PSP and PSP dominate Japanese software and hardware charts
by Alan Tsang 
{ Aug 8th 2008 at 5:20PM }
The PlayStation Portable and Phantasy Star Portable are both on top of their game this week in Japan; the portable gaming device managed to sell 61,181 units, which is down from 6,271 units from last week. The DS comes dangerously close to beating the PSP this week though, with 57,398 units sold.
Software-wise, Phantasy Star Portable set a record for the fourth biggest debut for a PSP game with 341,700 copies of the game sold, according to PSPHyper. Hardware numbers are below, with software numbers after the jump:
Hardware and software sales for the week of July 28th - August 3rd:
Software-wise, Phantasy Star Portable set a record for the fourth biggest debut for a PSP game with 341,700 copies of the game sold, according to PSPHyper. Hardware numbers are below, with software numbers after the jump:
Hardware and software sales for the week of July 28th - August 3rd:
- PSP -- 61,181
- DS Lite -- 57,398
- Wii -- 41,109
- PS3 -- 9,508
- PS2 -- 9,045
- Xbox 360 -- 5,359
- Phantasy Star Portable (PSP) -- 341,700
- Rhythm Tengoku Gold (DS) -- 212,877
- Dragon Quest V: Tenkuu no Hanayome (DS) -- 111,836
- Soulcalibur IV (PS3) -- 74,607
- Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu (PS2) -- 37,106
- Soulcalibur IV (360) -- 34,786
- Rei: Tsukihami no Kamen (Wii) -- 33,456
- Wii Fit (Wii)-- 32,201
- Mario Kart Wii (Wii) -- 23,143
- Gundam Battle Universe (PSP) -- 20,856
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
omgitsthepope @ Aug 8th 2008 5:28PM
you must of screwed up the number for phantasy star it says 41,700 and its in first? i like the pic though
lazyme @ Aug 8th 2008 8:21PM
Again, US gaming complain about sales of PSP and software. I don't see that in Japan.
Great game + Good price + Awesome system = People Buy!
Bad game + Over priced + Awesome system = People DL!
Seba501 @ Nov 12th 2008 8:51AM
HAHAHAHAHAH The SS is very funy
required @ Aug 8th 2008 6:40PM
Nintendo 98,507
Sony 79,734
Microsoft 5,359
eNrique @ Aug 8th 2008 10:00PM
thanks Einsten
Dreadhead541 @ Aug 8th 2008 6:42PM
"The DS comes dangerously close to beating the PSP this week though, with 57,398 units sold. "
That's because a new dragon quest game came out for ds
Dehshizknight @ Aug 8th 2008 6:50PM
LoL, PSP and PSP...That's brilliant.
cafecito @ Aug 8th 2008 7:39PM
That's great. So... when are we getting PSP on America? =P
... oh, and a Soul Calibur Portable game would be sweet as well :D
naxe @ Aug 8th 2008 8:04PM
I'd settle for anything worth playing right now. i havent turned on my psp since G.O.W chains..... over four months ago.
How is it that the 360 still being sold in japan?
omgitsthepope @ Aug 8th 2008 9:08PM
the 360 has actuallly started to pick up steam i know by the numbers it still looks horrible but its come up from the 1.8kish a week sales. It'll probly outsell the ps3 and ps2 next week since the new tales of games releasing.
aj @ Aug 9th 2008 6:42AM
I bought my PSP recently because of Star Ocean, among other things. I still love my DS, but STAR OCEAN!!!11!!
thewolf123 @ Aug 9th 2008 3:56PM
The USA merely yawns....