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Japan: PSP outsells DS as sales continue to rise

Posted on February 15th, 2008 at 05:32 EDT

The PlayStation Portable has outsold Nintendo’s DS in Japan for the second week running, as sales of the portable gaming system continue to climb on a weekly basis.

The PSP sold 75,912 units for the week ended February 10, beating out the DS for a second week, which sold 60,464 in the same period.

Elsewhere, hardware sales for remaining consoles declined from the previous week, with the PlayStation 3 selling 23,985 units, down from almost 42,000 the week before.

Despite this, the next-generation console continued to outsell its main rival, the Xbox 360, by a pretty substantial margin, as did the PlayStation 2, which totalled just over 11,000 units.

Hardware, W/E February 10:

Wii - 81,737
PSP - 75,912
Nintendo DS - 60,464
PlayStation 3 - 23,985
PlayStation 2 - 11,038
Xbox 360 - 3,615

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posted 5:35am EST - February 15th, 2008
1

nice numbers, but it's bound to happen with so many people already owning a DS.

posted 5:56am EST - February 15th, 2008
2

good figures. xbox 360 figue is shockingly bad. not surprising really. :)

taken a long time for psp to get going, so much potential in it, just not fully grabbed by the balls & given a big tug tho.

posted 5:58am EST - February 15th, 2008
3

ok, so psp is selling better, maybe it's a sighn to say that they all have a DS already? ps3 only selling twice as much as ps2?wtf, that §uçk's big time and just look at the sales figures of the wii?OMFG i don't know how nitendo does to sell as many wii's in japan when some shops in france have difficulties in having a few in stock, but 90% of the time i go to my nearest sore games, guess what, there's an xbox 360 being brought back for repaire's, LOL!

posted 6:43am EST - February 15th, 2008
4

Cool

posted 7:26am EST - February 15th, 2008
5
Great news, whats seems to be wrong with my posts everytime i post multiple posts come up?
posted 7:26am EST - February 15th, 2008
6
Great news, whats seems to be wrong with my posts everytime i post multiple posts come up?
posted 7:26am EST - February 15th, 2008
7
Great news, whats seems to be wrong with my posts everytime i post multiple posts come up?
posted 7:29am EST - February 15th, 2008
8

You know what's really surprising?The fact that the wii sold more than the DS.

posted 8:02am EST - February 15th, 2008
9
lol at Leeman99, anyway thats good the PS brand still selling great
posted 9:49am EST - February 15th, 2008
10
come on psp
posted 9:53am EST - February 15th, 2008
11
guess people finely realise that the psp is king of the handheld systems. in games, graphics, network and friends. oh yeah, about the 360... hahahaha!!! :D
posted 10:40am EST - February 15th, 2008
12

the 360 sales for Japan are really pathetic. Hopefully PS3 will start to move more units soon.

posted 11:17am EST - February 15th, 2008
13
AHAHAHAHAHA the 360 sold only 3,615 units LOLOLOL oh how PATHETIC! u are 360
posted 11:32am EST - February 15th, 2008
14

PSP beat DS... I guess ppl only need one DS, no wonder their sales are declining, and Wii would be higher if they made more.  No surprises on 360... the Japs wouldn't buy a US product, even if it was a world beater.

posted 12:18pm EST - February 15th, 2008
15

I guess people who already have DS's are now also looking towards the PSP. I too want to get it because of its numerous functions but I am broke as a joke.

posted 12:45pm EST - February 15th, 2008
16

Same goes for me UNCOOL,

I had 2 , first was stolen , 2nd fell out from the pocket when I was drunk:(

posted 1:37pm EST - February 15th, 2008
17

I really want to get a psp, but I think I'll just have to wait for that.  Damn!

posted 3:22pm EST - February 15th, 2008
18

uhm.... didn't they JUST get lost odessey?

 

haha, just as I thought. The game would have an even smaller impact on their console sales than blue dragon XDD That's pathetic.

posted 4:08pm EST - February 15th, 2008
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wait until the PS3 DVR gets released in all regions, the remote play capabilities for watching live tv and controlling dvr playback/recording functions will be huge, and PSP will become more of a must have item.  

posted 4:17pm EST - February 15th, 2008
20

360 gives me boners

posted 4:50pm EST - February 15th, 2008
21

The 360 sales are a lot lower than last time

posted 5:33pm EST - February 15th, 2008
22

It's like I keep saying. 2008 is the year of the PS3 baby.

posted 6:55pm EST - February 15th, 2008
23
good news
posted 6:57pm EST - February 15th, 2008
24

psn id: gingo... sony must be having a party after january its been quite an epic month for them and they will be starting to feel the change is here

posted 11:20am EST - February 16th, 2008
25

yay playstation... there takin 2008

posted 11:53pm EST - February 17th, 2008
26

Ha nds is a joke for kids, just like past nintendo products they will die in 4-5 years and PSP will continue to sell for more then 10 years, Sony always win.

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