Despite taking a downturn of 6,572 units since last week, PlayStation Portable is still rocking the handheld market in Japan. According to
gamesindustry.biz, the PSP sold 67,452 units compared to the Nintendo’s DS sales of 56,968 units for the week that ended on July 27. In fact, the PSP is still rocking so much booty that it outsold every console.
- PSP (67,452 units sold)
- Nintendo DS (56,968 units sold)
- Wii (41,024 units sold)
- PlayStation 3 (10,692 units sold)
- Playstation 2 (9,291 units sold)
- Xbox 360 (4,941 units sold)
If you ever needed confirmation why Square-Enix is not going to bother with a Japanese version of
Final Fantasy XIII on the Xbox 360, these numbers might be why. I realize this has always been the trend, but it must really hit Microsoft in the gut to realize that substantially older hardware is still outselling the Xbox 360. That said, look at those handhelds still flying off the shelves. I wonder if people are just buying doubles, because I find it hard to believe that not everyone in Japan owns a DS or PSP at this rate.
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2:29 PM on 08.01.2008 | 
I really think the Japanese DS market is saturated. If a DS2 came out, you better believe there would be riots in Akihabara. Y'know, really civil riots with a lot of apologizing.
The Xbox is doomed in Japan, but it's still hard to believe that the PS2 is keeping decent pace with the PS3, now almost 2 years into its lifecycle.
I wonder what spurred the sales increase?
I did not know that, shows how much I follow PSP sales...lol