Japanese gamers started ramping up their hardware purchases this week, giving the Media Create hardware chart a little kick in the old pantsu after weeks of dreary post-holiday numbers. Who performed best?
The Nintendo DSi, unsurprisingly, which sold a respectable 55,000 units. Not bad for little in the way of new releases on that platform. Long tail, you know?
The PSP also got a little boost, likely thanks to strong sales of Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 and World Soccer Winning Eleven 2009, currently Japan’s bestselling games.
https://kotaku.com/newest-tales-tops-japanese-charts-as-ninja-blade-bombs-5147236
There wasn’t much good news on the home console front, however.
Even with solid sales of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time, the Wii saw a drop in hardware sales, week to week. The Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 didn’t change much, sticking closely to last week’s numbers.
https://kotaku.com/japanese-weekly-hardware-sales-how-low-can-they-go-5142916
Here are the best selling hardware platforms for the week of January 26th to February 1st.
Nintendo DSi – 55,613
PSP – 44,135
Wii – 23,278
PlayStation 3 – 17,405
Nintendo DS Lite – 15,147
Xbox 360 – 8,107
PlayStation 2 – 5,334
