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 publisher, Enterbrain. Having said all that...

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 of the Nintendo DS, its nearest rival, on 47,000...

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 another good week for Sony. The PSP managed to sell...

Funnily enough, gangster title, Yakuza, has sold big in Japan on Sony's behemoth, the PS3. It managed to sell 181,189 in it's first week alone but it still couldn't topple the record set by Devil May Cry 4. Despite the release of a new colour PS3 for the Japanese market, Satin Silver, it...

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 54,000 while the unstoppable DS had to settle for...

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 a smidge under the DS Lite sales which means that...

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 24 while the Wii has sold a staggering 331,627 units...