Latest Japanese hardware charts reveal extent of Nintendo"s handheld dominance
The continued strong sales of Nintendo"s DS and DS Lite handheld consoles in Japan have brought the system to the verge of having sold 2.5 million units in the country in the latest set of regional hardware figures, with over a week left in the first half of the year.
2,498,720 units of DS hardware had been sold in the region by May 21st, with 1.635 million of them being the new DS Lite console, and 863,000 being the original DS console - meaning that the DS has the top two hardware slots so far this year.
Sony"s PSP trails the DS by a huge margin, with only 772,000 units sold compared to the 2.49 million clocked up by Nintendo"s system - and it"s clear that the year to date has been all about handhelds, with the PS2 managing only 663,000 new sales in the first six months of the year.