Japanese hardware sales, Oct. 19 - Oct. 25: Time travel sugar rush edition

by Griffin McElroy { Nov 1st 2009 at 9:30PM }

Hey, guys! How was your Halloween? Good to hear! Well, we've been up eating candy for roughly two days straight now, and whoa man do we love Whoppers. The malted milk chocolates, not the burgers, which are okay, but that malted milk chocolate is the jam. Some dude came up to us yesterday, and he was like, "Hey! Stop eating so much candy! You're an adult!" You should've seen us, we just opened up a new carton of Whoppers -- they come in cartons, remember -- and just slammed them in like four seconds.

Unfortunately, our fructose binge caused our particles to vibrate at a frequency which dislodged us from the timestream, and kept us from experiencing linear time like the rest of the world for about 60 minutes. It was a pretty terrifying experience, but to The Hershey Company's credit, it says right there on the box: "Warning: Shotgunning an entire carton of Whoppers may dislodge the consumer from the timestream for one hour." Well maybe next time you shouldn't make such a delicious product. Think about that. Mister Hershey.

So. Anyways. We've been trying to read about String Theory and stuff all day, but it's hard to turn the pages of a book that's one hour in the future. Luckily, we're really slow readers. Well, we can't feel our hands anymore, so it's probably time to put the ol' Whopperoonis down, and tell you about the Japanese hardware sales figures for this week before we go into a coma. See, both of those Pokémon gamjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj

- DSi: 42,199

7,945 (15.84%)
- PSP: 32,865

7,235 (18.04%)
- PS3: 29,977

919 (2.97%)
- Wii: 25,917

4,824 (15.69%)
- DS Lite: 6,550

1,096 (20.10%)
- Xbox 360: 4,470

1,144 (34.40%)
- PS2: 1,951

182 (8.53%)

[Source: Media Create]

See: The malted archives

Tags: JapaneseHardwareSales

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)

Nytemare457 @ Nov 1st 2009 9:33PM

Mmmmm, whoppers.

solarshadows074 @ Nov 1st 2009 9:53PM

can you feel the bubble melt?
..oh shit wrong product

Darth Bradwart, Dark Lord of the Sith @ Nov 1st 2009 10:39PM

I'd like to know what product you meant.

...

On second thought, don't tell me.

Smoke_me_a_Kipper @ Nov 1st 2009 10:46PM

I'd like a box of Windows 7 Whoppers.

t_m @ Nov 2nd 2009 3:13AM

Are those Maltesers?!?!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maltesers

Alphathon @ Nov 2nd 2009 4:36AM

Well, the article you linked to lists them in the see also as a "similar product" so I'd guess so. Funny, 'cause I'd always assumed that maltesers were some kind of biscuit, but apparently not.

Lord Il Palazzo (Previously : Rave Master 2.0) @ Nov 2nd 2009 2:32PM

@ xuchaoxiong008

Um...

Hey... What's with all the dollar signs and stuff? I mean, WHAT IS THAT?!

Enosoma @ Nov 1st 2009 9:33PM

Mmm, I love Whoppers. Once you get past even a fraction of the chocolatey outer shell, the malt ball inside melts at the perfect rate.

Enosoma @ Nov 1st 2009 9:35PM

By the way, his name was Milton Hershey. I only remember that because I did the free candy tour first thing last time I went to Hersheypark.

Nytemare457 @ Nov 1st 2009 10:19PM

The more you know~

Uncontrol @ Nov 1st 2009 9:36PM

whoppers are gross

martyfarty389 @ Nov 1st 2009 9:41PM

Couldn't agree more, my grandma loves them though. Ugh, I don't know how people can stand them, its an acquired taste i guess.

Special Agent Steve @ Nov 1st 2009 10:37PM

I'm pretty sure you'd like my whopper.

Darth Bradwart, Dark Lord of the Sith @ Nov 1st 2009 10:41PM

But you must love the massive whoppers Pachter dumps every so often, right?

martyfarty389 @ Nov 1st 2009 11:28PM

@Special Agent Steve, I'm pretty sure everyone would want a bite of that whopper. Especially if its not old and flavorless, lol... ewww

HighFiveJesus @ Nov 2nd 2009 1:04AM

Whoppers ARE gross.

PR0F3TA (PSN - PROPHETA) @ Nov 2nd 2009 2:20AM

Whoppers are nasty as hell.

CheeziePotato @ Nov 1st 2009 9:39PM

I think PS3 sales will top the list for weeks when FF13 comes out.

leo @ Nov 1st 2009 9:44PM

PS3 hardware is going up the next couple of weeks, TEKKEN, BAYONETTA, and PES

Mr Khan @ Nov 1st 2009 10:01PM

I don't know about Bayonetta's capacity to move hardware, but it will definitely be something.

It'll definitely be the start of a rise that should last through the end of the year, though.

