Japanese hardware sales, 3 July - 9 July: paging Rod Serling
There are times when reading the Japanese sales charts can be a decidedly odd and disturbing experience, as if your mind suddenly becomes aware that all is not right in the universe. Like a homicidal clown lurking in a dark corner, this week's situation is certainly amusing, but it's not something you want to come into contact with on a regular basis. It's just wrong. The ranking, according to number of units sold:
- DS Lite: 149,454
4,112 (2.68%)
- PSP: 31,959
6,024 (23.23%)
- PS2: 23,332
199 (0.86%)
- GBA SP: 2,818
101 (3.46%)
- Xbox 360: 1,610
287 (15.13%)
- Game Boy Micro: 1,379
64 (4.44%)
- DS Phat: 1,009
2,495 (71.20%)
- Gamecube: 934
68 (6.79%)
- GBA: 20
3 (17.65%)
- Xbox: 13
5 (62.50%)
Looking at the opposite ends of the list is like glancing into the cackling face of madness (it bears a vague resemblance to Groucho Marx). The DS Lite endures a minor slip, its older sibling takes a complete fall down a set of stairs and the original Xbox experiences the biggest improvement percentage-wise out of the whole lot. Did we enter into some sort of zone where normal things don't happen very often?
[Source: Media Create]
