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Console sales dip in Japan

Nintendo platforms still on top though
Overall hardware sales were down by a third in Japan last week, but that didn't stop Nintendo doing the business in its homeland.

DSi and Wii outsold Sony's PSP and PS3 respectively, while DS Lite sales outnumbered PS2's and Xbox 360's.

Here's the full sales rundown for the week ended May 17, courtesy of stat cruncher Media Create:

DSi - 34,152
PSP - 28,683
Wii - 15,116
PS3 - 11,605
DS Lite - 4,888
PS2 - 4,020
Xbox 360 - 3,233

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Posted by ginsin
Probably because nearly all the 120 million people in Japan already have the damn machines.
Posted by wiigodboy101
i love the fingers scratching at the cliff face bullpoo sony fan rants of ps3 on top psp on top the ds dsi userbase destroys psps and wiis userbase destroys ps3s and the very so slight sales increase for sony over the last few months didnt even dent those figures

now nintendo back on top ALLLLLL AT PROFIT ALSO

give it up sony
Posted by jonboy1969
Why should Sony give up, Psp still selling very well!,Ps3 not doing too bad!
Posted by voad
God, take this child's fingers!
Posted by collyboy187
my god wiiboy found the caps lock. isnt that a sign of the apcoolypse!!
REPENT THY SOULS TO NINTENDO!! SONY SCKS BIG TIME WIT IST OLD CNTRLS!! REPENT!!!!
Posted by Domin666
ooohhh nintendo rant fans lol.nice to see xbox doing well over there.
Posted by purple101
wii god boy clearly works for a nintendo orientated magasine. or the company itself...

one thng to say to you.....give it up god boy

wii is soo 2008, they are crap. i have one, i know

they promised so mich, and delivered so little,

compare that to playstaion, it beermoths wii .

it is a quality piece of kit and i would suggest to all but the cheapest cheap sk8 to invest in a ps3, blu-rays are even goin cheap now...

im so happy with my ps3, its the best console ever i only got a wii as they promised the wii mote would work, and every nintendo game would be released to download. did hat happen, no,

motion plus costs another 20 quid. afetr the vasstly expensive, most overly priced controllers on the market ...the wii.. classic to play sum games as well...extra 12.99. chuck 12.99, mote 29.99 with demo(wiiplay) so 43.9 for a controller..

are you mad wii boy,.

ps3 could easily bring something out for 50 bucks that out does wiimote, and puts shame to the whole idea.

i put that to u..that you are in bed with nintendo to be saying what uve been saying...
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