Japan: Sony Platforms Top Nintendo
Plus: why Japanese gamers don't want a 360
Posted 1 May 2009

The Japanese hardware sales figures for the week ending April 26th are in, showing Sony platforms convincingly topping Nintendo's.
On the home console front, the PS3 (23,351) is just shy of 5,000 sales up on the Wii (18,439), while the PSP (41,187) has sold nearly 4,000 more than the DSi (37,495). You might, of course, feel inclined to lump the DSi and DS Lite together - in which case, you get Nintendo topping the whole pile with 43,869. You can see the figures in full below.
Also below are the Google-translated results from a Famitsu poll on why Japanese gamers don't want to buy a 360. They make for entertaining reading.
Console
PS3: 23,351
Wii: 18,439
Xbox 360: 7,016
PS2: 4,524
Handheld
PSP: 41,187
DSi: 37,495
DS Lite: 6,374
Famitsu Poll Results
35.71% fear the future
7.14% higher price
3.57% have no soft play
53.57% Other
Sources:
Media Create
Hatimaki
On the home console front, the PS3 (23,351) is just shy of 5,000 sales up on the Wii (18,439), while the PSP (41,187) has sold nearly 4,000 more than the DSi (37,495). You might, of course, feel inclined to lump the DSi and DS Lite together - in which case, you get Nintendo topping the whole pile with 43,869. You can see the figures in full below.
Also below are the Google-translated results from a Famitsu poll on why Japanese gamers don't want to buy a 360. They make for entertaining reading.
Console
PS3: 23,351
Wii: 18,439
Xbox 360: 7,016
PS2: 4,524
Handheld
PSP: 41,187
DSi: 37,495
DS Lite: 6,374
Famitsu Poll Results
35.71% fear the future
7.14% higher price
3.57% have no soft play
53.57% Other
Sources:
Media Create
Hatimaki
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