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PSP Leads Japanese Charts, PS3 Sees Sales Boost With Gran Turismo 5 Launch

The PSP held the top spot on the Japanese hardware sales charts this week, while the PlayStation 3 saw a large sales boost correlating with the release of the long-awaited Gran Turismo 5.

Tom Curtis, Blogger

December 2, 2010

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The PSP held the top spot on the Japanese hardware sales charts this week, while the PlayStation 3 closed the gap after a large sales boost, reports tracking firm Media Create. For the week ended November 28, the PSP sold 75,689 units, down from 96,601 units last week. The PlayStation 3 more than doubled its sales from last week with 68,840 units sold, tracking along with strong sales for the recently released and long-awaited PS3-exclusive Gran Turismo 5. The Wii rounded out the top three on the individual platforms chart, seeing a sales increase of more than 10,000 units. The Nintendo DS landed at number three on the combined platforms chart, thanks to slight week-to-week sales boosts for the DSi LL and standard DSi and despite a slight sales decline for the DS Lite. With the exception of the DS Lite, which dropped to number eight, the rankings of the individual platforms chart remained largely unchanged. Below are the full sales rankings from Media Create for the week ended November 7, 2010. (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

75,689

96,601

2

2

PS3

68,840

29,058

3

3

Wii

41,267

27,851

4

4

DSi LL

28,370

21,836

5

5

DSi

26,548

20,550

6

6

Xbox 360

4,329

7,083

8

7

PSP go

1,675

1,816

7

8

DS Lite

1,539

1,904

9

9

PS2

1,332

1,255

LW

TW

Platform

Weekly Sales

Last Week

1

1

PSP

77,364

98,417

3

2

PS3

68,840

29,058

2

3

DS

56,457

44,290

4

4

Wii

41,267

27,851

5

5

Xbox 360

4,329

7,083

6

6

PS2

1,332

1,255

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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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