Media Create: PS3 posts worst weekly sales total, handheld titles dominate software sales

Over in Japan, Nintendo is still rolling around in money even as rival Sony‘s PSP console continues to pull down some relatively impressive hardware sales numbers. The PS3, on the other hand, is still spending time at the bottom of the charts. Figures for the hardware and software sales are available in the full article.

Over in Japan, Sony‘s PSP console is still pulling down some pretty impressive hardware sales numbers, but the company can’t be happy with how the PlayStation 3 is doing.

The console just hit its lowest weekly sales record last week, moving only 7,232 units. That’s more than a thousand units less than the Xbox 360’s 8,271 units sold. Both consoles actually sold less than the PS2, while all three paled in comparison to the Wii’s 25,330 units sold.

The top two spots in the hardware sales charts from last week were still dominated by the handhelds. The almighty DS Lite is still lording it over everything else with 42,385 units sold, while the PSP is at a distant second place with 26,045 units sold.

The PS3’s dismal showing continues on the software side of things, where there’s no title for the console anywhere in the top ten. Same thing goes for the Xbox 360. The software sales chart is actually an even split in terms of titles for Sony and Nintendo consoles, as you can see below:

1. Pocket Monsters Platinum (DS) – 122,000
2. Shin Sangoku Musou 5 Special (PS2) – 110,000
3. Super Robot Taisen Z (PS2) – 60,000
4. Rhythm Tengoku Gold (DS) – 54,000
5. Wii Fit (Wii) – 21,000
6. Jikkyou Powerful Major League 3 (PS2) – 18,000
7. To LoveRu Trouble: Doki Doki! Rinkaigakkou-Hen (PSP) – 16,000
8. Ikki Tousen: Eloquent Fist (PSP) – 15,000
9. World Destruction: Michibi Kareshi Ishi (DS) – 15,000
10. Dragon Ball DS (DS) – 12,000

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