PlayStation 3 sales nearly doubled week-on-week in Japan to 50,164 for the week ended March 21, according to Media Create.
Thanks to the boost, the PS3 was able to outsell regular handheld chart-toppers PlayStation Portable as well as Nintendo's line of DS hardware.
The PS3's strong performance occurred the same week as the release of Sega's Japanese organize crime-themed game, Yakuza 4. Media Create reported that the game sold a hefty 384,000 units in its opening week.
In addition, this week saw the much-awaited release of the Torne, a device that turns the PS3 into a digital recorder. It is available in Japan as a standalone unit as well as bundled with a PS3.
Its crazy how the PS3 is selling like hot cakes all around
Sony has been making good moves lately
It beat the PSP? Wow.
I thought there were PS3 shortages? Is it only here in NA?
Closing the gap
I'm getting the feeling the reason we have the shortage is because they are focusing making PS3's available for the Yakuza 4 launch. Looks like it is paying off. This is just a theory tho.