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    Nintendo Hardware Continues Takeover Of Japan

    By Michael McWhertor, 8:30 PM on Fri Dec 29 2006, 283 views (Edit, to draft, Top, Slurp)

    Last week I was stunned by the number of Nintendo DS Lites shifted during a single week in Japan (319,708), but this past week, Japanese gamers bested that by another 165,000. They also absorbed close to another 300,000 Wiis. Impressive.

    Here are the full hardware sales, courtesy of Media Create, for the week of December 18-24.

    - Nintendo DS Lite - 485,584
    - Wii - 279,277
    - PSP - 138,588
    - PlayStation 3 - 76,882
    - PlayStation 2 - 46,209
    - Xbox 360 - 17,213

    Along with hardware sales, the full top fifty show that next-gen game sales are decidedly lacking. Only one game for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 cracked the charts, Capcom's Lost Planet and From Software's Armored Core 4. The new gen Wii, on the other hand, saw five titles make the list. Michael McWhertor

    DS Rules Japanese Hardware Sales, Too [Kotaku]

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