JAPAN: PSP holds tight at top

Japanese charts body

Media Create

reports that Sony’s PSP handheld has successfully claimed the top spot of the region’s hardware charts for the third consecutive week.

Despite a drop in sales of over 175,000 units, PSP still beats its closest contender, Nintendo’s DS, by 30,000 units. PSP’s newly found success has coincided with the release of the Slim & Lite version of the machine, which has now sold over 580,000 units.

The hardware listings in full:

PSP – 102,809
Nintendo DS Lite – 72,895
Wii – 24,143
PS3 – 13,105
PS2 – 12,980
Xbox 360 – 5,215
Game Boy Micro – 229
GameCube – 73
Game Boy Advance SP – 49
Game Boy Advance – 41
DS – 30