Analysis: What Happened To April’s Hardware Sales?

[After yesterday's look at April's NPD U.S. software retail numbers, Gamasutra looks at the hardware side -- weak sales for PS2 and PSP, a strange drop in PS3 sales, and near-term prospects for Xbox 360 and Wii.] Not only did software take a beating in April, but hardware was similarly hard hit, with unit sales of just under 1.2 million systems, compared with 1.6 million units as expected from …

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DS Tops Japan Hardware Charts For Third Week Running

Sony’s PSP-3000 sold the most units on a per-platform basis in Japan for the week ended April 18, but combined sales of Nintendo’s DS line topped charts for the third week running. The combined sales of the Nintendo DS Lite, DSi and DSi LL were 31,255, down from last week’s 36,459 tracking firm Media Create reported Friday. Individually, the DSi LL sold 17,146, DSi sold 11,240 and DS Lite sold 2 …

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Nintendo’s DS Line Retains Top Spot In Japan Hardware Charts

Sony’s PSP-3000 sold the most units on a per-platform basis in Japan for the week ended April 11, but combined sales of Nintendo’s DS line topped charts for the second week running. The combined sales of the Nintendo DS Lite, DSi and DSi LL were 36,459, tracking firm Media Create reported Friday. Individually, the DSi LL sold 19,372, DSi sold 13,738 and DS Lite sold 3,349. The PSP-3000 sold 29 …

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Nintendo DS Line Reclaims Lead On Japanese Hardware Charts

Combined Japanese weekly sales of the Nintendo DS Lite , DSi and DSi LL outweighed total sales of Sony’s PlayStation 3, which led sales charts for the previous two weeks, Media Create said Friday. Total DS sales were 41,219 for the week ended April 4. That amount includes 21,583 units sold of the DSi LL, 15,526 of the DSi and 4,110 of the DS Lite . PS3 sales were 38,877 for the week, enough to put …

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