Media Create Japanese Hardware sales for the week ending 3rd February,2008

SSMB and DMC4 both despite selling well have failed to boost hardware sales of their host platforms significantly. PSP for the first time in 2008 has managed to beat DS in terms of weekly sales.

Hardware - This Week | Last Week
1. WII - 94,473 | 74,544
2. PSP - 72,528 | 77,933
3. NDS - 67,472 | 79,370
4. PS3 - 41,796 | 34,363
5. PS2 - 12,115 | 11,364
6. 360 - 6,060 | 4,296

[Brian5247]

PSP outsells DS? Guffaw.

[zambrota]

Since ps3 will be beating x360 by atleast 45k/46k this week

expect some serious FLAME tomorrow when WW numbers are released by Vgcahrtz

[pwnsause]

what a great way to silence the PSP doubters. To see that the hardware sold without big games released this week.

[sonarus]

f 360 and ps3 psp jst oustold ds. How the F did dat happen. Psp is a great system ds is way more casual i have been thinking of getting one for my mom she isnt a gamer but she got addicted to tetris on game boy she got over that and now all she plays is sudoku. Am sure i can find something else to get her addicted too. PSP is by far the more capable system but ds has way 2 many casual games so it appeals to everyone. But looks like slowly sony is coming back

[Mario18]

I would think Devil May Cry would have a bigger impact.

[Rikitatsu]

DMC4 and SSBB have no affect on hardware sales ?!! this is madness

[zambrota]

DMC3 sold just 400k in JAPAN last gen

SSMB couldnt even reach a million last gen

Games which sell atleast 1.5million on launch day in JAPAN are FF13 and DQ.
Both move millions in HW

MGS is huge in JAPAN too. It sells well and moves HW too

[Marceles]

DMC i can understand since it's multiplat...but Smash Bros Melee is the best selling Gamecube game, I could see Brawl being a Wii seller...but DMC has been a good series, I just wouldn't put it in the system seller status

[sonarus]

the most likely ppl to buy a wii are casual gamers who tried ds's and liked it so are looking to try out wii's they have no intrest in smash bros. Give them wii fit and they will sell you hardware like no tomorrow

[avacadosnorkel]

guess it was good that Sony didn't shell out tons of cash for the exclusive rights for DMC4

[zambrota]

when DMC3 was launched ps2 had a userbase of 20million

DMC3 sold 180k on its launch week

DMC4 did much better than we anticipated.

It moved 8k extra ps3s which isnt bad but not phenomenal

SSMB moved just 20k extra HW too

However FF13,MGS4,WKS would move a lot of consoles in JAPAN . Those are games/genre that the Japanese like very much

[wiizy]

wii on top where it belongs... oh oh psp sold more then ds... i wouldnt be suprise if some sony fanboy claim that psp is winning the handheld war even though its down by 35 million.

[zambrota]

so DS owners might prefer to buy PSP as well.

PSP sold quite well for 28/30m units in 2 years.

expect PSP sales surge this year

[TheWickedOne]

Yeah I didn't think DMC4 would move that much hardware. There does seem like a very slight increase though.

I'm kinda on the fence if i want to buy it or not. I enjoyed the demo.

[Da360sucks]

xbox360 is up around %30 this week
its selling off the roof
!WoW! lol

[LastDance]

Just coz people bought a ps3 that week doesnt mean DMC moved the unit. You cannot judge that unless its a significant rise in Hardware

[cmrbe]

sales didn't go up that much for all consoles considering SSMB and DMC4. Also surprising that PSP had outsold the DS. Perhaps everyone have a DS by now.

[Bathyj]

It did increase over 20% so its not that bad. Its still a slow time of year and probably doesn't really pick up for a couple months.

[shine1396]

without the press I reckon it would have gone lower...

[2Negativecool]

Yea, it's kinda like that. Anyway, go PSP, that's frickin impressive.

[nirun]

Media Create Japanese Hardware sales for the week ending 3rd February,2008

umm is it me or does that title sound kind of fishy?

[TheHater]

WOW Smash, and Devil May Cry have little to no affect on Hardware. What the hell is going on?

[OC Shock Value]

O well.. guess they want better games for their PS3.. the wait for japan and there final fantasy continue... if DMC4 didnt sale, MGS4 isnt lookin so good.. i think nintendo has it on lock this time

[Azurite]

Am I looking at the numbers wrong?
Since I can see a boost on Wii, 360 and PS3 from last week...

Wii +~21%
PS3 +~18%
360 +~29%