Japanese Sales Data: Quiet before the storm?

Sunday 03 Feb 2008

The downward trend for hardware sales in Japan continues for the week ending the 27th of January.

The latest figures from Media Create show that the Nintendo DS sold 79 370 units, roughly 9 000 less than the previous week, while Sony’s PSP dropped about 2 000 units to this week’s total of 77 933 units.

The Wii is still streaks ahead in the next gen console race, selling 74 544 units this week, down from 81 638 units last week. The PS3 sold 34 363 units (38 117 units last week) in comparison to its predecessor which sold 11 364 units, marginally lower than last week’s 13 539 units. Microsoft’s Xbox 360 is still struggling with just 4 296 units sold, slightly lower than the previous week’s 4 552 units.

Looking ahead

Make sure you don’t miss the next installment of our Japanese charts coverage because the software results are sure to be exciting with the highly anticipated Super Smash Bros. Brawl being released in Japan on the 31st of January. With rumours circulating that 500 000 copies were sold on the first day, SSBB is sure to debut at the top of the software chart and boost Wii sales as well. Let’s not forget Capcom’s Devil May Cry 4 also opened which is poised to set software figures on fire and may even trigger an increase in the PS3 and Xbox 360 sales departments.

Make sure you check out this week’s Japanese software chart Wii Fit flexes its muscles again and head over to Wii at 5 million mark, hardware sales continue to drop and Wii Fit in good shape, Nintendo dominates software top 10 to refresh on last week’s charts.

Source: Media Create

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