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PSP was sold more than Nintendo DSi, XL in Japan
Monday, June 14th, 2010
In the recent sales data from Japan it is revealed that Sony Corp.’s PSP handheld SKUs outsold the Nintendo DS SKUs.
According to Media Create Co., the PSP has ranked No. 1 by selling 23,588 where as the PSP go sold 1,026 units and it occupied the 9th place between May 31 and June 6.
If we look at the comparison, it is seen that the Nintendo DSi LL sold 10,737 units and it is ranked on the 4 position for hardware. Addition to this, 8,219 units were sold of Nintendo DSi in the same period.
For the same week the DS Lite sold 1,743 units.
In the month of March Nintendo released for the U.S. retail the Nintendo DSi XL. It included
two 4.2-inch LCD screens. Each of the screens were 93 percent larger than Nintendo DS Lite handheld. It also has 2 digital cameras, larger stylus, DSi Sound application and of course improved battery life.
It is priced at $189.99 each and is being sold in Burgundy and Bronze colors.
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DS XL is being sold more than PSP in Japan
Monday, May 24th, 2010
According to the latest retail data from Japan, the Nintendo DS SKUs of Nintendo has outsold the PSP handheld of Sony.

On Friday the Media Create Co. reported that 15,879 units of Nintendo DSi LL were sold units and it ranked No. 3 hardware between the time period of May 10 and May 16.
In the same period 9990 units of Nintendo DSi were sold.
For the week the DS Lite was sold by 2,695 units.
The PSP ranked No. 1 and it had sold 24,475 units and the PSP go sold 871 units. It was ranked at No. 9.
In the month of March Nintendo also released the Nintendo DSi XL to the U.S. retail. It is
better known with the two 4.2-inch LCD screens and each of it is 93 percent larger than the Nintendo DS Lite handheld. It also features 2 digital cameras. It has improved battery life and comes with larger stylus.
This handheld was price tagged at at $189.99.
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PSP tops the Nintendo retail sale chart
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
The Nintendo DS PSP is ahead of other games of Nintendo in sales according to recent retail data released in Japan.

On Friday Media Create Co. revealed that 59,315 units of PSP was sold and it has ranked No. 1 and 1,890 units of PSP go was sold. It is ranked on as No. 8. The data updated the sales between Apr. 26 and May 2.
Nintendo DSi LL was at No. 4 with a sales figure of 25,569 units for the week and the Nintendo DSi sold 15,628 units. During the period the DS Lite sold 4,069 units.
In the month of March Nintendo released the Nintendo DSi XL to the U.S. retail. It includes two 4.2-inch LCD screens and it is larger by 93 percent than the Nintendo DS Lite handheld. The new handheld also has two digital cameras, larger stylus, DSi Sound application, and also a improved battery life. It was released in two colors, Burgundy and Bronze, and it was price tagged at $189.99 each.
The new handheld had pre-installed software such as Brain Age Express: Arts & Letters, Brain Age Express: Math and Photo Clock, and two free applications: the Nintendo DSi Browser and Flipnote Studio.
The Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker PSP Entertainment Pack will hit the market in the month of June this year. This pack will include a ‘Spirited Green’ PSP-3000 hardware, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker UMD, exclusive in-game Camouflage Uniform with FOX logos and Stealth Gun feature. It will also have Playstation Network movie download voucher apart from a 2GB Memory Stick Pro Duo. It will be price tagged at $199.99.
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Why has the Nintendo DS done so well in the UK history
Saturday, December 26th, 2009
It was too much assumed way back in the year 2005 that the Sony PSP may win the battle of the handheld games consoles. The reason behind this is that the PSP was sleek and have gorgeous widescreen display. Where as the Nintendo DS looked like a toy. Though the two screens were included but it was not enough to get anyone excited. However, the PSP has done well enough and it sold over 50m units. But the Nintendo was not so bad even. The ugly duckling has grown into a phenomenon.

Nintendo has now shifted over 100m units. In this recent trend, the Nintendo DS has overtook the PlayStation 2 and has become the biggest selling games console in the history of UK.
The big question arises that why has the Nintendo DS done so well?
There are three main factors to be credited. It has the ability to jab at a screen with a stylus and this was usually enough for gamers to attract. More to this the sleek and the minimal styling of the later models helped it to become more famous. And not to forget, the most important of all, the console has been popular due to the variety of content.
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DS again remains best-selling in Japan
Friday, October 23rd, 2009
According to the data released from Media Create, it is revealed that the Nintendo DS again remains the best-selling console in Japan. The data is for the week ending 18th of October.
Nintendo DS sold 51 735 units in combined total. In it the DSi contributed 49 145 and the DS Lite just 2 590. It is also learned from the data that the sales of the DSi has dropped marginally from last week’s tally but there was a drop of 2800 units on DS Lite.
In the second place is the PSP with 33 508 units. It has dropped quite substantially from last week’s 40 100. The third place is reserved for the PS3 with 30 231 units. It is just 266 units ahead of the Wii in fourth place with 29 965. The sales of both remains steady from last week.
There was a slight increase in the sales of Xbox 360. It is the only console to record a sales boost with 2 109 units sold. The PS2 is steady with 2 109 units.
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Nintendo DS tops in August
Saturday, September 12th, 2009
The sales of video game for the month of August this year was down from the previous year. But not for all. The PlayStation 3 sales were considerably up from the month prior. It sold roughly the twice amount. Let us give a thank note to the mid-month price drop.
The data of NPD Group reveals that Sony sold 210,000 PlayStation 3s in the United States last month. There was a $100 drop that took an effect at some of the retailers as early as August 18th. It likely translated to a price conscious boost in sales.
Oh yes, the Xbox 360 sales also experienced a late August drop. It got a minor boost.
Nintendo DS sold over half a million units in the month of August. It was a DS Lite and DSi combined.
Below is the details:
o Nintendo DS - 552,900
o Wii - 277,400
o Xbox 360 - 215,400
o PlayStation 3 - 210,000
o PSP - 140,300
o PlayStation 2 - 105,900
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DSi ranked top in Japan retail sale
Saturday, June 27th, 2009
The Nintendo DSi and the PSP of Sony Corp. has kept their reign at the retail of Japan in the latest hardware figures.
According to the recent reports of Media Create Co. the DSi has sold 40,464 units between 8th of June and 16th of June 16 to rank No. 1 in overall sales.
When compared, the PSP sold 27,884 units and has been ranked second in the same period.
In the month of April the Nintendo began the sale of the Nintendo DSi at U.S. retail.
Sony has this month announced that the PSP Go, a new 16GB handheld to hold all digital content. It will be sold for $249 on Oct. 1.
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Japan hardware sales down
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
Sales of every platform decline in the week ended on 17th in Japan. The data has been given by tracking firm Media Create.
Nintendo DSi sold 34,152 in this week. Though it lead all other platforms for the second consecutive week, but weekly sales for the platform were down by 20,000 units from the previous week.
Sony’s PSP was the second with 28,683 units sold. It is down from 43,000 the week before.
The sales of PlayStation 3 received a strong boost over past weeks from few good releases like Yakuza 3 and Resident Evil 5 in Japan. Not to forget the Blu-ray release of the movie Final Fantasy VII.
Nintendo’s DS Lite, Sony’s PS2 and Microsoft’s Xbox 360 rounded out the depressed hardware charts.
The Chart (Week of May 11-17)
DSi: 34,152
PSP: 28,683
Wii: 15,116
PS3: 11,605
DS Lite: 4,888
PS2: 4,020
Xbox 360: 3,233
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