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Japanese hardware sales, Oct. 11 - Oct. 17: Winterwear edition

by Griffin McElroy on Oct 24th 2010 11:00PM

With the ever-approaching threat of winter's chill approaching ... everly, we've begun to take stock of the garments which will protect us from the season's harshest temperatures. Which brings us to the query of the week: Where's all the gaming-related homemade articles of clothing? Where's the Noby Noby Boy scarves? The Mega Man toboggans? The woolen Sackboy-themed full-body suit?

So what that there's not feet of snow on the ground already -- we're ahead-planners, and we'd like to start planning ahead. Give us our Guitar Hero neck warmers, or give us ... cold necks, we guess.

- PSP: 37,127 [UP] 3,444 (10.22%)
- PS3: 22,201 [UP] 2,253 (11.29%)
- DSi LL: 21,084 [DOWN] 693 (3.18%)
- DSi: 20,749 [DOWN] 1,552 (6.96%)
- Wii: 12,810 [UP] 652 (5.36%)
- DS Lite: 5,268 [DOWN] 692 (11.61%)
- Xbox 360: 2,342 [DOWN] 404 (14.71%)
- PS2: 1,715 [UP] 342 (24.91%)
- PSP Go: 1,590 [UP] 399 (33.50%)

Read: The woolen archives

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Reader Comments (35)

For some reason, "everly" and "ahead-planners" made me smile.

@Xiegfried.

It always makes me smile or at least find it amusing that Sony has the top two and the bottom two consoles and while one of the bottom two is the last console they made, the other one is the newest console. :|

Feels very surreal.

Dear Joystiq,
Please not that for some of your readers, winter has ended.
And now it's sunny 29 degree days. Ahhhhhhh.

@Esposch

was that a joke, mr. bob saget?

@Howard Roark

No, not at all. There is a Southern Hemisphere, you know?

@Esposch There is also the Celsius temperature scale, which I'm assuming is the source of the mistaken joke. 29 degrees is frightfully chilly in Fahrenheit.

@Esposch

haha bob saget.

@Esposch
Yeah, Joystiq, don't post pictures or make jokes about anything, because you know, different parts of the world are different and nothing is universal. Somebody might get offended if you post a picture of snow when it's sunny in California, or something dumb like that.

Thanks!

@A sandwich

Yeah, not to mention Joystiq is an American based site. I mean, it is owned by AOL. I don't think they think of every part of the world with every comment they make.

@TraceurRyuk Prepping for LBP2

actually it is slightly alienating, not offensive just alienating, and obviously I'm not the only one who thinks so. I dunno.. I realise it's a bit weird.

@A Sandwich

I'm not offended, just gloating.

@Antivillian

You're complying about alienating on the Japanese hardware sales page. Besides, I think if I went onto a European site and complained about them not mentioning Fahrenheit or complaint about them not saying how much money something is in US dollars I would be bitched at. I think Joystiq does an exceptional job at covering foreign matters. I honestly can't believe this topic was brought up.

@TraceurRyuk Prepping for LBP2

It's lonely at the top...

The US military and NASA uses the International System of Units. I think it's about time the US civilians starts using it.

@Ballistic H

I love metric system. It's just so logical, everything in increments of 10, and a temperature scale based on one of the most common liquids on the planet...

@Esposch
Let's not forget the folks on the equator! For them neither winter nor summer is starting. It's still just sunny and warm, like it was 6 months ago.

So, what JRPG was released on the PSP to send it up to the top?

@eliteghost

I think it was the 'PSP is an awesome handheld' game.

@Ezio Auditore da Firenze I agree. I'm glad it's getting the attention it deserves not just overseas but in general. I admire Sony for being the only real competitor sales-wise with Nintendo on the handheld market.

@HandheldGamer

it's kinda hard to be worse than 2nd in a two man race.

@eliteghost
The PSP has always been top or nearabouts in Japan dumbass.

@eliteghost Not a JRPG, a Monster Hunter-alike from Square-Enix. Lord of Arcana.

@eliteghost

Someone's never heard of the Gizmondo, GP2X or Pandora.

@eliteghost

God Eater Burst comes out in about 4 days over there. Might be related.

@metamorphic Dude, what he said was completely valid; what are you getting upset over? There are only two major handhelds in the market right now.

@metamorphic

Haters gonna hate, man.

Some people see only sales numbers.

@metamorphic

As much as I hate when people whine about the sales being split by individual versions, I do have to point out that the combined sales of all DS versions generally tend to outsell the combined PSP sales, and that's not even mentioning how often times single versions of the DS tend to outsell the PSP.

Both great handhelds, but let's not kid ourselves, the PSP has been in second place pretty much this entire race. I'm just glad someone had the guts to stand up to Nintendo with a competent device for once.

@sonicspike41

Only Sony could have done it. Without the Playstation name, the PSP wouldn't have done nearly aswell as it has.

@eliteghost , I don't think they actually make games for the PSP anymore. Every Japanese just already happens to already own one DS, one DS Lite, one DSi and a DSi XL, so now they have nothing else to do than buy a PSP. Of course, with 47,101 units sold, the Nintendo DS is still the best selling handheld in Japan

quick little dude, activate your scarf power!

@Puertoricarious
For a moment, I thought you must have meant "dood."

Is it me, or does that kid have a strangely red left eye?

The PS3 is on top! Kevin Butler would be proud :') (tears of joy)

@PlayboyX
Like I said, nothing new, if you follow the stats. It's been on top for a while.

Sony [almost] dominates in Japan, who would say that some time ago?

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Posted: Oct 24th 2010 11:07PM Xiegfried said

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Posted: Oct 25th 2010 1:08AM TraceurRyuk Prepping for LBP2 said

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