PS3 hits new milestone in Japan

The PlayStation 3 has surpassed another milestone in Japan, passing the 2 million units sold mark after a strong sales week.

Sony's popular handheld, the PSP, had a very strong week as well in the territory and sold 121,000 units for the week ended April 6th. The Nintendo DS sold under half of the PSP, with 55,000 units for the week. The usually strong Wii sold a little less than usual at 44,600.

The PS3 sold 11,000 units as of April 6th to hit the 2 million sold milestone in Sony's home territory.

The rest of the list, courtesy of the source article are as follows:

* 1. PlayStation Portable (120,964)
* 2. Nintendo DS (55,190)
* 3. Nintendo Wii (44,618)
* 4. PlayStation 3 (11,303)
* 5. PlayStation 2 (10,423)
* 6. Xbox 360 (1452)

Written by: Andre Yoskowitz @ 11 Apr 2008 18:54

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9 comments

i1der

Finally PSP is getting his deserved place, BEST system ever made...
I never understood why it was selling less then DS or any other system... If you have a PSP you know what i'm talking about... Man what psp is capable of is so amazing (nothing like it, not even ipod touch) i know is too soon, but i can't even wait till they start planing making PSP2, two things that would blow my mind if cames with next time is: Second analog and buid in memory (flash or HDD). Congrats to Sony for making such a great... I don't even know what to call it... "DoItAll" would be kinda of appropriate.

11.4.2008 19:35 #1

mrgooey

Have to agree ... since im a psp owner. Twice as better as anything. For example, we have SKYPE!

11.4.2008 21:52 #2

NexGen76

Originally posted by i1der: Finally PSP is getting his deserved place, BEST system ever made...
I never understood why it was selling less then DS or any other system... If you have a PSP you know what i'm talking about... Man what psp is capable of is so amazing (nothing like it, not even ipod touch) i know is too soon, but i can't even wait till they start planing making PSP2, two things that would blow my mind if cames with next time is: Second analog and buid in memory (flash or HDD). Congrats to Sony for making such a great... I don't even know what to call it... "DoItAll" would be kinda of appropriate.You never lied about that.

11.4.2008 21:58 #3

salsa36

Japanese people have always support their products, same as we support and buy american products.........

12.4.2008 14:02 #4

SDF_GR

12.4.2008 15:09 #5

i1der

Since when? most of the product i brought is from china lol.... American is too expensive. And i'm not sure if you referring to PS3, if so PS3 is Japanese too, the only console that is American is Xbox360

12.4.2008 15:12 #6

i1der

Sorry but i don't see how you would like to stay online on a handheld if not wireless... even regular system are using wireless now. Maybe you should invest $20 and get a router bro, its a well spend money

12.4.2008 15:29 #7

v965hdss

Originally posted by i1der: Since when? most of the product i brought is from china lol.... American is too expensive. And i'm not sure if you referring to PS3, if so PS3 is Japanese too, the only console that is American is Xbox360xbox American?.........no try Chinese same as ipod never heard of globalization

12.4.2008 16:01 #8

wetsparks

The PSP has gotten a huge lift from the release of Monster Hunter 2 in Japan. That game almost sold 900,000 copies in its first week and 600,000 its second week.

13.4.2008 22:47 #9

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