September was an interesting month for video game hardware sales in Japan. Due to the new model and price drop for the Playstation 3, the high-definition system rose significantly during the month. Meanwhile rumors and the eventual announcement of a price cut slowed Nintendo Wii sales while the looming launch of the PSP Go marked a decline for PSP sales.
According to data compiled from weekly Media Create reports, here are the hardware sales for the month of September (August 31st – September 27th) in Japan:
Playstation 3 – 298,142
Nintendo DSi – 256,332
PSP – 78,966
Nintendo Wii – 67,554
Nintendo DS Lite – 48,100
Xbox 360 – 24,214
Playstation 2 – 10,683
For comparison’s sake, here is the data from August (August 3rd to August 30th):
Nintendo DSi – 277,461
Nintendo Wii – 146,882
PSP – 127,043
Xbox 360 – 30,831
Nintendo DS Lite – 29,659
Playstation 2 – 15,982
Playstation 3 – 14,862
After a dreadful August in Japan, the Playstation 3 saw a 1906% increase in hardware sales during the month of September. The Nintendo DS Lite also saw a modest increase of 62%. Every other video game system is down month-to-month with the Nintendo DSi (-8%), Nintendo Wii (-54%), PSP (-38%), Xbox 360 (-21%) and Playstation 2 (-33%) seeing declines in hardware sales.
Here is the week-by-week breakdown of video game hardware sales in Japan during the month of September:
August 31st - September 6th
Playstation 3 – 151,783
Nintendo DSi – 60,419
PSP – 22,184
Nintendo Wii – 21,557
Nintendo DS Lite – 8,309
Xbox 360 – 6,827
Playstation 2 – 3,001
September 7th – September 13th
Nintendo DSi – 66,498
Playstation 3 – 55,344
PSP – 18,375
Nintendo Wii – 17,568
Nintendo DS Lite – 11,179
Xbox 360 – 7,568
Playstation 2 – 2,612
September 14th – September 20th
Nintendo DSi – 66,073
Playstation 3 – 51,055
PSP – 21,073
Nintendo Wii – 16,698
Nintendo DS Lite – 13,555
Xbox 360 – 4,965
Playstation 2 – 2,723
September 21st – September 27th
Nintendo DSi – 63,342
Playstation 3 – 39,960
PSP – 17,334
Nintendo DS Lite – 15,057
Nintendo Wii – 11,731
Xbox 360 – 4,854
Playstation 2 – 2,347
Quite the difference with PS3 sales lol
