James Delahunty
25 Apr 2009 21:24
The recent release of the movie Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete and the release of a playable Final Fantasy XIII demo, boosted sales of the PlayStation 3 (PS3) by 45,826 units within a week. The console beat the other gaming consoles on the market for the week ending April 19, with a tally of 62,527 unit sales, according to data provided by Media Create.
Sales were also helped with by a "Cloud Black" special edition of the console. Nintendo's DS platform maintained its dominance in handheld gaming hardware sales with a total of 44,725 units sold, of which the new DSi variant of the handheld accounted for 38,287 units.
Sony's PlayStation Portable (PSP) did not lag too far behind the DS platform, moving 40,065 units. The Nintendo Wii console was next, selling 13,221 units in the period, a world different from the top selling figures it produced up until recently. It still outsold the Xbox 360, which moved 8652 units. Japanese consumers also bought up 4230 units of the PlayStation 2 (PS2) console.