Sony's handheld sells more than double the units of Nintendo Wii
Japanese market authroity Enterbrain has confirmed to MCV that PSP led hardware sales in the territory during April.
Sony's handheld sold a whopping 380, 697 units in the month, over double that of its nearest competitor, Nintendo Wii, which sold 187, 121.
In third place was DS Lite with 169,911 units. The next in line, PS3, was quite a way off this trio, selling just 37,676 in the month.
Bringing up the rear were PS2 with 34,312 and Xbox 360, whihc sold just 8,193 in the four week period.
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