February 28
Japan shows a different face in hardware charts
Posted on February 28th, 2009 at 6:42 PM by Ves
Tags: Media Create, playstation 2, playstation 3, playstation portable, ps2, ps3, psp, wii, xbox 360
Category: Sale Figures
For the week ending on February 22th, both the Wii and PlayStation 3 got left behind by the Xbox 360. What did you say? The Xbox ahead of the Wii in Japan, No that’s a lie? Nevertheless it’s true.
If we posted this a year ago, nobody would believe us. But it has happend.
The 360 sales jumped to 25,334 units after the release of Star Ocean 4: The Last Hope, which itself sold 162,232 times in it’s first week.
The Wii sold 16,973 units while the PlayStation 3 managed ‘only’ 16,149. that is a drop of 2,500 units from last week. The PlayStation Portable also took heavy hits, moving under the 30,000 line.
Here is the list according to Media Create:
DSI – 41,839
PSP – 29,552
Xbox 360 – 25,334
Wii – 16,973
PS3 – 16,149
DS Lite – 9,975
PS2 – 5,029
