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PSP tops Japanese sales charts again

DVDBack23 @ Jul 05, 2008 17:59 | 1 comment

According to the latest data figures from Media Create, the popular Sony handheld PlayStation Portable has once again topped hardware sales in Japan.

For the week ended June 29th, the PSP sold 58,861 units in the region, followed closely by both the Nintendo Wii and the DS which sold 48,884 and 48,480 units respectively.

With the sales of Metal Gear Solid 4 falling, the PlayStation 3 saw its sales fall abit as well, down to 17,973 from 20,336 console unit sales the week before.

Bringing up the rear was the ever popular PlayStation 2 which still moved 7,673 units and the Microsoft Xbox 360 which sold 5,104 units.

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