Japanese hardware charts – PSP rules with iron fist

By Johnny Cullen

Sony’s little dude’s back in charge in Japan.

PSP has taken top spot in this week’s hardware charts in Japan, outselling DSi LL with 28k to its 24k.

Wii came third with 21k, followed by PS3’s 19k.

PSP go’s the one hauling the load this week, coming in with sales of under 1k.

Full list is below. Last week’s data is here and in parentheses below.

Weekly Japanese hardware sales, week ending July 25:

1. PSP – 28,747 (26,786)
2. DSi LL – 24,189 (25,884)
3. Wii – 21,092 (22,239)
4. PS3 – 19,420 (19,473)
5. DSi – 18,202 (16,318)
6. Xbox 360 – 6,056 (5,936)
7. DS Lite – 5,059 (4,895)
8. PS2 – 1,475 (1,507)
9. PSP go – 831 (1,155)

Year-to-date Japanese hardware sales:

1. DS – 1,326,136
2. PSP – 1,184,652
3. Wii – 886,880
4. PS3 – 813,563
5. Xbox 360 – 123,649
6. PS2 – 49,912

Click the image below for a graph of Japanese hardware sales so far this year: