PSP rides Monster Hunter wave in Japan

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News by Patrick Garratt Founder & Publisher (Former)

Published on April 4, 2008

As predicted, PSP's had a huge week in Japan off the back of Capcom's Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G, more than doubling nearest rival DS's sales for the week ending March 30.

PSP - 129,986
Nintendo DS - 58,916
Wii - 48,785
PlayStation 3 - 11,206
PlayStation 2 - 10,296
Xbox 360 - 1,547

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