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Another week, another ridiculous amount of Monster Hunter Portable 3rd served up to Japanese video game fans. Just how many more fans did the monster hunting action adventure managed to lure in this week? More »
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The release of Gran Turismo 5 in Japan and the build up to Monster Hunter Portable 3rd give the PlayStation family a week to completely dominate overseas. Just how helpful were GT5 and the latest Monster Hunter? More »
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The power of red plastic on Wii sales in Japan is nothing compared to the promotional power of the Monster Hunter series. How else can we explain the PlayStation Portable more than doubling its sales this week overseas? More »
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All it takes is a little red plastic to spur Wii sales in Japan. The Super Mario Bros. 25th anniversary edition of Nintendo's console went on sale overseas last week, tripling sales of the Wii. More »
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It's a banner week for the PlayStation Portable in Japan as the PSP enjoys chart topping sales and its smaller, digital download only cousin, the PSPgo, manages to not be in last place for a second week. More »
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Sony's recent slashing of the PSPgo's price worldwide has had a noticeable effect on sales of the download-only device, at least in Japan. The regularly triple-digit selling PSPgo just had one of its best weeks ever overseas. More »
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Sales of Sony's PlayStation Portable may be way down—just like sales of the Nintendo DS—but the rival handhelds managed to carve out small victories in Japan this week. More »
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While Pokemon Black and White may still be the hottest thing going in Japan right now, with Kirby's Epic Yarn only slightly cooler, PlayStation hardware is still doing just fine in Japan. More »
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Nintendo wins the biggest slice of the pie in this week's hardware battle in Japan, thanks to still strong sales of Pokemon Black and White. But the PSP wasn't too far behind, thanks to K-On! More »
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Another week of outstanding sales for Pokemon Black & White, another week of total Nintendo DS dominance in Japan. More »
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Turns out selling more than 2.5 million copies of the latest Pokemon game(s) translates into a big boost for the Nintendo DS. Crazy! But just how many new Nintendo DSs did Japanese Pokemon fans snap up with the game? More »
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The battle between Sony and Nintendo in Japan is, once again, pretty darn even. Continued strong sales of the PSP gives Sony first place, with Nintendo's DS doing what it does best: Sell! Sell! Sell! More »
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The PlayStation Portable is still on top in Japan—thanks to MonHun Nikki!—helping, along with the PlayStation 3, to give Sony a healthy portion of the weekly hardware take in Japan. More »
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The PlayStation Portable absolutely killed it in Japan last week, sales-wise, gobbling up a huge portion of the hardware sales market and giving Sony the dominant portion of the pie. Who's responsible? More »
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A new face joins the list of bestselling games in Japan this past week as A.C.E.: Another Century's Episode: R for the PlayStation 3 becomes the country's currently bestselling game. It's not the only PS3 game enjoying top ten status. More »
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What does this week's update on the Japanese console contest have to do with Germany's annual gaming show? Not much, other than timing. It was another week won, ever so slightly, by Nintendo. More »
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The battle for weekly console dominance in Japan, where Sony and Nintendo, not Microsoft, rule the roost, was a wash. Even Steven. Neck and neck. Dead heat. OK, Nintendo did have a little bit of a lead. More »
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What sells PlayStation 3s in Japan? Samurai soldiers with rock hard abs and great hair, that's what. See the impact that Sengoku Basara 3 had on Sony's current generation console? More »
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While the PSP may sit atop this week's list of bestselling hardware in Japan, it's still the Nintendo DS that Japanese gamers love more than anything else. More »
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After taking a back seat to the Nintendo DSi LL for a few weeks in Japan, the PSP is back on top, outselling Nintendo's recently cheapened platform. That said... More »
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The XL sized Nintendo DSi LL continues its streak as the bestselling piece of hardware in Japan this week, helping to give Nintendo more than half the pie. But the super-sized Nintendo DS's lead is starting to wane. More »
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Nintendo's recent price drop on its line of portable game machines is giving the platform a big boost in Japan. As it has since becoming cheaper, the XL-sized Nintendo DSi LL reigns supreme on Japan's sales charts. More »
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Just like last week, the cheaper, re-colored Nintendo DSi XL is killing it in the sales department, enjoying a comfortable lead against the PlayStation and Xbox competition. More »
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Nintendo's price drop on the bigger and now brighter version of its Nintendo DSi is going over pretty well in Japan, with the handheld tripling sales after the change. More »
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Thanks to first week sales of the new Wii role-playing game Xenoblade in Japan, Nintendo's motion-controlled console managed to outsell the PlayStation 3 in Japan this week. More »
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The neck-and-neck battle for weekly hardware dominance in Japan is tipped in Sony's favor this week, with the PSP and PlayStation 3 continuing their reign at the top of the country's sales charts. More »
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The Japanese video game enthusiast went shopping this week, buying more hardware than last week. There were no major shake-ups, but at least the PSPgo is selling back in the thousands. More »
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The original PlayStation Portable continues its reign as Japan's bestselling platform, with the PlayStation 3 and Wii continuing their close battle for second place. How'd every other platform fare? More »
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After a bit of a shake up in Japan's weekly hardware contest, things return to "normal," with the PSP and PlayStation 3 sitting atop the charts, Nintendo proudly taking the middle and one platform veering closer to obscurity. More »
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After a bit too much of the same old, same old, this week's contest in the Japanese console war shakes things up, with the Wii and Nintendo DSi gaining ground against the PlayStation family. More »
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Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker may not have been the bestselling game in Japan this week, but its strong debut sales helped propel the PSP to the top of the charts (once again), doubling the portable's sales. More »
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Look, there's really no way to sex up this week's hardware contest in Japan. The battle between Sony and Nintendo is still too close to call, just as it has been for the past few weeks. More »
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The battle for hardware dominance in Japan is, once again, kind of a wash, with the PSP and PlayStation 3 sitting atop the country's weekly console war casualty count. The PSPgo and PlayStation 2 sit at the bottom. More »
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We're not taking sides in this week's round up of video game hardware sales in Japan. Look, it's not a contest, Sony and Nintendo. You're both doing just fine. More »
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As it has done for the past few weeks, the PlayStation family of products take first and second in the battle for Japanese gamers hearts, minds and dollars, with the PlayStation 3 taking the lead this week. More »
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Sony's PlayStation 3 enjoys its second week atop the pile of consoles being sold in Japan, another 50,000-plus new owners enjoying fresh copies of Hokuto no Ken and Yakuza 4, the country's current bestselling games. More »
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The PlayStation 3 had a big week in Japan, thanks to the success of Sega's Yakuza 4, the country's bestselling game for the country's bestselling console. More »
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The PlayStation Portable may not have had another stellar performance on par with its showing in Japan last week, but the PSP is still resting comfortably atop the country's hardware chart. More »
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Black is back, as Japan went all in on PSP purchasing recently, giving the PlayStation family the win in the weekly hardware contest, nearly doubling sales of the Wii. More »
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Sony's PlayStation Portable is still the bestselling (and worst selling) piece of hardware in Japan, moving another 37,000 PSPs of standard variety and nearly another 1300 of the "go" variety. More »
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