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12-19-2004, 05:34 PM
<p>The first real week of head-to-head competition between the <strong>Nintendo DS</strong> and <strong>Sony PSP</strong> has begun in Japan. The newly-released PSP wasn't enough to dethrone Nintendo from the top spot. The DS sold 198,892 units this week, bringing the total to 667,775. Of the 200,000 PSP units shipped to Japan, only 160,019 were snatched off shelves.</p><p><font size="2"><font size="3"><strong>Software</strong> <br />1. Dragon Quest VIII - PS2 - 203,618 - 2,846,971 <br />2. Daito Giken - PS2 - 188,927 - 188,927 <br />3. Mobile Suit Gundam - PS2 - 183,583 - 183,583 <br />4. Hot Shots Golf Portable - PSP - 65,900 - 65,900 <br /><strong>5. Mega Man Battle Network 5 - GBA - 64,860 - 64,860</strong> <br />6. Ridge Racers - PSP - 60,624 - 60,624 <br /><strong>7. Wario Ware: Touched! - NDS - 58,083 - 206,908 <br />8. Super Mario 64 DS - NDS - 54,829 - 206,202</strong> <br />9. FIFA Total Football 2 - PS2 - 53,617 - 53,617 <br /><strong>10. Mario Party 6 - GC - 39,231 - 217,583</strong> <br /><br /><b>Hardware</b> <br /><strong>1. Nintendo DS - 198,892 - (667,775) <br /></strong>2. PSP - 160,019 - (160,019) <br />3. PlayStation 2 - 98,323 - (2,497,905) <br /><strong>4. Game Boy Advance SP - 48,912 - (2,261,568) <br />5. GameCube - 25.359 - (558,534) <br />6. Game Boy Advance - 897 - (187,822) <br /></strong>7. Xbox - 385 - (36,313)</font> </font></p><p><font size="2">Thanks to <a href="http://www.gccafe.com/">GCCafe.com</a> for the chart.</font></p><!--StartForum-->Discuss this article in the Forum! (forums/showthread.php?t=31732)<!--EndForum-->