According to the Japanese Hardware Sales in Japan for the Week of June 5th through the 11th:
- DS Lite: 132,027
- PSP: 21,656
- PS2: 18,981
- GBA SP: 4,116
- Game Boy Micro: 1,654
- DS: 1,371
- Xbox 360: 1,100
- Gamecube: 961
- GBA: 30
- Xbox: 20
That's units sold, folks. There's 30 people in Japan who just bought a Game Boy Advance (GBA) two weeks ago. The GBA is a unit that came out in October of 2001 -- so it's a five year old game system. The Micro is slightly more popular than the old DS (unofficially known now as the DS Chunky/Pudgy/Fat). But check out those numbers for the DS Lite -- 132,027. It's comparable to the 2-day North American sales number for the DS Lite, which was 136,000 on Sunday and Monday of this past week. In the US, we just got it, in Japan, they've had it for over 2 months now, and it's still selling out. Of course, I'm not the only one in love with the DS Lite, TIME (maybe you've heard of it?) calls the DS Lite the Gadget of the Week, giving praise to the Apple-like design, the brighter screens and the innovative games.
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