The weekly battle in Japan for hardware championship goes to Nintendo this week, with the Nintendo DSi outselling all competitors. Thanks the strong PSP software sales, however, it was a fairly close race.
The PSP was just a few thousand sales shy of returning to the top spot in Japan, making the portable war a continuing struggle for both parties overseas. The same was largely true for the home console challenge, with the PlayStation 3 outselling the Wii once again in Nintendo and Sony’s home territory. Third place current-gen console, the Xbox 360, returns to its typically sluggish sales.
With a few interesting titles on the horizon—a new Pokemon Fushigi no Dungeon and a Sengoku Basara spin-off for the DS and PSP respectively—the battle promises to continue. For the bestselling hardware in Japan, from March 23rd to 29th, read on.
Nintendo DSi – 57,401
PSP – 54,148
PlayStation 3 – 22,825
Wii – 17,276
Nintendo DS Lite – 8,408
PlayStation 2 – 5,246
Xbox 360 – 4,849
