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bobtheduck in Korea: Now we have to combine real PSP and go figures in our heads like we've had to do with DS. At least they didn't FURTHER split the DS into DSi, DSiLL, a... more »
RicoTheSaboteur: I am looking forward to the american and european numbers for the PSPGo. I suspect the novelty factor will not work as well. more »
Godmars: Wait, thought the go failed at launch in Japan. At least that's what was reported. #thejapanesehardwarechart more »
rich8606: Ugh... PSPGo... #thejapanesehardwarechart more »
Jay Jay Deng: Hmm I wonder how the release of FF13 will effect PS3 sales as well!? #thejapanesehardwarechart more »
PSOCecil: I believe the fact that the PSP outsold the PSPGo is rather telling of people's opinion of the Go. #thejapanesehardwarechart more »
Wizard: This pie is getting both colorful and confusing. I fear for when the DSiLL comes out... (unless it gets counted as a DSi) #thejapanesehardwarechart more »
D-K, a burning sensation: Dutch retailers really put their foot down on the pspgo matter. Of the 17 gameshops that are near me only 9 sell them. Stubbern clog-wearing assholes... more »
DigitalHero: PS3 has been king of the console hill in Japan for 2 straight months. Having a price drop and games does wonders for a platform. more »
BubbleF**kingBuddy: The PSP and PSP Go shouldn't be separate at all. It doesn't play any game that the original models couldn't. It's like making the PS3 Slim separate f... more »

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PSPgo Gives PlayStation A Big Slice Of Japanese Hardware Pie
The Japanese release of Sony's PSPgo may have been low-key in terms of numbers, but we're only getting a look at one day of sales of the platform. It was enough to give Sony the upper hardware hand this week. More »
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Bayonetta Brushes Back Pokemon, Tops Japan's Game Charts
PlatinumGames and Sega's Bayonetta kicked her way to the top of the Japanese game charts, moving nearly 200,000 copies during week one, making it the country's bestselling game. So long Pokemons! More »
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DS Lite, Xbox 360 Only Positives In This Week's Japanese Hardware Chart
Hardware buying was down ever so slightly in Japan this week, with Media Create's sales figures showing the Wii bearing the brunt of that slowdown. Two consoles were up, however — the Nintendo DS Lite and Xbox 360. More »
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Forza 3 Makes Inroads Into Japanese Game Chart
Forza Motorsport 3 gives the Xbox 360 a rare top ten placement on Media Create's weekly list of the bestselling games in Japan. It's one of a handful of new debuts that came nowhere near unseating Pokemon as software champ. More »
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Nintendo DSi Leads Japan's Hardware Pack; PSP, PS3, Wii Tie
Technically, the PSP beat the PlayStation 3 which in turn beat the Wii (by a slimmer margin) in Japan this week, but sales of the three platforms were close enough, averaging around 30,000 units each. More »
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Nathan Drake Charts Among Japan's Bestselling Games
Nathan Drake makes double the appearance on this week's list of the top thirty game in Japan, his two PlayStation 3 adventures selling well, but not nearly well enough to dethrone the Pokemons. More »
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Wii, PS3 Sales In Dead Heat In Japan
This week's report from Japanese sales tracker Media Create shows that recent price drops on Nintendo's Wii and Sony's PlayStation 3 are having nearly equal impact on sales of each console, a slight edge going to the PS3. More »
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Japan Snaps Up A Lot More Pokemon Heart & Soul
Nintendo shows this week's Japanese software chart its Pokemons, once again proudly displaying them atop Media Create's list of bestselling video games overseas. It's nearest competitor? Once again, Wii Fit Plus. More »
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Wii, PSP Price Drops Invigorate Console Sales In Japan
Nintendo and Sony both issued hardware price drops in Japan, effective October 1, on the Wii and PSP-3000, respectively. The clear winner from those cuts? The PSP. More »
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Wii Fit Plus Takes Japan by Storm
The release of Wii Fit Plus has been met with open arms in Japan. The newest Wii Balance Board-powered fitness game from the house of smiles sold more than 340,000 copies in its first week on sale. More »
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Japan Console War Sees PS3 Sales Slim, Wii Sales Bottom Out
This week's Media Create hardware sales numbers are in, with the Nintendo DSi retaining its top spot on the charts, thanks to continued software sales of Tomodachi Collection and the latest Pokemon re-releases. More »
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Japan Chooses Miis! Pokemon Is Defeated!
