Japanese Hardware - Bit of History - Down

Media Create's hardware figures for the week starting 11th of May are in. Things are looking dour... with a drop of 50k+ overall from the previous week. We'll show you those in a reading-moment. We'll also, however, show you a bit of history that would suggest that it's not the global economic apocalypse that's to blame.

One thing's for sure, however, Nintendo's Wii is definitely not selling as well this year as last (for this period) or last year compared to the previous year. The 360 appear to be holding its ground (albeit a small paddock); the PS3 is trending up over the three years.

Totals for the same period for the last three years look like this:

Week starting: 14/05/2007 = 213,570.
Week starting: 12/05/2008 = 163,210.
Week starting: 11/05/2009 = 101,697.

Yup, those figures are trending down...

Week starting: 14/05/2007
Game Boy Advance: 33
Game Boy Advance SP: 330
Game Boy Micro: 428
GameCube: 276
Nintendo DS: 26
Nintendo DS Lite: 111,213
Nintendo Dsi: N/A
Nintendo Wii: 52,193
PlayStation 2: 10,881
Playstation 3: 8,659
PSP: 27,505
Xbox: N/A
Xbox 360: 2,026
Total: 213,570

Week starting: 12/05/2008
Game Boy Advance:
Game Boy Advance SP:
Game Boy Micro:
GameCube: N/A
Nintendo DS:
Nintendo DS Lite: 34,905
Nintendo Dsi:
Nintendo Wii: 41,572
PlayStation 2: 7,022
Playstation 3: 7,701
PSP: 70,536
Xbox: N/A
Xbox 360: 1,474
Total: 163,210

Week starting: 11/05/2009
Game Boy Advance: N/A
Game Boy Advance SP: N/A
Game Boy Micro: N/A
GameCube: N/A
Nintendo DS: N/A
Nintendo DS Lite: 4,888
Nintendo Dsi: 34,152
Nintendo Wii: 15,116
PlayStation 2: 4,020
Playstation 3: 11,605
PSP: 28,683
Xbox: N/A
Xbox 360: 3,233
Total: 101,697