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Another Week in Japan: Hardware and software numbers 6/30-7/6

July 11th, 2008

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The most recent Japanese charts showed us that musical instruments have more legs than horses, as Band Brothers DX jumped up into the first place spot. Meanwhie, Nanashi no Game made its debut in the top ten, but only sold a total of 30,000 copies.

Hardware sales were also interesting, as the DS stubbornly held onto the second spot:

• PSP: 56,439 (2,442)
  
• Nintendo DS: 47,455 (1,429)
• Wii: 44,525 (3,955)
  
• PlayStation 3: 14,359 (3,614)
  
• PlayStation 2: 11,768 ( 4,095)
  
• Xbox 360: 4,776 (328)

With the Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G craze finally starting to quiet a bit, we don't think it will be too long before the PSP dips closer to DS sales (as long as Nintendo's handheld can maintain its own momentum). Enough about the future, though -- it's all about the now. So, go on and see how software fared last week in Japan by clicking past the break.

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