Andre Yoskowitz
25 Jul 2008 12:07
Sony Japan saw sales of the PlayStation Portable explode for the week ended July 20th, with the surge likely attributed to the release of the Metallic Blue edition and the release of a "1 Seg" tuner pack.
According to data from Media Create, Sony sold 74,000 of the handheld in the region, up almost 20,000 units week-on-week.
For those unfamiliar, the "1 Seg" tuner is a "special type of terrestrial digital broadcasts that are specifically aimed at mobile devices such as the PSP."
For the week, the Nintendo DS Lite came in second with over 54,000 unit sale and the Wii came in third with 41,000 sales.
PlayStation 3 sales dipped a bit and Xbox 360 sales surged a bit, but nothing to serious.
The full chart:
* 1. PlayStation Portable (74,024)
* 2. Nintendo DS (54,531)
* 3. Nintendo Wii (40,803)
* 4. PlayStation 3 (11,253)
* 5. PlayStation 2 (9535)
* 6. Xbox 360 (4208)