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PSPgo Gives PlayStation A Big Slice Of Japanese Hardware Pie
6:30AM Michael McWhertor | The Japanese release of Sony’s PSPgo may have been low-key in terms of numbers, but we’re only getting a look at one day of sales of the platform. It was enough to give Sony the upper hardware hand this week. More »
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How’d The PSPgo Launch Go In Japan?
6:30AM Michael McWhertor | According to Enterbrain, the folks who publish Famitsu magazine, the newest PlayStation Portable sold 28,275 units on its first day on the Japanese market. More »
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DS Lite, Xbox 360 Only Positives In This Week’s Japanese Hardware Chart
11:40AM Michael McWhertor | Hardware buying was down ever so slightly in Japan this week, with Media Create’s sales figures showing the Wii bearing the brunt of that slowdown. Two consoles were up, however — the Nintendo DS Lite and Xbox 360. More »
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Nintendo DSi Leads Japan’s Hardware Pack; PSP, PS3, Wii Tie
12:30PM Michael McWhertor | Technically, the PSP beat the PlayStation 3 which in turn beat the Wii (by a slimmer margin) in Japan this week, but sales of the three platforms were close enough, averaging around 30,000 units each. More »
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PS3 Price Drop Makes It September’s Bestselling Console
9:40AM Michael McWhertor | The newer, slimmer, cheaper PlayStation 3 outsold the Xbox 360 and Wii during the month of September, according to new data from the NPD Group, the first time the console has bested both of its console rivals in the U.S. More »
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Wii, PS3 Sales In Dead Heat In Japan
8:40AM Michael McWhertor | This week’s report from Japanese sales tracker Media Create shows that recent price drops on Nintendo’s Wii and Sony’s PlayStation 3 are having nearly equal impact on sales of each console, a slight edge going to the PS3. More »
Rumours
Nvidia Chip To Power New Nintendo DS
11:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Graphic chip maker Nvidia has apparently been awarded a contract to provide its mobile-centric system-on-a-chip, Tegra, to a new Nintendo DS, which will be announced in late 2010. More »
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Wii, PSP Price Drops Invigorate Console Sales In Japan
12:20PM Michael McWhertor | Nintendo and Sony both issued hardware price drops in Japan, effective October 1, on the Wii and PSP-3000, respectively. The clear winner? The PSP. More »
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Japan Console War Sees PS3 Sales Slim, Wii Sales Bottom Out
11:40AM Michael McWhertor | This week’s Media Create hardware sales numbers are in, with the Nintendo DSi retaining its top spot on the charts, thanks to continued sales of Tomodachi Collection and the latest Pokemon re-releases. More »
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