PlayStation 3 hardware sales normalise in Japan, beaten only by DSi

With Sony's launch of the PlayStation 3 Slim, and the price cut, sales rocketed to over 150,000 last week in Japan. Those numbers are way down now as they settle again.

The week ending September 13th, PS3 sales hit 55K. The immediate boost from the launch is over, but sales will remain hopefully stable. Where was Xbox 360? Peddling 7,500.

Here are the Japanese numbers, courtesy of VG247:

DSi – 66,498

PS3 – 55,344

PSP – 18,375

Wii – 17,568

DS Lite – 11,179

Xbox 360 – 7,568

PS2 – 2,612

Were you bitten by the PS3 Slim launch 'craze'? Has cash been parted from your back pocket?