Super Sales Chart Thursday comes to a close with the weekly tally of Japanese hardware sales, courtesy of Media Create. The PSP continues to sit pretty atop the charts—it's a distant third in the United States—but the separation between it and the Wii continues to grow slimmer, week after week. Not much action for the week of May 5 to 11 over there, but based on the bottom half of the chart, we're betting Sony is glad it has the PSP on its side.

• PSP - 89,884
• Wii - 67,308
• Nintendo DS - 51,228
• PlayStation 3 - 8,054
• PlayStation 2 - 7,464
• Xbox 360 - 1,298

Inasmuch as the Japanese software story stays largely the same, as does weekly hardware sales. The PSP continues to sit pretty atop the Media Create sales charts, but regular "Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart" watchers will notice that the big black slice is starting to thin. A big Wii sales boost has plenty to do with that, but Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G sales trending down—holiday boost notwithstanding—is likely accountable. Numbers were up across the board, but Nintendo benefited the most.

• PSP - 100,870
• Wii - 71,518
• Nintendo DS - 52,542
• PlayStation 3 - 10,177
• PlayStation 2 - 8,802
• Xbox 360 - 1,725

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It's the same old story. Boy meets Monster Hunter. Boy buys Monster Hunter. Boy buys PSP. We lose interest in the dreadfully boring and stable Japanese hardware market. Can't someone buy 60,000 Xbox 360s and mix it up over there? We're getting tired of seeing that giant black mass dominate the Media Create hardware charts! Oh well. Maybe we'll feel better pointing out a PS3 sales blip on the release of Valkyria Chronicles and dreadful Xbox 360 numbers. Nope. That didn't help.

• PSP - 92,411
• Wii - 48,796
• Nintendo DS - 42,435
• PlayStation 3 - 9,107
• PlayStation 2 - 7,108
• Xbox 360 - 1,283

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Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G madness continues to drive PSP sales, with another solid week for Sony's handheld in Japan. Console spending is down this week across the board, with Xbox 360 performance dipping close to three figure lows. Nintendo hardware is mostly neck and neck, with not much in the way of big releases expected next week. Perhaps Sega's handsome Senjou no Valkyria will help unimpressive PlayStation 3 sales.

• PSP - 85,421
• Nintendo DS - 44,551
• Wii - 44,241
• PlayStation 3 - 7,438
• PlayStation 2 - 6,545
• Xbox 360 - 1,076

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The Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G bump gives the PlayStation Portable another very good week, down from a fortnight of six-figure sales, but still outselling the competition by a healthy margin. That's fantastic news for Sony, whose other PlayStation platforms aren't fairing so well this week amid generally underwhelming release lists. Wii sales were up, but not by a margin that one would expect with such stellar Mario Kart Wii sales.

• PSP - 85,721
• Nintendo DS- 47,158
• Wii - 46,296
• PlayStation 3 - 8,232
• PlayStation 2 - 6,834
• Xbox 360 - 1,147

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This week's Media Create hardware sales chart looks nearly identical to last week's as Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G domination continues to decimate the competition. PSPs are outselling everything, with the only change for the week of March 31 to April 6 a barely noticeable increase in share from the PlayStation 3. Everyone else is holding steady amid a lack of powerhouse releases.

• PSP - 120,964
• Nintendo DS - 55,190
• Wii - 44,618
• PlayStation 3 - 11,303
• PlayStation 2 - 10,423
• Xbox 360 - 1,452

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Zounds! Based on the monstrous success of Capcom's Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G, the PSP reached impressive hardware sales heights this week in Japan. It came very close to outselling every other piece of hardware combined, with nearly 130,000 units, some of which were bundled with the latest Monster Hunter expansion. Here's how the hardware battle went down during March 24 to March 30.

• PSP - 129,986
• Nintendo DS - 58,916
• Wii - 48,785
• PlayStation 3 - 11,206
• PlayStation 2 - 10,296
• Xbox 360 - 1,547

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The Nintendo DS is the new weekly king of the hardware castle, most likely boosted out of third place by strong sales of Pokémon Ranger: Batonnage. Regardless of who's showing in first, it's almost a three way dead heat, with the Wii and PSP rounding out the top three. There's nothing to really write home about outside of those three star performers, with Xbox 360 sales barely visible, despite having two games showing in the top fifty for the week.

• Nintendo DS - 65,055
• Wii - 62,404
• PSP - 59,833
• PlayStation 3 - 12,874
• PlayStation 2 - 9,990
• Xbox 360 - 1,407

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The battle for weekly first place hardware showings in Japan went back to Sony this week, with the PSP outselling the Wii one more time. With just a few thousand sales setting them apart, however, the contest is almost a dead heat. DS Fever seems to have cooled a bit over the past few weeks, with the handheld resting quietly in third, presumably waiting to strike back before the end of the year. Quiet times on the hardware front make us look forward to new marquee releases. Until then...

• PSP - 57,651
• Wii - 55,845
• Nintendo DS - 53,266
• PlayStation 3 - 14,934
• PlayStation 2 - 9,930
• Xbox 360 - 1,744

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