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elnino334 on 11 April 2008

http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/news/japan-ps3-passes-2-million-psp-selling-like-hotcakes-/?biz=1

Sony's momentum appears to be on the rise in Japan as the top five selling games of the last week were all on PlayStation platforms and the PSP led the pack.

Posted by James Brightman on Friday, April 11, 2008

According to the latest Japanese video game data from Media Create for the week ended April 6, the PlayStation 3 sold another 11,303 units, which finally brings the installed base across the Pacific to more than two million. In terms of weekly sales, Sony's PSP has really taken off, selling close to 121,000 units – more than double Nintendo's DS Lite for the period.

Sales for the PSP were primarily driven by Capcom's Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G, which sold over 488K copies during the week and recently passed 1.5 million units shipped in the region. The Monster Hunter franchise has 6.8 million units so far.

Here's how the data for the week shakes out:

Hardware

PSP - 120,964
DS - 55,190
Wii - 44,618
PlayStation 3 - 11,303
PlayStation 2 - 10,423
Xbox 360 – 1,452

Software

1. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G - PSP - Capcom - 488, 208
2. Warriors Orochi: The Evil King Returns - PS2 - Koei - 227,535
3. Star Ocean 2: Second Evolution - PSP - Square Enix - 90,861
4. Pro Baseball Spirits 5 - PS2 - Konami - 80,222
5. Pro Baseball Spirits 5 - PS3 - Konami - 60,215



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hunter_alien on 11 April 2008

Wow , I didnt even notice the fact that the top 5 games where Sony games :D



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MANUELF on 11 April 2008

4 of them are recent releases, but congratulation to Sony for sold 2 million of PS3, a number lower than GC did.



kermdfrag on 11 April 2008

Well with these figures it will take the PSP close to 3 years to get to the DS user base in Japan so i dont think Nintendo will lose any sleep, but the PS3 has to pick up soon it is a pretty impressive machine even if the great games are few and far between



 

trestres on 11 April 2008

Next week, MKWii 500k+ ;o



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koffieboon on 11 April 2008

Well, I would hardly call it Sony's momentum, cause it really only is the PSP which is having great sales at the moment. The PS3 however is only falling every single week and is closing in on the under 10k per week territory.

The software part is a prime example of cherry picking. The next 20 titles on the list are on other platforms and conveniently left out of the picture.

Overall it was a pretty good week for Sony in Japan, but the article paints a way too positive picture for Sony in Japan.



DMeisterJ on 11 April 2008

Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G is doing so awesome! And the PSP almost equals all other consoles combined. Only 1-2k short of being greater than all consoles combined.



DMeisterJ on 11 April 2008

Sjeez.

Sony Domination of the Top 5. That's awesome.



trestres on 11 April 2008

Lol fanboys when will you learn? you call it sony domination, but it lasts only 1 week, then 1 whole year of nintendomination ;)



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FinalEvangelion on 11 April 2008
trestres said:
Lol fanboys when will you learn? you call it sony domination, but it lasts only 1 week, then 1 whole year of nintendomination ;)

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