Japanese hardware sales, Nov. 30 - Dec. 6: Gundam overdose edition

Look at them charts! Just look at 'em. Observe the massive upswings for the PSP and Wii, and the surplus of pine tree-esque emerald arrows. Observe the conglomeration of the three different DS SKUs -- is this a beautiful coincidence? Fate? Some sort of devious plot deviously devised by Japanese game buyers? Look at the falling sales of the two new handhelds, both of which ... wait, no. Don't look at those. Those are ugly. Look at the other things. The trees.

The top two contenders claimed their respective gold and silver medals this week on the strength of two big titles for each console. For the Wii, it was New Super Mario Bros. Wii (934,739 units) and Samurai Warriors 3 (121,182 units). For the PSP, it was Phantasy Star Portable 2 (286,896 units) and a game called -- we swear we're not making this up -- Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Gundam Next Plus (222,985 units). We're guessing that last one could have easily broken a million had it included a few more Gundams in its title.

May we suggest Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Gundam Next Plus: The Quest for Ol' Gundam's Lost Gundam 2: Gundam Edition?

- Wii: 106,555 59,882 (128.30%)
- PSP: 67,880 29,041 (74.77%)
- PS3: 57,782 11,224 (24.11%)
- DSi LL: 53,791 13,452 (20.01%)
- DSi: 51,635 14,614 (39.47%)
- DS Lite: 8,367 1,099 (15.12%)
- Xbox 360: 5,314 1,629 (44.21%)
- PSP Go: 3,412 397 (10.42%)
- PS2: 2,277 220 (10.70%)

[Source: Media Create]

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