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The Japanese are still going crazy for handhelds from both Nintendo and Sony with the PSP, surprisingly, continuing to outsell the DS. We thought once the fever died from the whole Monster Hunter Portable frenzy, the DS would continue to climb back up...
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In Japan, Mario Kart had enjoyed top spot on the charts until Monster Hunter for the PSP took the top spot after MK spent 5 weeks at the top. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G managed to sell 53,000 units in Japan while Mario Kart sold 42,000, still a very...
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The PSP absolutely reigned for the month of April in Japan with sales nearly doubling the DS. Figures for the PSP equate to 380,000 units while the DS came in with 170,000, that's a ratio of 2 to 1 in the PSP's favour according to Japanese magazine...
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Reports today from Nintendo that they have forecasted selling another 25 million Wiis over the next 12 months bringing the total up to 50 million. Absolutely staggering. Their profits have already gone up 50% to $2.5 billion for the Japanese fiscal year...
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For what seems to be a reoccurring theme in Japan lately, the Sony PSP has beaten out all other competitors in sales charts in Japan for the past week. It managed to sell 85,000 units which is a drop in sales on past weeks but still nearly doubles that...
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Just when you thought the Nintendo DS had done all it could do, news has come out of Japan that the humble little portable has surpassed the 100 million units of software sold since going on sale. The amazing accomplishment was achieved in only 3 years...
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Reported lately in this fine publication was the news that the PSP was doing great business in Japan due to Monster Hunter being released bunping up sales. Well, the Blu-ray behemoth, the PS3 has now finally passed the 2 million mark in Japan making it...
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The past week has been a roaring success for the Sony PSP in Japan with impressive sales to the point where they outsold all other competition. During the week from March 24th - 30th, the PSP managed to rack up sales totalling 139,000 units while the...
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Following a short sales burst of thre Sony PSP in Japan due the release of new mint green edition, the Nintendo Wii relaims the top spot for most units shifted for the past week. For the week, the Wii sold 57,000 units, The PSP was in second place with...
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Figures from the Land of the Rising Sun show that from Jan 28th to Feb 24th, Sony managed to shift 89,131 PS3 units and 38,648 PS2s with the surprising dark horse being the handheld, the PSP which somehow managed to push out 223,570 units. This was only...
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And now for a spot of news that we didn't know about (ahem), the Nintendo Wii is outselling the Sony Playstation 3 at a rate of 4 to 1 in the land of the Rising Sun. Just to giive you a comparison, in Japan the PS3 had sold 89,131 units until Feb...