Japanese Weekly Hardware Sales_ How Low Can They Go_

If you thought hardware sales in Japan [[link]] couldn’t bottom out any harder than they did last week, we ask [[link]] you to politely reconsider. Frankly, we’re starting to worry. You okay, Japanese gamers?

https://kotaku.com/weekly-japanese-hardware-sales-still-takin-it-easy-5137569

‘Cause if you’re a little short on cash, we could let you borrow some. Admittedly, post holiday sales aren’t typically spectacular, nor is the line-up of recent releases anything to get excited about — GameCube remakes, anyone? But numbers are far, far lower than they were last year.

http://kotaku.com/351405/simple-2000-the-japanese-hardware-chart

Let’s look!

Nintendo DSi – 51,618

PSP – 38,280

Wii – 26,770

PlayStation 3 – 17,708

Nintendo DS Lite – 13,686

Xbox 360 – 7,663

PlayStation 2 – 5,077

Yeah. Unimpressive! That’s 160,802 consoles sold this past week, according to Japanese sales tracker Media Create. The country snapped up some 281,870 consoles during the same week in 2007.