Japanese hardware sales, Apr. 9 - Apr. 15: Run the course edition
There were many buttons typed to bring you this information, but it is a fate they gladly endure in order to keep you abreast of things abroad. This week's Japanese charts reveal that all is still well in the land of Nintendonia, where people waggle without care and enjoy the company of their portable money printers. But in the land of Sony, er, land, things are somewhat gloomy.
Indeed, the PS3 will have to double its efforts -- which means the Xbox 360 had better start practicing some serious multiplication.
- DS Lite: 133,325
22,480 (20.28%)
- Wii: 75,759
23,176 (44.08%)
- PSP: 24,850
6,653 (21.12%)
- PS2: 12,872
1,362 (9.57%)
- PS3: 11,948
2,572 (17.71%)
- Xbox 360: 2,900
63 (2.13%)
- GBA SP: 654
179 (21.49%)
- Game Boy Micro: 617
105 (20.51%)
- Gamecube: 167
88 (34.51%)
- DS Phat: 146
56 (62.22%)
- GBA: 26
14 (116.67%)
[Source: Media Create]
See also:Previous Japanese hardware sales charts
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