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PSP sells many units in Japan with help from Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G

Chris7689 | April 09, 2008 | News | Playstation Portable 
Following last weeks sales charts, the PSP continues to kick ass in sales by selling another 113k units. The increase in sales is primarily due to the new Monster Hunter which sold 900k last week and another 553k this week making the game close to being the fastest selling PSP game available.
The numbers below illustrate rounded up figures of each console's sales performance last week in Japan. We'll keep you posted with Media Create numbers, which tend to be a bit more accurate than Famitsu's.

Sony PSP - 113000

Nintendo DS - 52000

Nintendo Wii - 46000

Sony PS3 - 11000

Sony PS2 - 10000

Xbox 360 - 2300

Shame about the PlayStation 3's sales in Japan. But with a severe lack of software, expect this trend to continue. The next huge releases for the PlayStation 3 are Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit and, of course, Metal Gear Solid 4. But both aren't scheduled until June, and that's a lengthy two months from now.

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    Akira_EX | April 10, 2008
    To add more info, going by Last Week's Media Create, the PSP surpassed the DS's year to date numbers last week. While still good for the PSP, it still has a long way to go to catch the DS's LTD. It needs a good 15 million more.

    Also, Media Create's hardware numbers do not come out until tomorrow. I'll keep you posted.
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    Seeker X | April 10, 2008
    If only more people bought MH2 here...I'd actually be playing with someone else on campus...except for busting my ass all the damn time. No Infrastructure = No Fun.
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      slumpy monkey | April 10, 2008
      Ive got MHF2! Best game on PSP.

      Get xlink kia. You can play MHF online with that. Watch a you tube vid on how to set it up
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    RyB4Shields | April 10, 2008
    Surprised at the no. of PSP's bought, no-one in my area seems to buy them.
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    Final Blade | April 10, 2008
    Yeah Boizes .
    Go PSP, its your time to shine.
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    Hell_Fire | April 14, 2008
    Hah, I still haven't got the sequel but it's good to see it doing the console some good. That's a massive sale increase

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