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Nintendo DS continues to dominate Japan

The Nintendo DS finished off its impressive 2007 year with a holiday season flourish in Japan, selling just under 500,000 units in the last two weeks of the year.

The sales data, according to Media Create, shows the DS dominated the Japanese hardware market, outselling the Wii (385,000) and PlayStation Portable(332,000) during that same time frame.



Other consoles saw strong sales as well, with the PlayStation 3 finally firmly outselling its aging predecessor the PS2. These sales however, were still poor compared to the Wii. As usual in Japan, the Xbox 360 lagged behind its rivals, selling only 15000 units for the two weeks being counted.

Source:
GI.biz

Written by: Andre Yoskowitz @ 10 Jan 2008 17:00

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• nobrainer

  For ppl that wanted to know exactly how many ps3 were sold here is the pitiful numbers that DVDBack23 forgot to include! Doing well in Japan then Sony!
  
  
  1. Nintendo DS: 218,894
  2. PlayStation Portable: 161,370
  3. Nintendo Wii: 152,209
  4. PlayStation 3: 52,706
  5. PlayStation 2: 25,569
  6. Xbox 360: 8304
  

  
  
  The RIAA Soundexchange Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, EMI.
  
  The MPAA Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, DISNEY, PARAMOUNT, FOX.

  10.1.2008 17:08 #1

• yimmmy

  that is were they came from .:> japan RULES!! omg !!
  

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  16.1.2008 22:53 #2

• borhan9

  What i like about this device is the games that actually help the user. It is what i call the Ultimate Educator :P I want one eventually.

  21.1.2008 06:54 #3

• yimmmy

  yes brain age is actually quite fun its not much of a challenge tho .
  

  xbox v 1.6 softmodded unleash x 250 segate...
  Playstation 3 40 gig.. ps tag= yimmmy ...
  pc.>amd opterion 64.>ati 2400 pro hd>150 wd raptor>500gig segate>dual hanns g 19in wide..>OSwindows xp home.Ubuntufeisty.
  lappy.>amd truion 64 x2 5600m>80 gig seagate>ati radeon xpress 1150>OS windows xp Home
  Server.>amd sempron 32bit.>512 mbs memory >40 gighdd>OS ubuntu server edition.
  
  
  

  21.1.2008 19:12 #4

• twosocks

  nintendo has always been big in japan. i prefer the ds cause it has way better games

  22.1.2008 12:32 #5

• yimmmy

  i must state tho the pokemon games for the ds aRe FREAKING amazing!
  

  xbox v 1.6 softmodded unleash x 250 segate...
  Playstation 3 40 gig.. ps tag= yimmmy ...
  pc.>amd opterion 64.>ati 2400 pro hd>150 wd raptor>500gig segate>dual hanns g 19in wide..>OSwindows xp home.Ubuntufeisty.
  lappy.>amd truion 64 x2 5600m>80 gig seagate>ati radeon xpress 1150>OS windows xp Home
  Server.>amd sempron 32bit.>512 mbs memory >40 gighdd>OS ubuntu server edition.
  
  
  

  22.1.2008 17:49 #6