Japanese gamers started ramping up their hardware purchases this week, giving the Media Create hardware chart a little kick in the old pantsu after weeks of dreary post-holiday numbers. Who performed best? The [[link]] Nintendo DSi, unsurprisingly, which sold a [[link]] respectable 55,000 units. Not bad for little in the way of new releases on that platform. Long tail, you know?(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); The PSP also got a little boost, likely thanks to strong sales of Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 and World Soccer Winning Eleven 2009, currently Japan’s bestselling games. https://kotaku.com/newest-tales-tops-japanese-charts-as-ninja-blade-bombs-5147236 There wasn’t much good news on the home [[link]] console front, however. Even with solid sales of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time, the Wii saw a drop in hardware sales, week to week. The Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 didn’t change much, sticking closely to last week’s numbers. https://kotaku.com/japanese-weekly-hardware-sales-how-low-can-they-go-5142916 Here are the best selling hardware platforms for the week of January 26th to February 1st. Nintendo DSi – 55,613 PSP – 44,135 Wii – 23,278 PlayStation 3 – 17,405 Nintendo DS Lite – 15,147 Xbox 360 – 8,107 PlayStation 2 – 5,334