Xbox 360 Sales Decline In Japan As DS Leads

Sales of Xbox 360 in Japan declined again week-on-week following a brief spike brought on by discounted hardware and the introduction of the revamped model, tracking firm Media Create revealed Friday. Microsoft’s console sold 5,688 for the week ended July 11, down from 7,303 units the prior week and 17,370 the week before that. The new 250GB Xbox 360 S released on June 24 in Japan, accompanied …

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DS Sales More Than Double In Japan After Price Cut

Total weekly sales of Nintendo’s line of handheld DS gaming hardware more than doubled in Japan following a price cut in the region, Media Create revealed Friday. For the week ended June 20, total sales of the DS line — which includes the DSi XL, DSi and DS Lite — were 53,523 units, up from 24,535 units the week prior. Nintendo cut the prices of the DSi and DSi XL on June 19. Individually, the …

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E3: Nintendo’s Dunaway On 3DS, Kinect/Move, And Wii Momentum

“We love being on the frontier. 3DS certainly is,” Nintendo EVP of sales & marketing Cammie Dunaway tells Gamasutra — confident about the company’s E3 lineup and the future of its hardware, both old and new. The 3DS Handheld When it comes to the company’s Nintendo 3DS handheld, the executive is effusive in her remarks during this week’s E3 show in Los Angeles. “I feel like it’s amazing. That’s …

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PSP Leads DS In Weekly Japanese Sales

Sony’s PlayStation Portable platforms outsold Nintendo’s DS line of handhelds on a combined basis in Japan for the week ended June 6, Media Create reported Friday. Combined sales of PSP-3000 and the newer PSP Go were 24,614 units, the tracking firm said. That includes 23,588 units of PSP-3000 and 1,026 of PSP Go. The DS line — which includes DSi LL, DSi and DS Lite — had combined sales of 20 …

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News: Portables top Japanese hardware charts

PSP edges out DS for top spot. Japan’s love affair with portable gaming systems continues as the PSP and Nintendo DS topped the regional sales charts for the week ending April 25. Media Create reports Sony’s PSP barely edged out the Nintendo DS is total weekly sales, selling 30,302 units to Nintendo’s 30,105. The slight majority of total DS sales took the form of the larger DSi LL, which sold 16 …

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PSP Edges Out DS Line In Japan Weekly Hardware Sales

The Sony PSP hardware line edged out the Nintendo DS family by a margin of less than 200 units in Japan for the week ended April 25, tracking firm Media Create reported on Friday. Total PSP sales were 30,302 units, which includes 28,758 units of the PSP-3000 and 1,544 units of the newer UMD drive-less PSP Go. That’s compared to combined DS sales of 30,105, a total that includes 16,676 units of …

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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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Japanese Hardware: DS Line Holds Top Slot As Rankings Stay Static (Gamasutra)

Hardware sales rankings were static week-on-week in Japan, as sales of Nintendo’s DS line of handhelds once again secured the top spot, with the PSP following in second, Media-Create said Friday. For the week ended February 14, the Nintendo DS line of hardware — which includes the DS Lite, DSi, and the DSi LL — sold 51,327 units, down only slightly from a total of 52,606 a week prior …

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Japanese Hardware: DS Line Leads Charts In Repeat Rankings (Gamasutra)

Hardware sales rankings were static week-on-week in Japan, as sales of Nintendo’s DS line of handhelds once again secured the top spot, with the PSP following in second, Media-Create said Friday. For the week ended February 7, the DS line of hardware, which includes the DS Lite, DSi, and the DSi LL, sold 52,606 units, down from a total of 66,457 a week prior, but it was still enough to outsell …

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DS Hardware Line Tops Japanese Charts (Gamasutra)

The PSP-3000 captured the individual top spot on Media-Create’s weekly Japanese hardware unit sales list, but it was the Nintendo DS and its three different models that were able to edge out Sony’s handheld line overall. For the week ended January 31, the older, UMD-based PSP-3000 sold 47,875, down from 52,909 a week prior. Its newer UMD-less sibling PSP Go dropped in unit sales yet another week …

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