PSP still rules Japan hardware charts
Sony handheld sells twice as many as DS
The latest hardware figures from Japan are in and – cover me in syrup and call me Shirley – the PSP hasn't moved from the top of the charts.
News came in yesterday that Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G had reclaimed the number 1 position in Japan's games chart after a brief spell as second biggest selling after Mario Kart Wii, so it's not too surprising to hear the console is still doing massively well alongside it.
Anyway, for the week ending May 18th, PSP sold 70,536 units. In second place is Wii with 41,572 and third comes DS with 34,905. All sales are down on the previous week when the consoles sold 89,884, 67,308 and 51,228, respectively. We don't know why. Perhaps there was a good series on Japanese telly that week.
These latest figures show there's still a pretty wide gap between PSP and Nintendo's two consoles. What will it take to close it? Obviously a Nintendo game that proves as popular in Japan as the two-million selling Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G would be a good start, but we're not sure one is imminent any time soon.
