Japan hardware sales: DS still on third place, PS3 gets boost

Looks like the PSP’s victory in Japan may be short lived. Thanks to the release of the mint green model, the PSP took first place in Japan’s hardware sales last week, but it looks like its 15 minutes are up as the Wii is back on top. The DS, however, hasn’t recovered since February. Check out the full article for the complete tallies of Japan’s hardware sales for the week of March 9.

Ever since February, the Nintendo DS has been losing a bit of its staying power in the Japanese market. While it was usually in first place before, the past few weeks have found it in third place (with a slight respite a few weeks ago when it hit second place).

With the DS settling on third place, the Sony PlayStation Portable has been sitting pretty on second place until last week, when the release of the mint green model shot it up to first place. The boost is short-lived however, as the PSP is back on second place.

Also of note this week is that the PlayStation 3 got a boost in sales, while all the other platforms (except Microsoft‘s Xbox 360) experienced a decline. Last week the PS3 sold 13,520 units, which is quite a difference from its present 21,008.

The Xbox 360 also got a slight rise in sales, but only marginally so. At least, the rise is not as noticeable as the PlayStation 3’s. Last week the 360 sold 2,282 units, as compared to this week’s 2,891 units. Here are the sales figures in Japan for the week ending on March 9:

• Wii: 57,068
• PSP: 53,924
• DS Lite: 48,658
• PS3: 21,008
• PlayStation 2: 10,429
• Xbox 360: 2,891

Via Media Create