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Now this is a strange week; the PSP is selling so well in Japan right now that it's practically outselling the rest of the competition combined. The Wii is also doing admirable, but it seems like Japan has little love for next generation gaming right now, with portab...



Nintendo's Wii console, which has been on sales since since November 2006, has finally passed the 6 million sales mark in Japan. On top of this, the unique Wii Fit title has already passed the 2 million sales mark in less than 6 months.



Spurred on by the huge success of Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G and Cris Core: Final Fantasy VII, the PSP has seen something of a second coming in the land of the rising sun recently. Nintendo still manage to hold onto the high rungs of the ladder rather substantially, wh...



Some welcome news for fans of Square Enix games and their many franchises; The successful "Square Enix Members" club, which has operated in Japan for a few years now, is making its way to America.



Famed Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu recently published a list of their highest scored games of the year. What's interesting is the abundance of Xbox 360 titles appearing on the list, despite the lack of support for the machine in Japan.



PlayStation Home is one of the "big" things being lined up for the PS3, a free online social networking system with a complete virtual environment to explore... sounds cool, right? Well, not according to Japanese gamers, it isn't.



It lends itself to few surprises, really. The DS Lite has always had a dominant place in the Japanese sales charts, though the PSP's rising popularity in the east sees it slowly creeping up on Nintendo's diminutive handheld, with the Wii sitting comfortably in third place.



Normally, any news regarding Microsoft's console in the land of the rising sun usually involves the Xbox 360 falling short behind the PlayStation 3 or the Nintendo Wii. However, the release of Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation and price drops saw the 360 soar past the PlayStation 3 in sales with over 17,000 Xbox 360 units sold in the course of one week.



Microsoft has always had trouble in the land of the rising sun where Sony and Nintendo are the towering titans. In a move to boost sales of their console, Microsoft has planned a price drop on their Xbox 360 in Japan, effective November 1st



Although it should come as no surprise that the recent slim-line redesign of Sony's handheld saw sales of the machine increase, the changes were cleared loved by gamers the world over, and it's the reason why that are worth looking at in more detail.

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