TRON.dll @ Nov 1st 2009 11:14PM

How would Bayonetta raise sales? It's just press a button really fast to see porn..

Oh wait..

HeXeN @ Nov 1st 2009 9:45PM

Nothing will stop the PS3/DSi Monster.

leo @ Nov 1st 2009 9:47PM

btw.. you guys should post the PSP GO lines:

http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=90985

sony boy (6 years til sony man child!) @ Nov 1st 2009 9:47PM

why isn't pspgo and psp seperated like the ds and dsi???

Sly @ Nov 1st 2009 9:50PM

cause it just came out in japan. november 1st.

The Dark Wayne [Planeteer: Power of the Batusi] @ Nov 1st 2009 9:49PM

I have whoopers flavored chocolate sauce from hershey's. Im not sure what to think about it

Wayne Campbell @ Nov 1st 2009 10:07PM

I would have to say that sound pretty fantastic.

Markez @ Nov 1st 2009 10:26PM

I'm imagining Batman in line, at the local grocer, ready to check out. Chocolate sauce in hand, saying aloud "well I just don't know about this."

But you went ahead anyway. You seized the day, Wayne...

Darth Bradwart, Dark Lord of the Sith @ Nov 1st 2009 10:51PM

Wouldn't it be Alfred in line? To me, seeing Michael Caine in line saying 'Well, I just don't know about this" would be funnier...

why not the LS2LS7? @ Nov 1st 2009 11:12PM

You can get malt powder at the grocery store. Then you can have whoppers-flavored anything.

Shadowfax (PSN: u2fan4894) @ Nov 2nd 2009 7:36AM

@Darth Bradwart

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddUbsWnEVXM

Traceur_Ryuk [Founder of The Anti-EMCB(tm) Brigade] (PSN: Ryuk_shinigami) @ Nov 1st 2009 9:56PM

Dude, whoppers are the best thing in the world.

Traceur_Ryuk [Founder of The Anti-EMCB(tm) Brigade] (PSN: Ryuk_shinigami) @ Nov 1st 2009 10:01PM

Also joystiq, you've been quite "lulzy" lately. Keep it up. One of the reasons I read Joystiq (Also for the Soap Opera that goes on in the comments)

Mr Khan @ Nov 1st 2009 10:04PM

She told me you're the father, Ryuk!

Sly @ Nov 1st 2009 10:10PM

She was talking to you? How did she get out of the cage in the basement?! Damn...

Traceur_Ryuk [Founder of The Anti-EMCB(tm) Brigade] (PSN: Ryuk_shinigami) @ Nov 1st 2009 10:14PM

No. That's not true! That's impossible! My son died... 23 years ago.

Sly @ Nov 1st 2009 10:17PM

He didn't die, he just moved to Mississippi. He would have been better off dying.

Anti-Villian @ Nov 1st 2009 10:31PM

The first born picked it with a spoon

Darth Bradwart, Dark Lord of the Sith @ Nov 1st 2009 10:32PM

At least he's not in New Orleans..then he would have been...Left 4 Dead too...

Sly @ Nov 1st 2009 11:00PM

ugh, darth, you missed a good opportunity. if you did it right, you would have said:

At least he's not in New Orleans... then he would have been...

*puts on sunglasses*

Left 4 Dead too...

YEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Darth Bradwart, Dark Lord of the Sith @ Nov 1st 2009 11:07PM

I thought about it, but didn't feel like spending the effort.

Darth Bradwart, Dark Lord of the Sith @ Nov 1st 2009 11:10PM

@Anti

There is no spoon...

Mr Khan @ Nov 1st 2009 10:03PM

Seems like PS3 is out ahead for the time being. This should get interesting.

CH3BURASHKA @ Nov 1st 2009 10:15PM

I looooooooove them balls.

Sly @ Nov 1st 2009 10:18PM

"Suck on my chocolate salty balls, they're packed full of vitamins and good for you! So suck ON MY BALLS!"

CH3BURASHKA @ Nov 1st 2009 10:22PM

Haven't heard that piece in a long time.

RIP Isaac Hayes.

You just had to get butthurt about the Scientology episode and leave us hanging for a season or two.

Sly @ Nov 1st 2009 11:03PM

i know. i loved and respected the dude, and i thought chef was one of the best characters ever, but damn was i mad when he got butthurt about the scientology jokes. south park makes fun of EVERYTHING, and he didn't complain about anything before then, but he made a major stink when they took on scientology.

but yeah, RIP Isaac. south park will never be the same.

Markez @ Nov 1st 2009 11:07PM

Not too surprising I guess, but I was a little shocked that the Dead Space folks vehemently denied there was any parallels between unitology and scientology.

You're mentally retarded if you're a scientologist.

bongoes Sector 2814 @ Nov 2nd 2009 2:53PM

Why does no one remember Isaac Hayes for being a singer?

Sly @ Nov 2nd 2009 5:39PM

i just quoted one of his songs didn't i?

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