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PSP tops Japanese charts!

Avalith | April 04, 2008 | News | Playstation 2 Playstation 3 
The PSP might be making a comeback in Japan thanks to Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G. In the last week, it's sold over twice as many units as the DS at a solid 129,986 units. The PS2 also seems to be competing well with its successor, having sold just under one thousand units less than the PS3. Nintendo's still going strong in Japan, and the 360 is... Well, struggling as always.
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Sony’s PSP has topped the Japanese hardware chart for the week ending the 30th of March. It was predicted that the PSP hardware sales would increase due to the release of the hugely popular Monster Hunter Portable 2G on the 27th of March, which topped the software chart with 880 000 units sold in its opening week. However, the latest Media Create figures show that the PSP sold an impressive 129 986 units, roughly 70 000 units more than last week’s 59 833 units.

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  • 1 thumbs!
    StarJet | April 04, 2008
    Yay for PSP! Take that DS fanboys.

    On a side note, Japan seems to hate monsters so much.
  • 1 thumbs!
    iLLmatic | April 04, 2008
    Guess it was a long time coming..I guess.
  • -1 thumbs!
    theundertakergonzo | April 05, 2008
    Well i guess it had its week to shine, question is can it keep it up.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Minirizzle | April 12, 2008
    Funny, since I use my DS more..
  • 0 thumbs!
    devil link | April 13, 2008
    Finally everyone is see'ing how awesome the PSP is!All the cool games are coming out now.But is Monther Hunter Second Portable G something that's gonna come out later here in the U.S?And Yea,take that Nintendo DS!

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