Who can dethrone Pokemons Heart Gold and Soul Silver in Japan? Only Tomodachi Collection, the Mii collecting game for the Nintendo DS that shipped in June, a title that led a slow week of releases that included Halo 3: ODST. More »
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DSi, PS3 Battle For Hardware Championship In Japan (Spoiler: DSi Wins)
Thanks to continued sales of the latest pair of Pokemon games, the Nintendo DSi holds onto its top spot on Japanese hardware charts. Also holding strong? The PlayStation 3. More »
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Tales Of Vesperia Just Can't Beat Those Pokemons In Japan
It was a big, big week for new software releases in Japan, with six new titles landing in the top ten. But nothing could dethrone last week's software co-champs, Pokemon Soul Silver and Pokemon Heart Gold. More »
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Pokemon Fever Helps DSi Return To Hardware Dominance In Japan
The release of the newer, cheaper, more Gundam-filled PlayStation 3 gave Sony's console a massive boost in the hardware battle in Japan last week. This week, two chart topping Pokemon games give the DSi the number one spot. More »
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Pokemon Silver & Gold Remakes Steal Gundam's Top Spot In Japan
Last week, Bandai's latest Gundam game for the PlayStation 3 took the top spot on Japan's list of bestselling games. Typically, that territory is saved for Nintendo DS and Wii games. Well, things are back to normal. More »
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PS3 Slim Gets A Huge Slice Of Japan's Hardware Pie
PlayStation fans in Japan lined up to get their hands on the newer, slimmer, cheaper PS3. Over 150,000 of them invested in the revised PlayStation 3, leading to a giant red slice of Sony dominance at home. More »
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New PS3 Helps Gundam Rocket To Top Of Japanese Game Charts
Thanks to a spike in Japanese PlayStation 3 sales, the platform claims the top spot in this week's Media Create software sales chart with Mobile Suit Gundam Senki Record U.C. 0081, one of two new PS3 games to chart highly. More »
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Weekly Japanese Hardware Charts Say Sayonara To Old PS3
See that tiny little sliver of PlayStation 3 sales? Think of this week's barely perceptible performance from Sony's current-gen console the end of the chrysalis stage, set to burst forth in a beautiful butterfly of reinvigorated sales. More »
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Nintendo Still Sitting Pretty Atop Japanese Game Charts
No new Japanese video game release can topple the Nintendo DS powerhouse that is Tomodachi Collection, the Mii collecting game that sits, once again, atop the weekly Media Create sales chart. It's certainly not for a lack of new releases... More »
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Nintendo's Mii Collecting Game Still A Big Hit In Japan
When Nintendo describes its software as "evergreen," it means games like the Nintendo DS title Tomodachi Collection, which was released mid-June and sits atop this week's Japanese software sales chart. More »
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DSi Honors Japanese Bestelling Hardware Tradition
Not much activity in the Japanese hardware market these days, as the Nintendo DSi remains atop Media Create's weekly sales chart, with the PlayStation 3 an understandably distant third. More »
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DSi Reclaims #1 Spot In Japan, Hi-Def Console Sales Still Low
Last week's strong showing by the Wii doesn't repeat this week, as the Nintendo DSi rightfully reclaims its seat at the top of the Japanese hardware sales chart. Things quickly get ugly in the bottom half. More »
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Japan Still Lovin' The PS2, Still Buyin' Gundam
The power of the PlayStation 2 and the appeal of Gundam is still strong in Japan. Or at least the fan base of each is, as PS2 software sits atop this week's weekly Japanese software sales chart. More »
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Wii Has A Monster Week In Japan
Sales of the Nintendo Wii skyrocketed in Japan this week, nearly quadrupling its performance from the week prior, thanks to the release of a new, black version of the console and strong sales of Capcom's Monster Hunter 3. More »
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Monster Hunter Slays Dragon Quest IX In Japanese Sales Chart
Who can end Dragon Quest IX's chart topping run in Japan? As expected, it's Monster Hunter 3, the Wii sequel to the bestselling slay and loot series that has seen monstrous success on the PSP. More »
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DSi Sales Cool In Japan, DS Lite & PSP Sales Up
The Nintendo DSi is in no danger of losing its first place position in Japan, thanks to ongoing strong sales of Dragon Quest IX in the country. But it lost a little steam this past week. More »
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Who Can Stop Dragon Quest IX In Japan?
