PSP Stays at Top in Japan

Twisted | April 25, 2008 | News | Playstation Portable

The PSP is beating all the other consoles in Japan in number of sales, by a lot. Monster Hunter Freedom 2 is helping Sony out a whole lot in the grand scheme of things.

April 25, 2008 - The PSP continues to dominate hardware over in Japan. For the week covering April 14 to April 20, Media Create's sales charts put Sony's portable at 85,421 units, besting the DS Lite's 44,551 units and the Wii's 44,241 units.

It wasn't all good news for Sony, though. The PS3 fell yet again, down to 7,438 units for the week. The PS2 dropped down to 6,545 units, with the Xbox 360 completing Team Low Sales with 1,076 units.

The PSP's success is, of course, attributed to Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G, which sold an additional 123,855 units over the week. Capcom has already shipped two million units for the title, which will likely soon overtake its predecessor, Monster Hunter Portable 2nd, in overall sales.

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Final Blade | April 25, 2008

_{Interesting, and thats good for PSP, but its hardly equals DS sales.}
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  Twisted | April 25, 2008
  
  The PSP sales are nearly twice as much as the DS sales. Did I not understand you correctly?
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    kik36 | April 25, 2008
    
    I think he was referring to overall sales of both the DS and PSP's lifespan.
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      Final Blade | April 26, 2008
      
      _{thanks Kik Its obvious i meant that}
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the undertaker gonzo | April 26, 2008

Well good on the PSP. Handheld gaming seems the way to go these days.
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Akashi | April 26, 2008

Thats great the PS3 is a very great system, nice to see them getting the spotlight more.
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  Chris7689 | April 26, 2008
  
  you mean PSP right. well either way PS3 IS a great system lol.
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BANDITO ATTACK | April 26, 2008

fyi, its not MHF2 thats boosting sales (though it was when it was released), now its Monster Hunter 2Nd G thats boosting sales.
probably in combination with FF7.
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  Twisted | April 26, 2008
  
  You mean Crisis Core? God, I wish I had a PSP for that game, it looks pretty freakin' epic.