Japanese hardware sales, July 24 - 30: it's rally time

The last time Japanese sales numbers were released, the PSP was embarassed by the DS Lite, being outsold by more than 226,000 units. This week, however, the PSP got off the ground, dusted off its knees and is ready to go another round. The PSP saw a nice spike in its sales numbers, increasing by more than 18 percent, while the DS Lite saw a 32.6 percent decline. Whoo hoo!

- DS Lite: 176,853 85,600 (32.62%)
- PSP: 42,604 6,666 (18.55%)
- PS2: 26,451 4,163 (18.68%)
- Xbox 360: 2,246 774 (52.58%)
- GBA SP: 2,229 724 (24.52%)
- Game Boy Micro: 1,766 356 (25.25%)
- DS Phat: 1,530 4,814 (75.88%)
- Gamecube: 1,039 37 (3.44%)
- Xbox: 11 11 (infinite)
- GBA: 9 11 (55.00%)

The DS Lite still sold more than two times the amount of the rest of the consoles put together. That truly is amazing. However, I guess there is some solace to be found in the PSP's increased sales numbers and Sony having two of its platforms in the top three.

[Source: Media Create]