Media Create Japanese hardware and software charts: PSP is king of the hardware hill, Resident Evil 5 scores big

The PlayStation Portable proved to be the king of the hardware hill for the week of March 2 to March 8 Japan, while combined sales of the DS Lite and DSi put the Nintendo handheld at second place. On the software side, both versions of Resident Evil 5 made it the top three.

The PlayStation Portable proved to be the king of the hardware hill for the week of March 2 to March 8 Japan. Combined sales of the DS Lite and DSi put the Nintendo handheld at second place. The PS3 also did good, outselling the Wii 2 to 1. The Xbox 360, meanwhile, was just six thousand units behind the Wii, no doubt due to the recent release of Resident Evil 5.

• PSP: 59,568
• DSi: 32,102 + DS Lite: 11,240 = 43342
• PS3: 39,835
• Wii: 16,560
• 360: 14,994
• PS2: 4,954

On the software side, both versions of Resident Evil 5 made it the top three. The PlayStation 3 version ended up at the top spot while the Xbox 360 version took third place. Sandwiched between the two was Seventh Dragon for the Nintendo DS. Shin Sangoku Musou: Multi Raid for PSP still hung around at the fourth spot while Yakuza 3 (Ryu ga Gotoku 3) took fifth.

1. [PS3] Biohazard 5 – 319,590
2. [NDS] Seventh Dragon – 79,757
3. [360] Biohazard 5 – 79,157
4. [PSP] Shin Sangoku Musou: Multi Raid – 63,584
5. [PS3] Ryu ga Gotoku 3 (Sega) – 52,974
6. [NDS] Mario & Luigi RPG 3!!! – 44,027
7. [NDS] Aibou DS – 42,618
8. [PS2] Super Robot Taisen Z Special Disc – 27,934
9. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G, PSP the Best – 17,234
10. [DS] Tennis no Oji-Sama: Doubles no Oji-Sama – Girls, Be Gracious! – 13,855

• Japanese software chart from Media Create, January 26th to February 1st
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Via Media Create