Certainly none of this week's new games! While plenty of new titles hit Japan this past week, none of them came within spitting distance of Dragon Quest IX's continued strong sales. Only next week will we see a real challenger. More »
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Dragon Quest IX Is Still Tops In Japan
Square Enix's Dragon Quest IX held onto its number one spot in its second week on sale in Japan, flirting dangerously close with 3 million copies sold in a rather short amount of time. Success! More »
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See Just How Well Dragon Quest IX Helped The DS In Japan
Dragon Quest IX went on sale in Japan last week. It sold a lot. It also sold a lot of Nintendo DSis. And it certainly didn't help the competition. More »
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See How Easily Dragon Quest IX Outsold The Competition
Square Enix released Dragon Quest IX on the Nintendo DS in Japan last week to long lines, over 2 million in sales, and virtually no competition. Want to see how impressively the portable role-playing game outsold its competition? More »
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Japanese Hardware Sales News Is Good News For Nintendo
Thanks to a few chart-topping hits—Wii Sports Resort and Tomodachi Collection—the Wii and Nintendo DS had a good week in Japan, each platform seeing a boost in weekly hardware sales. The same goes for the PSP. More »
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Wii Sports Resort Sales Pass 500,000 In Japan
Nintendo's Wii Sports Resort is ensuring that Wii MotionPlus penetration is off to a good start in Japan, with the Wii game moving another 150,000 copies in its second week on the market. More »
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Wii, PS3 Help Japanese Hardware Chart Stay Positive
You know, it wasn't a bad week for game console sales in Japan, thanks to a little boost in Wii and PlayStation 3 hardware spending. Of course, Nintendo and Sony have software sales to thank for that. More »
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Wii Sports Resort Jet Skis Past The Competition In Japan
You may already know that Nintendo's sequel to the best-selling game of all time, Wii Sports, is already on its way to being a blockbuster in Japan. It sold 360,000 copies week one, five times more than the competition. More »
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Japanese Hardware Market Feeling A Bit Better, Thanks
After a few weeks worth of shrinking sales, the Japanese hardware market saw signs of improvement, as almost every platform saw increases. Minor increases, mind you, but a positive trend upward nonetheless. More »
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Mii Collecting Is Big In Japan
Nintendo has a new hit on its hands, as Tomodachi Collection for the Nintendo DS tops Japanese sales charts. The Mii collection and interaction software moved more than 100,000 copies in its first week on sale. More »
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Wii, Xbox 360 See Weekly Boost In Japan
Console hardware sales in Japan took a dip this week, as week-to-week sales slid on lower numbers for the Nintendo DSi and PSP. But a small boost in Wii and Xbox 360 helped ensure the week wasn't a total loss. More »
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Japanese Software Chart Has DS Games Thrown Upon It
The Nintendo DS tops software charts this week with the arrival of PlatinumGames' second title published by Sega, Infinite Space. The spacey role-playing game knocks Square Enix's Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days out of its first place spot. More »
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Japanese Hardware Sales Go Down, Down, Down
With little in the way of new software releases charting in Japan, console and handheld gaming system sales take a dip across the Pacific. Nintendo DSi sales were way down, but one console actually saw a boost. More »

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