Sales of the DSi, DS Lite, PSP, Xbox 360 and PS2 all saw gains of some kind, yet Nintendo’s home console watched its weekly turnover fall by another 3,000 units.
The Wii’s unit turnover had been falling throughout January, yet all its competitors had felt a similar loss. The system’s sales have plummeted by 96,000 units since the week ending Jan 4, and has shown the least buoyancy during the general hardware slump in Japan.
For the Week ending Feb 1, Wii sales fell to 23,278 units. DSi sales climbed some 4,000 units to reach 55,613, while the PSP’s gains were even higher; climbing around 6,000 units to reach weekly sales of 44,135.
The PS3 technically saw its sales fall – unit turnover was down by some 300 units – but the system continues to gain ground over the Wii. Two weeks ago the sales gap between the two systems was at 12,000 units, last week the gap was as wide as 9,000 units; today the distance is 6,000 units.
Full list for the week ending Feb 1? ?according to Media Create:
DSi. 55,613
PSP. 44,135
Wii. 23,278
PS3. 17,405
DS Lite. 15,147
Xbox 360. 8,107
PS2. 5,334