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The past week hasn’t been a particularly healthy patch for the Japanese games industry. Apart from dismal software sales, the various consoles also fared poorly compared to last week. Only the PS3 and Xbox 360 performed marginally better than before, while the 3DS and Wii sold 9 771 and 1 582 fewer units respectively.
The latest Media Create hardware chart attests to the fact that Japanese consumers aren’t buying a whole lot of consoles at present. The total number of systems sold this week is slightly better than last week’s figure (156 925 units versus 149 201), with 3DS sales accounting for a 54% slice of the pie.
The latest Media Create hardware chart sees the 3DS account for more than 50% of combined console sales. Numbers are down across the board compared to last week, although they still trump last year’s sales during the same period (the 3DS hadn’t been released yet).
The latest Media Create hardware numbers have been released, and they don’t look particularly pretty. Consoles sales are down across the board, with 61% fewer systems sold overall compared to last week.
The 3DS continues to lead the field by quite some margin, with the PS3 and PSP occupying second and third places respectively.
The latest Media Create hardware chart is once again led by the indomitable 3DS. Nintendo’s handheld outsold the PS Vita 5 to 1 and made mincemeat of the rest of the field too.
Overall hardware sales received a 76 681 unit bump over last week, with higher 3DS and Wii numbers making up the majority of this figure.
This week’s Media Create hardware figures seem paltry compared to the pre-Christmas sales surge, with 413 667 systems sold compared to last week’s impressive tally of 843 142.
The 3DS once again occupied the top spot with 197 952 systems sold during the past week, with the PS3 and PSP both selling above 60 000 units to take second and third place respectively. Meanwhile, Sony’s newest addition to the PlayStation family - the PS Vita - lagged behind its console cousins with a mere 42 648 units sold during its third week on store shelves.
The latest Media Create hardware chart makes for fascinating reading! Overall console sales were up by a whopping 393 892 units thanks to the introduction of the PS Vita on December 17th. Despite the hotly anticipated launch of Sony’s shiny new handheld (and the thousands of foreigners who imported the system), the 3DS once again claimed the top spot with 367 691 units sold during the last week.
The PS Vita’s two-day opening tally of 324 859 units is slightly less impressive than the 3DS launch, where 371 326 3DS units were sold in Japan during February 26th and 27th.
The latest Media Create hardware chart testifies to the fact that shopping season is currently in full swing in Japan. Over half a million consoles were sold during the last week, with 3DS sales accounting for a whopping 70% of that figure.
Every console (barring the PS2 and DS Lite) experienced a dramatic sales spike, with the 3DS (144 359 unit increase), Wii (14 947 unit increase) and PSP (11 644 unit increase) enjoying the biggest gains.
The holiday (a.k.a. ‘buying’) season is ramping up worldwide, and Japanese consumers collectively picked up 324 844 new consoles during the last week. Compare that figure with the previous tally of 214 487 units, and it becomes abundantly clear that the sales surge has begun.
The latest Media Create hardware chart reveals that the 3DS continues to sell incredibly well in Japan, outselling all other consoles combined at retail. Nintendo sold a further 120 920 3DS systems during the last week - taking its regional tally to over 2.6 million units.
The Wii also fared relatively well thanks to the release of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. 20 148 Wiis were sold during the latest accounting period - a 48% increase over last week.
There is at least one truism when it comes to the Japanese hardware market and it’s that the introduction of new colours drives console sales. Both PS3 (41 069 units) and PSP (40 085 units) enjoyed substantially improved sales thanks to the introduction of ‘splash blue’ and ‘scarlet red’ PS3s, and ‘red/black’ PSPs.
This week’s Media Create hardware chart sees the 3DS selling over 100 000 units for the second week in a row. While sales of Nintendo’s handheld are down by 41 309 units from last week, the 3DS is still the standout performer on the Japanese hardware chart, accounting for 62% of all purchases in this category.
This week’s Media Create hardware chart is all about the 3DS’ incredible sales following the release of Super Mario 3D Land in Japan. Nintendo’s handheld sold a whopping 145 271 units during the last week - more than twice its previous sales performance. This week’s astonishing 3DS numbers just goes to show that Japanese consumers are more than willing to buy the console to play big-name franchises like Super Mario - a trend which is likely to continue when the next Mario Kart, Monster Hunter and Pokemon games are released on 3DS.
This week’s Media Create hardware chart is once again dominated by the 3DS which sold a further 65 041 units during the latest accounting period. What’s incredible is that Nintendo’s handheld is selling this well despite not having a single game in the top twenty on this week’s software chart.
The PSP got a boost in sales (up by 8 510 units to 30 605) thanks to the release of the highly anticipated Final Fantasy Type-0 which sold almost half a million copies in its opening week, while PS3 sales (up by 1 320 units to 25 217) saw a far less substantial week-over-week increase.
This week’s Media Create hardware chart sees the 3DS selling more units than all the other systems combined. This is due more to a new lick of paint (the ‘Misty Pink’ colour variation) than the release of must-have software, as there’s not a single 3DS title on this week’s top ten software chart.
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