Japanese hardware sales for March 1 to 7: PSP sales jump, still on top of the charts

The PSP enjoyed a huge surge in sales in Japan for the first week of March. According to data released by Media Create, the Sony handheld jumped to almost 65,000 units from 37,338 the previous week.

The PSP enjoyed a huge surge in sales in Japan for the first week of March. According to data released by Media Create, the Sony handheld jumped to almost 65,000 units from 37,338 the previous week.

Some of the PSP’s 64,808 units sold may be attributed to the release of .hack//Link, which marked the first time the franchise has appeared on the handheld console. Continuing sales of Namco Bandai’s God Eater may have also fueled the surge.

Of course, it’s not all great news for Sony as this success didn’t translate to PSP Go sales. The Go is still languishing in last place behind the ten-year old PS2.

Here are the Japanese hardware sales numbers for the week of March 1 to 7. The numbers in parentheses are from the week prior.

• PSP: 64,808 (37,338)
• Wii: 33,880 (36,241)
• PS3: 28,824 (27,763)
• DSi LL: 23,611 (24,605)
• DSi: 15,017 (15,586)
• DS Lite: 4,316 (5,029)
• Xbox 360: 2,794 (2,510)
• PS2: 1,839 (1,912)
• PSP go: 1,275 (1,296)

Via [Andriasang]