FAMITSU: Sony handheld shifts 270,750 in month; takes 37.3 per cent market share
Sony’s PSP continues to dominate the Japanese hardware market, after clocking up 270,750 sales in May.
According to data exclusively given to MCV by our media partner Famitsu/Enterbrain, the handheld took 37.3 per cent of all console sales in the month.
It was followed by Wii, which shifted 220,052 units (30.3 per cent). DS Lite was back in third, having sold 163,930 (22.6 per cent).
It was a big drop from there to PS3, which sold 34, 674 units (4.8 per cent). PS2 shifted 29, 569 units (4.1 per cent), whilst Xbox 360 was in ‘last place’ with 6,883 units (0.9 per cent).
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surprise surprise
Is it any wonder when its reasonably priced, ships in about 100 different colours and has loads of good games available to buy which cater for Japanese tastes?
Come on Sony, if you lift your import ban, these figures could double almost overnight, same goes for the software.
I still cant buy Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and guess what, its not on any UK release schedules.....
Idiots.....
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