Andre Yoskowitz
5 Oct 2008 16:16
Enterbrain has released the videogame sales figures for the first six months of the fiscal year in Japan and it appears that sales have slowed greatly, falling over 20 percent year on year.
The sales data is for the period of March 31, 2008 through September 28, 2008 and despite the sharp fall the Sony PlayStation Portable handheld was the biggest seller, beating out its biggest rival the Nintendo DS Lite handheld.
According to Kotaku, the figures look like the following:
• Hardware:
Nintendo DS (DS and DS Lite)
First half of the year: 1,314,919
Total units sold: 23,484,680
PSP (PSP-1000 and PSP-2000)
First half of the year: 1,583,731
Total units sold: 10,157,757
Wii
First half of the year: 1,105,174
Total units sold: 6,800,753
PlayStation 3
First half of the year: 352,457
Total units sold: 2,361,949
Xbox 360
First half of the year: 138,740
Total units sold: 741,298