Japanese hardware sales see a happy new year for all

VG247: PS3 and 360 both see a sharp increases in sales with 32 and 51 percent increases respectively.

Although sales of Nintendo consoles fell, they were still strong enough to reach more than acceptable figures for the week.

Charts below:

[Helghast]

Xbox 360 sales up 51% is Japan means that there were 6 consoles sold

[morriss]

:D

[gaffyh]

Incredibly fanboyish, but hilarious lol.

[FinalomegaS]

hehe

fun fun

[lelo]

Take it to the Open Zone child.

[Capt CHAOS]

lol, is that your way of covering a bigger %age rise on the 360...

6 360's eh? well, seeing as the ps3 is only selling 3x, that would make it selling 18. Not exactly taking the market by storm..

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

6 is good, thats 3 more than the PS3 sold in the US.

[mint royale]

@ everyone :) keep N4G civil!

[Daurelus17]

Jason 360
ouch i would normally not like ur commet since i love my ps3 but Helghast sent u up for it

[Bathyj]

Japan is so strange. Good numbers all round.

[lord_of_balrogs]

They must be getting ready for the 360 exclusive Star Ocean The Last Hope.

[morriss]

They get a bundle for that too.

[FinalomegaS]

I am so getting star ocean, why can't we get bundle over here =/

Any system bundle of Jrpg i would get.

[jrsenkbe]

hey look, the 360 is in a tight race in Japan, with the Playstation 2.

[dazzalfc]

...but wait til NPd reveal the numbers, that'll show that the 360 is the bestist console in Ameri...i mean, the world

[/sarcasm]

I hate how much deep interest there is in sales numbers. All the people that talk about it talk as though their choice was justified with the way the consoles are selling. Some fantastic games out there on all consoles people, go and play them

[jrsenkbe]

I agree with your comment, however the fact of the matter is game sales do matter. They matter in exclusives, free stuff, and the longevity of the console and its accessories. They also determin if a new console will be made.

Yes there are great games on all systems, I recognize that, but what really matters in the business world is sales not great games.

[games4fun]

the reason for dreamcasts demise was not a lack of quality games it was of course sales.

although if you took the time to see the sales the ps3 sold 60 thou and the 360 sold 20 thou

all this proves is that handhelds and wii sell well regardless of anything and the ps3 and 360 sell well when there are jrpg's

[Sir_Ken_Kutaragi]

...Open Zone??? Hmm...I'm not saying nothing then!!! ;-D

[caffman]

keep it that way.....oh crap...its not empty now......

[Shmapanese]

i like to hear that. :)

[Voiceofreason]

Yeah things are over for Nintendo... Selling 2.2 million a month instead of 2.4 is just going to kill them and drive them out of business.....So retarded...Of course like any good fanboy SOny can lose just as much as Nintendo but thats only proof of how awesome PS3 is.. When Wii loses it though its the end of everything and they will soon shut their doors... Open Zone was made for people like you..

[mint royale]

selling 25 million consoles a year, more than the competition combined. If nintendo are falling down the 360 and ps3 are already at the bottom of the pit.

[caffman]

its about sales. Why aren't you on here saying about sales figures in swaziland or somewhere

[mint royale]

the ps3 must not be doing too well there!

[dredgewalker]

Lets just be happy that everyone is doing well.