Japanese hardware sales, June 14 - June 20: Rise of the Touchables edition

As you text-skippers have already noticed, there's been a pretty significant shake-up in this week's Japanese hardware sales chart, with all three incarnations of the Nintendo DS getting substantial sales boosts. There's been a lot of speculation as to how these increases came about -- most seem to think it has something to do with Japan's recent discounting of all three handhelds, as well as the introduction of new colors for the current king supreme, the DSi LL.

Our guess? The gamers of Japan have found their desire to purchase the 3DS to be so overwhelming, that they've settled for a more immediate alternative: Purchasing three DSs. Sure, this option doesn't provide them with the depth of display which the recently announced handheld will provide, but we imagine that, if aligned end-to-end and turned on simultaneously, the three handhelds should provide players with unparalleled amounts of width.

- DSi LL: 30,183 ↑ 19,045 (170.99%)
- PSP: 20,929 ↓ 733 (3.38%)
- Wii: 19,045 ↓ 1,543 (7.49%)
- DSi: 18,214 ↑ 8,042 (79.06%)
- PS3: 17,175 ↓ 501 (2.83%)
- DS Lite: 5,126 ↑ 2,018 (64.93%)
- Xbox 360: 2,060 ↓ 1,165 (36.12%)
- PS2: 1,568 ↑ 277 (21.46%)
- PSP Go: 837 ↑ 119 (16.57%)

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Reader Comments (46)

Ah, the Japanese are smart. They bought all three versions of the DS so that they could have the...

...wait for it...

3DS!

well uhhh, the PSP go got a pretty big sales boost. relatively at least... still pretty pitiful sales though.

Green DSi XL, be mine!

i made an account to comment on this. just to appreciate the cheekyness in the 2nd paragraph. FUNNEH SHET :D

Hey Joystiq, can you please go back to the red/green arrows you used in the past? These new text-based ones are annoying and don't stand out enough.

If you're worried the other ones will look weird (like being higher than the rest of the text) then just make sure to NOT set the hspace or vspace in the image tag.

If you prefer to fix it with CSS then just use this:
img[src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dsfanboy.com/media/2006/04/Up_Arrow.jpg"], img[src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dsfanboy.com/media/2006/04/Down_Arrow.jpg"] { padding: 0 !important; }

Thanks. :)

I second this motion.

@sonicspike41

I third this motion.

Motion Carried!

@sonicspike41

No kidding. This is a basic design flaw and should have been fixed when everyone in the first new sales chart thread kicked up a fuss about it.

It's not that we don't like change, it's that you have made the article hard to scan read.
You don't even have the arrows all in the same column, so we have to hunt with our eyes to find them.

Either move the arrows to a unified column, or bring back the colours.

@sonicspike41

Yeap I think the same, please bring back the colored arrows. It was easier to check the sales.

@sonicspike41

I concur, the red and green arrows were much more aesthetically pleasing

@sonicspike41.

All we ever do is complain.. but admittedly, I agree. Bring back the green/red arrows!

@sonicspike41
A basic table to align things vertically would be swell, too, don't you think?

@PhilipJWitow

Well I guess at the least I was constructive with my complaint/criticism.

If I was better with JavaScript I could probably just fix it myself, but alas I am not, and so I must rely on Joystiq to rectify the problem.

Pwetty pwease Gwiffin?

@sonicspike41

co-sign

@sonicspike41

yep agree and J.S can you guys change from plain white background to say a black again, or maybe meet in the middle and make it grey? PLEASE?!

@sonicspike41

I concur, the colored arrows need to make a return!

@logicplay
This is not a console where you are bound by the company's rules. Get firefox. You can customize pages how you like. You can have all backgrounds a certain color, or you can make rules for specific websites.

@ArchiGamer my thoughts exactly.. cant even see these arrows properly..

@sonicspike41 Here's the straight poop, yo: We'd love to keep the original arrows and are working on a way to get them working again. That said, with the site redesign, we're no longer able to use the original arrows (same goes for the little Xbox Live currency symbol). Sorry! And we agree! We'll get them back as soon as we can. For now, bear with us in this time of great encumbrance.

@Benjamin Gilbert

Thanks for the info. I was hoping it was a technical issue more than just a "we're just gonna try this and see how it looks" kinda thing.

I hope you guys get everything back to working order soon. I've noticed a lot of things have been getting better (like /comment/123456/ links are working again).

Keep up the great work guys. :)

@Benjamin Gilbert

Could you show a photo of the numbers with the arrows?

@sonicspike41
...Or simply make the arrows thicker.

Those are some ugly DSs .

Oh, who am I kidding, I'd buy all of them if I could.
Damn you Nintendo and your hold over me!!

PS2: 837
PSP Go: 1,568

FIXED

Wait, what? Oh.....

It's prints money!

...I mean it. Darn thing can't edit.

@Tab

It be pri'tin' money yo.

I kid, I kid.

Joystiq, please stop reading my mind...

I'm so glad the blue one is coming to the States next month (at least I read that somewhere).

@KenobiEagle

Yup, it is. Pre-ordered it on Amazon...

I'm such a sucker for blue systems...

i am making a pention to get the old arrows back put you r name under my name

@Special Agent Bob

@Special Agent Bob

I'm guessing you meant petition.

@Special Agent Bob

nah, he's actually been here so long that he's earned himself a pension.

It still amazes me how well the PSP does overseas. I wish the US had that kind of software support!

Wow, apparently the color of the arrows is a really big deal.

@RANDOM G Joystiq Troll Slayer

It's not just the color, but the style as well. It's a readability thing. It makes the article easier to digest at a glance without wasting your time.

It was just much faster and user friendly before.

You're absolutely right. I'm just amused by the number of comments referring to the change.

@RANDOM G Joystiq Troll Slaye

CHANGE BAD!!

@(Unverified)

PS2: Only $100 brand new and most PS3s don't play PS2 games?

PSPGo: They like expensive shiny things?

@WINterfang

Colour?

@(Unverified) who wouldn't buy a PS2? the largest library of excellent game's, super cheap and reliable and the games are cheap as well! hell with the 60 i use to buy my Xbox 360 games i can buy about 2 or 3 PS2 games!

@WINterfang Joystiq is cool and all and i'ma let you finish, but the colored arrows were one of the best arrows of all time!

@(Unverified) Paperweight obviously. Japan has some problems keeping their paper in place, so people need to buy PS2s to make them stay were they are... Freaking papers they fly everywhere in the land of the rising sun!

@sonicspike41

i just bought a PS2 and 5 games or $80 (used), and i'm already thinking it's a better investment than most of the money i've put into my 360 over the past 6 months.

Poor PSPgo, Time to take it to the farm, Sony.

Japanese hardware sales, June 14 - June 20: Rise of the Touchables edition

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