Wed, Nov 24, 2010 | 23:11 GMT
Japanese hardware charts, Nov. 15-21: Xbox 360 sales triple thanks to Kinect launch

Media Create has released its sales chart for the week of November 15-21, and it finds Xbox 360 tripling in sales over last week’s 2,686 units to over 7,000 units moved, likely thanks to Kinect’s release in the country last Saturday.
However, Kinect was only out for two days during the reporting period, so PSP still took the top spot as it’s grown accustomed to. Last week the handheld moved over 40K units, this week it moved a whopping 96,601.
PS3 sales were up over the previous week, and even PS2 managed to move 22 units for the week.
Combined SKUs for DS hit the 44,290 mark, with DSi LL leading the group. Lifetime to date, the current DS line-up is at 15,9267,761 in Japan.
Wii fared poorly this week compared the Mario anniversary high it had been riding, and sold 11,457 units less than the week prior.
Japanese hardware, January 4- November 21, 2010 (combined SKUs):
- DS – 2,178,289
- PSP – 1,888,235
- PS3 – 1,243,475
- Wii – 1,188,903
- Xbox 360 – 187,292
- PS2 – 73,821
Japanese hardware, November 15-21 (combined SKUs):
- PSP – 98,417
- DS – 44,290
- PS3 – 29,058
- Wii – 27,851
- Xbox 360 – 7,083
- PS2 – 1,255
Japanese hardware, November 15-21 (separate SKUs):
- PSP – 96,601
- PS3 – 29,058
- Wii – 27,851
- DSi LL – 21,836
- DSi - 20,550
- Xbox 360 - 7,083
- DS Lite – 1,904
- PSP go – 1,816
- PS2 – 1,255
Last week’s figures can be found here.


11 comments
#1
lexph3re
24/11/10, 11:17 pm
Wow, when I hear. 3x I thought 20k 30k but 7k. Wow, what a. Ass whoopin ms is. Taking over there.smh
#2
Kuwabara
24/11/10, 11:26 pm
lol
#3
Erthazus
24/11/10, 11:30 pm
But they outsold DS Lite, PSP Go and PS2 combined……..
Microsoft announce that Final Fantasy 7 REMAKE is coming for the Xbox 360 exclusively XD and you will be fine.
#4
cookiejar
24/11/10, 11:56 pm
I saw the title and thought, oh wow, They’ve sold 9
#5
Joe Anderson
25/11/10, 7:20 am
Me too, I was thinking big sales hehe.
#6
Blerk
25/11/10, 8:59 am
Kinect sales over there have reportedly been pretty poor, so I wouldn’t expect hardware sales to go much higher than this next week.
#7
Gadzooks!
25/11/10, 9:39 am
No big surprises here. Japan will not embrace an American console when there are home-grown alternatives, its just as simple as that.
It will be interesting to see if the tripled sales continue for more than a week. I suspect they will not.
#8
pukem0n
25/11/10, 11:17 am
since nobody of us is living there, who cares?…
#9
Gekidami
25/11/10, 11:27 am
Wait, you know where everyone who visits this site lives?
#10
OlderGamer
25/11/10, 1:38 pm
@7 exactly.
#11
Gadzooks!
25/11/10, 2:09 pm
@8
I dont live there but I care.
I like a great many Japanese games, and although Japan is currently in a fairly major funk they still bring the occasional gem out. Life would be a little less interesting without the likes of Katamari, EDF or Final Fantasy, IMO.
As 360 is where I do 99% of my gaming I have an interest in whether Japan will produce games for my preferred console. I dont care about which console sells more, as long as sales are strong enough to support diverse markets.