Japanese hardware sales, Oct. 26 - Nov. 1: Away we Go edition

It was almost one year ago to the day when we last added a participant to the Japanese sales charts, leading to a mathematical anomaly which 'sploded our living quarters. Luckily, we learned from our mistakes, and have remembered not to add today's newcomer to our Excel spreadsheet, preserving the integrity of our apartment and, more importantly, the space-time continuum.

Not that we require number-crunching software to accurately place the PSP Go into our weekly line-up. The system's one-day sales of 29,109 garnered it a somewhat disappointing fourth-place finish -- while simultaneously, the sales totals of every other console (save for the DSi) increased, reversing a recent downward trend for the region. Our theory on why this occurred is simple: Upon seeing the digital distribution-based future our world has in store, Japanese gamers began to hoard the tangible media-reading platforms, which will undoubtedly become priceless relics in the coming years.

Also, an action game featuring an attractive, gun-toting witch whose clothes frequently disappear was released. That might have contributed to the sales surge. Like, a little.

- DSi: 37,517 4,682 (11.10%)
- PS3: 36,061 6,084 (20.30%)
- PSP: 34,911 2,046 (6.23%)
- PSP Go: 29,109 (New Entry!)
- Wii: 28,888 2,971 (11.46%)
- DS Lite: 6,902 352 (5.37%)
- Xbox 360: 6,047 1,577 (35.28%)
- PS2: 1,966 15 (0.77%)

[Source: Media Create]

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