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PlayStation Hardware Continues Pie Dominance In Japan
1:20PM Michael McWhertor | Avid readers of The Japanese Hardware Chart weekly updates won’t be surprised—especially after reading about the PlayStation family’s software dominance—that Sony hardware is selling better than the competition in Japan. No change this week. More »
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PlayStation 3 Is Japan’s Bestselling Platform
9:40AM Michael McWhertor | Once again, Sony controls the majority of this week’s Japanese hardware chart, thanks to the company’s four platforms representing. Oh, and the fact that the PlayStation 3 is outselling everything else in Japan. More »
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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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Bayonetta Brushes Back Pokemon, Tops Japan’s Game Charts
7:40AM Michael McWhertor | PlatinumGames and Sega’s Bayonetta kicked its way to the top of the Japanese game charts, moving nearly 200,000 copies during week one and making it the country’s bestselling game. 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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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 »
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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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