Japanese hardware sales, December 26 - January 1: Pre-CES edition

This week is gonna be nuts, you guys. The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is the largest of its kind in the United States, as well as one of the biggest in the world; manufacturers from all over the globe traverse the Nevadian desert in order to show off their latest tech, and our own Mike Schramm will be on site to sample their wares.

Who knows what kind of mysterious, life-altering devices will be revealed during the show? Will Samsung enter the console race? Will the Dreamcast resurface as a subscription-based set-top box running WebOS? Will Sony finally unveil the successor to the Move, the Okay, Stop? Keep an eye on the CES 2012 tag to find out!

3DS: 197,952 [DOWN] 284,248 (58.95%)
PS3: 67,199 [DOWN] 8,744 (11.51%)
PSP: 62,746 [DOWN] 38,375 (37.95%)
VITA: 42,648 [DOWN] 29,831 (41.16%)
Wii: 33,208 [DOWN] 57,968 (63.58%)
DSi LL: 3,356 [DOWN] 5,114 (60.38%)
Xbox 360: 2,453 [DOWN] 1,792 (42.24%)
DSi: 2,418 [DOWN] 3,476 (58.98%)
PS2: 1,659 [UP] 77 (4.87%)
DS Lite: 28 [DOWN] 4 (12.50%)

Reader Comments (39)

In before FernandoRocker with an ironic "doom" comment.

In before Shockwave complaining about it.

Anyway, it looks like four of the thirty two "buy a DS Lite each week" people gave up.

@(Unverified)
EVERYONE IS DOOMED.

..... Except PS2.

@allanLLk17
Your best friend's sister is doing adult chatrooms and cam shows and the like...

When a console it's the best seller it doesn't mean it's actually the best.

See the wii and ds for clear examples.
**runs

@eNriqeu
You take that back! The DS is amazing!

@eNriqeu Can't run from the - , bro.

@eNriqeu
Spoken like a true fanboy.

@eNriqeu True, but at the end, they all want money, and both Wii and DS printed A LOT....

@eNriqeu
WHAT?
THE DS IS UNARGUABLY THE BEST CONSOLE THIS GENERATION.

@eNriqeu

In the eyes of the mainstream public, the ones who actually bought those millions of Wii's and DS's, they are the best.

@eNriqeu

Wow, you're actually a true moron.

It seems we got a fighter in this week of down sales the PS2 just won't give up will it.

@Special Agent Bob
I'm pretty sure they issue you a ps2 at birth now.

Wow just about everything down. :(

@The Aquacharger Yeah, this is normal for Japan apparently. Week after Christmas goes down, week after New Year's goes up.

@(Unverified)
I know week after New Years goes up . Didn't know Christmas went down. I expected it to stay about the same (as it relative to last week's sales)

The 4 people who didn't buy a DS Lite this week are just saving their money up so they can buy 2 DS Lites next week!

Down, down, down, in a burning ring of fire!

@King Johngie the Fourth

I went down, down, down
And the flames went higher
And it burns, burns, burns
The ring of fire
The ring of fire

@tendoboy1984

Damn, we sure do have some amazing voices on us.

Go, 3DS, go!

Successor to the Move would imply people want more of that experience. Nah, we'll just see more smartphones, tablets and absurdly priced TVs.

The Japanese gave the Vita now and they aren't even buying it?? THIS MAKES THOSE WHO DON'T GET IT TIL FEBRUARY AND REALLY WANT IT MAD JELLY, YO

"Will Samsung enter the console race? Will the Dreamcast resurface as a subscription-based set-top box running WebOS?"

You so crazy Joystiq.

@tehtimeisnow

Oh shut up. Consoles and PC's / tablets can coexist you know. PC's didn't kill off consoles in the 1990's, and it's not gonna happen now.

That's like saying motorcycles killed off bicycles.

@tehtimeisnow
Hmm... I thought I smelled something familiar... the stench of a blatant troll.

DREAMCAST WILL RETURN, BITCHES.

@tehtimeisnow u must be not well informed if u think the iPhone has better graphics than the vita

Ps vita I summon u lol dam can't wait to buy one

@tendoboy1984
Oh lord, you aren't taking that post seriously are you?

As a Nevadan I hope you meant Nevadian as a joke, I was going to say ironically but its not that ironic.

I don't usually read these hardware sales charts. Can someone explain how to read them?

Is it

3DS - 197,952 down from 284,248

Sorry for sounding like an idiot.

@Nergy

No, it's:

3DS - 197,952 units sold. Down 284,248 units from last week's sale of 482,200 units.

Last week: http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/01/japanese-hardware-sales-december-19-25-auld-lang-syne-editio/

@Lerkero

Thanks for clearing that up.

Quite a drop for the 3ds and xbox still trying to catch up with the ps2 lol.

@Tristan77

Quite a drop that still outsold all of Sony and Microsoft combined, amirite?

Come on sony, get some major Japanese games out for the vita! The Us lineup looks good, but they need something to hook in those Japanese gamers.

On a related note, finally got to see what the retail boxes look like in person. Wow are they tiny. The boxart for the us titles looks good though, really a fan of Gravity Rush's.

Going to be a long two months to wait here.

Lol at webos on a dreamcast..

dreamcast is dooooooomed!

Japanese hardware sales, December 26 - January 1: Pre-CES edition

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