Media Create Japan Hardware Sales: March 26th-April 1st

Sort of an unusual week in hardware sales. While the Nintendo DS continues to be the sales leader, it's nowhere near its standard 100k mark. For the week of March 26th - April 1st, the Nintendo DS took in 80k sold. We're going to chalk up the poor sales due to a lack of supply, which has been frequently plauging the DS. Likewise, performance of the Wii dwindled down, as well. The Wii sold 51k consoles, which may also be due to lack of supply. The PSP remains firmly in its 40k region, with 39k handhelds moved. The worst part of this news is that the PS2 outsold the PS3. Quite frankly, the PS3's numbers just aren't very attractive, and with big drought in software for the next 2-3 months, expect to see consistently poor performance from the console in Japan.

Nintendo DS 79,897
Nintendo Wii 51,365
Sony PSP 39,077
Sony PS2 17,787
Sony PS3 16,889
Xbox 360 3,889

March 19th-25th:

Nintendo DS - 130,684
Nintendo Wii - 75,571
Sony PSP - 41,546
Sony PS3 - 20,459
Sony PS2 - 16,961
Xbox 360 - 3,492

4/5/2007 Arnold Katayev