Japanese Hardware: PSP Sales Decline After Kingdom Hearts Boost

Sony PSP hardware sales declined significantly in Japan last week, but were still able to top weekly hardware sales charts in Japan, Media Create reported Friday. Sales of the older PSP-3000 for the week ended January 17 were 71,186, down from 145,682 a week prior. PSP sales recently saw a big boost thanks to the release of Square Enix's PSP role-playing game Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep. Likewise, all hardware in Japan was down notably for the week. Wii and PlayStation 3 were able to capture the second and third spots behind the PSP, selling 57,349 and 35,156 units respectively. Total DS line sales, including sales of DS Lite, DSi, and the newest model DSi LL sold 64,284 total for the week. Below are the full sales rankings from Media Create for the week ended January 17, 2009 (the bottom chart lumps together sales of all models in a given line of hardware).

LW	TW	Console	Weekly Sales	Last Week
1	1	PSP	71,186	145,682
2	2	Wii	57,349	76,772
3	3	PS3	35,156	61,591
5	4	DSI LL	30,418	45,221
4	5	DSI	27,292	50,178
6	6	DS Lite	6,574	10,067
7	7	Xbox 360	4,622	5,461
8	8	PS2	2,580	3,092
9	9	PSP Go	2,027	2,841
LW	TW	Console	Weekly Sales	Last Week
1	1	PSP	73,213	148,523
2	2	DS	64,284	105,466
3	3	Wii	57,349	76,772
4	4	PS3	35,156	61,591
5	5	Xbox 360	4,622	5,461
6	6	PS2	2,580	3,092