November saw the launch of the Nintendo DSi LL (known in North America as the Nintendo DSi XL) in Japan. The PSP go also came out at right at the start of the month in the same region. So how did both new handheld models fare for the month? Here are the hardware sales for the month of November (11/02 – 11/29) in Japan according to the results compiled from weekly Media Create reports:
Playstation 3 – 168,733
Nintendo DSi LL – 167,796
PSP - 144,145
Nintendo DSi – 140,261
Nintendo Wii – 138,091
PSP go – 28,802
Nintendo DS Lite – 22,870
Xbox 360 – 16,573
Playstation 2 – 8,178
Even if you include the launch day sales of the PSP go on November 1st (29,109 units), The Nintendo DSi LL still handily beats it. In fact, the Nintendo DS model almost became the best-selling hardware for the entire month despite not launching until two weeks into November. Here is a week-by-week breakdown of the Media Create hardware sales report in November:
11/02 – 11/08
Playstation 3 - 48,925
Nintendo DSi - 37,421
PSP - 33,784
Nintendo Wii - 31,810
PSP go - 13,992
Nintendo DS Lite - 5,515
Xbox 360 - 4,679
Playstation 2 - 2,066
11/09 – 11/15
PSP – 38,770
Playstation 3 – 38,498
Nintendo DSi – 33,749
Nintendo Wii – 26,764
PSP go – 6,427
Nintendo DS Lite – 5,036
Xbox 360 – 4,124
Playstation 2 – 2,031
11/16 – 11/22
Nintendo DSi LL - 100,553
Playstation 3 -34,752
Nintendo Wii - 32,844
PSP -32,752
Nintendo DSi - 32,070
Nintendo DS Lite - 5,051
PSP go - 4,574
Xbox 360 - 4,085
Playstation 2 - 2,024
11/23 – 11/29
Nintendo DSi LL – 67,243
Nintendo Wii – 46,673
Playstation 3 – 46,558
PSP – 38,839
Nintendo DSi – 37,021
Nintendo DS Lite – 7,268
PSP go – 3,809
Xbox 360 – 3,685
Playstation 2 – 2,057
November was a pretty hectic month in Japan with three video game systems (Playstation 3, PSP and Nintendo DSi LL) taking top spots on the weekly Media Create hardware charts.
