PSP number two in Japan

The Japanese hardware sales chart for the week of February 19th - 25th has been totalled. The results show a huge jump in PSP sales. Not only did the PSP outsell the Wii, but the figures continue to close in on the Nintendo DS. This is great news for the PSP.

Japanese gaming console sales for the week of Feb 19 - 25
NDS Lite - 136,128 [1,376,5652] units
PSP - 100,210 [437,828] units
Wii - 78,506 [745,502] units
PlayStation 3 - 19,315 [218,725] units
PlayStation 2 - 15,054 [180,683] units
Xbox 360 - 4,183 [62,010] units
GBA SP - 1,035 [10,014] units
GB Micro - 907 [12,105] units
GameCube - 323 [4,129] units
NDS - 132 [846] units
GBA - 59 [427] units

The PSP’s great sales numbers are most likely due to the release of Monster Hunter Portable 2. The Japanese are crazy about killing monsters.

• Monster Hunter Portable 2 is number 1
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• PSP, DS, to outsell home consoles

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