PS3, PSP sales rocket up in Japan

While the PlayStation platform continues to struggle here in the west, down in the land of the rising sun, it’s certainly a different story. Thanks mainly to some major software releases and a new hardware revision, Sony’s PS3 and PSP platform dominated last week’s Japanese hardware and software charts.

While the PlayStation platform continues to struggle here in the west, down in the land of the rising sun, it’s certainly a different story. Thanks mainly to some major software releases and a new hardware revision, Sony’s PS3 and PSP platform dominated last week’s Japanese hardware and software charts. Here’s the full sales rankings from Media Create for the week ended August 1, 2010.

Japanese Hardware chart for July 26 through August 1:

1. PSP: 48,603 (28,747)
2. PS3: 45,224 (19,420)
3. DSi LL: 23,120 (24,189)
4. Wii: 20,038 (21,092)
5. DSi: 17,950 (18,202)
6. Xbox 360: 6,929 (6,056)
7. DS Lite: 4,058 (5,059)
8. PS2: 1,444 (1,475)
9. PSP go: 777 (831)

Japanese Software chart for July 26 through August 1:

1. Sengoku Basara Samurai Heroes (Capcom, PS3): 243,000
2. Hatsune Miku Project Diva 2nd (Sega, PSP): 241,000
3. Wii Party (Nintendo, Wii): 83,000 (529,000)
4. Kamen Rider Battle Ganbaride Card Battle Taisen (Namco Bandai, DS): 64,000
5. Sengoku Basara Samurai Heroes (Capcom, Wii): 50,000
6. Metal Max 3 (Kadokawa, NDS): 47,000
7. Inazuma Eleven 3 (Level-5, NDS): 34,000 (727,000)
8. Ys vs Sora no Kiseki Alternative Saga (Falcom, PSP): 30,000
9. Powerful Pro Baseball 2010 (Konami, PSP): 22,000 (103,000)
10. Fire Emblem New Mystery of the Emblem (Nintendo, DS): 21,000 (197,000)

Via [Media Create]