Microsoft’s Xbox 360 outsold Sony’s PS3 for the second week in a row in Japan, while Nintendo’s DS continued to lead the hardware chart by a significant margin.
Xbox 360 sales hit 13,777 units during the week ended September 21. While that total was less than half of the previous week’s sales figure, it was still 5,500 units more than Sony’s PS3 managed, or 6,000 more than the PS2 achieved.
At the top end of the hardware chart, DS Lite was the runaway leader, again moving more than 60,000 units. The Wii took second place with 29,921 sales, while Sony’s portable was a close third.
DS - 61,242
Wii - 29,921
PSP - 28,674
360 - 13,777
PS3 - 8,156
PS2 - 7,720
Sales data compiled by Media Create.