior to joining Gamasutra full-time, he served as the site's editorial intern while earning a degree in Media Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.

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