JAPAN: PSP holds tight at top
Japanese charts body
reports that Sony's PSP handheld has successfully claimed the top spot of the region's hardware charts for the third consecutive week.
Despite a drop in sales of over 175,000 units, PSP still beats its closest contender, Nintendo's DS, by 30,000 units. PSP's newly found success has coincided with the release of the Slim & Lite version of the machine, which has now sold over 580,000 units.
The hardware listings in full:
PSP - 102,809
Nintendo DS Lite - 72,895
Wii - 24,143
PS3 - 13,105
PS2 - 12,980
Xbox 360 - 5,215
Game Boy Micro - 229
GameCube - 73
Game Boy Advance SP - 49
Game Boy Advance – 41
DS – 30
