Japanese gamers just arenāt buying hardware right now. Sales are way, way down from the same point last year, with the PSP selling at half the rate and the Wii at a mere quarter.
http://lastchance.cc/356825/simple-2000-the-japanese-hardware-chart%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Nintendo DS sales, however, are basically the same, thanks to the 50,000 or so Japanese gamers who are still snapping up the new DSi model on a weekly basis. In fact, the only console that has improved its sell-through rate in Japan has been the Xbox 360, which was doing pathetic numbers in the first quarter of 2008.
The weekly Media Create hardware sales numbers for the week of February 2nd to the 8th areā¦
Nintendo DSi ā 49,529
PSP ā 34,969
Wii ā 20,412
PlayStation 3 ā 16,082
Nintendo DS Lite ā 12,484
Xbox 360 ā 8,311
PlayStation 2 ā 5,089
