Japanese Sales Numbers
Japan has very different sales trends often times than North America or Europe which makes them all the more interesting to look at. japan has a marked slant towards both Nintendo products as well as handhelds. Here’s the numbers for Japan from March 12th-18th courtesy of Joystiq:
- DS Lite: 121,471 
12,959 (11.94%)
- Wii: 67,070 22,575 (50.74%)
- PSP: 43,769 
12,406 (22.08%)
- PS3: 21,635 10,480 (32.63%)
- PS2: 13,321 1,264 (8.67%)
- Xbox 360: 2,910 423 (12.69%)
- Game Boy Micro: 727 85 (10.47%)
- GBA SP: 557 122 (17.97%)
- Gamecube: 367 127 (52.92%)
- DS (Original): 159 40 (33.61%)
- GBA: 9 4 (30.77%)No real surprises on this list with Nintendo controlling the top 2 slots and the Sony handheld coming in third.
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