Unsurprisingly, PS3's Lowered Price Point Saw The System's Sales Increase In Japan Last Week.

According to Media Create statistics , Sony's home system sold 29,666 units compared to 20,239 units the week prior. The boost will probably continue into next week as awareness of the altered price-point spreads.

In spite of the boost, the PS3 was unable to claw outside of third-place, with both the PlayStation Portable and Nintendo 3DS continuing to dominate the hardware charts in the region. PSP put up an impressive 40,888 units for the week, but the 3DS, still on-fire after its recent price-point reduction, headed up the charts with numbers greater than 100,000.

We'll see if Nintendo's system can maintain that kind of performance when the PlayStation Vita is on the shelves.

Hardware:

  1. 3DS: 105,639 (Last week: 196,077)
  2. PSP: 40,888 (40,389)
  3. PlayStation 3: 29,666 (20,239)
  4. Wii: 18,256 (19,607)
  5. DSi XL: 4,329 (4,213)
  6. DSi: 3,585 (3,531)
  7. PlayStation 2: 1,789 (1,513)
  8. Xbox 360: 1,427 (1,576)
  9. DS Lite: 117 (90)
  10. PSP go: 13 (20)

Software:

  1. Rhythm Heaven Wii (Nintendo, Wii): 48,190 (Life to date: 374,489)
  2. Monster Hunter Diary Poka Poka Felyne Village G (Capcom, PSP): 40,997 (139,265)
  3. Kirby Mass Attack (Nintendo, DS): 35,235 (162,323)
  4. Super Dimensional Game Neptune mk2 (Compile Heart, PSP): 32,751 NEW!
  5. Super Pokémon Rumble (Nintendo, 3DS): 32,144 (118,437)
  6. Growlanser IV Over Reloaded (Atlus, PSP): 21,896 NEW!
  7. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (Nintendo, 3DS): 21,465 (335,540)
  8. Wii Sports Resort (Wii Remote Plus Pack) (Nintendo, Wii): 20,969 (502,326)
  9. Let's Make a J.League Pro Soccer Club! 7 Euro Plus (Sega, PSP): 17,727 (149,040)
  10. Toriko Gourmet Survival! (Namco Bandai, PSP): 17,521 (108,550)
  11. Uta no Prince Sama Repeat (Broccoli, PSP): 16,311 (48,491)
  12. Taiko Drum Master Portable DX (Deluxe) (Namco Bandai, PSP): 12,107 (179,027)
  13. Amnesia (Idea Factory, PSP): 11,841 NEW!
  14. nintendogs + cats (Nintendo, 3DS): 11,690 (283,562)
  15. Bunmei Kaika Aoiza Ibunroku (Furyu, PSP): 11,462 NEW!
  16. Disney's Epic Mickey (Nintendo, Wii): 10,970 (53,763)
  17. All Kamen Rider Rider Generation (Namco Bandai, DS): 10,035 (77,913)
  18. Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2011 (Konami, PSP): 10,016 (151,910)
  19. Inazuma Eleven Strikers (Level 5, Wii): 9,891 (162,565)
  20. Pokémon Black & White (Nintendo, DS): 9,413 (5,286,915)

[source andriasang.com]