To say that this week’s Japanese hardware chart was above average in the excitement department would be a severe understatement. To begin with the DS beat the PSP to become the best selling console in Japan for the week ending the 10th of August, and, perhaps more exciting than that, the Xbox 360 beat the PS3, selling almost five times as many units as it did last week and over twice as many units as the PS3 this week.

For those of us who watch the charts, this is the kind of week that keeps us coming back to scour the results week after week…after week. The PSP has ruled the roost for many weeks now, but five DS titles in the Top 10 seem to have done the trick to push the DS to the top with 60 434 units. Nintendo’s handheld moves up roughly 3 000 units while the PSP drops 2 680 to finish second with 58 501 units.

The Wii drops marginally but manages to hold on to third place this week with 38 506 units. The Xbox 360 climbs above the PS3, selling an impressive 24 962 units this week, up from last week’s 5 359. The boost in sales is thanks to the release of Tales of the Vesperia, clearly a system seller, which debuted at number 4 on the software chart with 108 328 copies. These sales figures earn Tales of Vesperia the title of biggest first week for an Xbox 360 game in Japan. Media Create data shows that the previous best first week of software for the Xbox 360 was Blue Dragon with 80 000.

The PS3 has to content itself with fifth place, selling slightly more units than last week with 9 673. The PS2 comes last with 8 503 units.

This week’s software chart was a cracker, so don’t miss it and compare this week’s hardware rumblings to last weeks if you like.

See you next week!

Source: Media Create