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Japanese hardware sales, 14 August - 20 August: impersonate a foreigner edition

In being the insanely hilarious South African blogger that I am, the task of coming up with a refreshingly funny post to present some other foreign country's hardware sales is often a difficult one. Most of the time it's just pure magic that causes such a comical grouping of words to leap from my brain, down through my fingertips and into your inter tubes.

The good thing about living in the "Old World" is that there is still some mysteries, some magic left in the land. Why, I bet you didn't know that our water here doesn't taste like the bland, uninspiring substance that comes in bottles labeled with names like Poland Creek in America, instead offering a much richer, magical flavor.

Honestly, it tastes kind of like butterscotch and caviar. You get used to it.

The ranking, according to number of units sold:

- DS Lite: 74,495 122,224 (62.13%)
- PSP: 41,535 246 (0.60%)
- PS2: 26,833 286 (1.08%)
- GBA SP: 3,823 772 (25.30%)
- Game Boy Micro: 2,266 235 (11.57%)
- Xbox 360: 1,493 289 (24.00%)
- Gamecube: 922 18 (1.91%)
- DS Phat: 712 222 (23.77%)
- GBA: 20 3 (13.04%)
- Xbox: 7 1 (16.67%)

So while I post the numbers again for another week on my magical laptop built from the smiles of children and post it to the interwebs, riding atop my country's national animal, the Flying Hyena, think to yourself about how great it would be to live in a land where there are honest-to-goodness real peppermint waterfalls (I got, like, 3 in my back yard). Post a comment then go visit your travel agent. Tell them you want the "Magical South African Tour."

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1. Honestly, that was hilarious. :)

Posted at 5:51PM on Aug 25th 2006 by Ludwig Kietzmann 0 stars

2. That's a serious drop in DS hardware sales. Must be waiting for the FFIII special edition DS Lite ... I'm afraid to see software/hardware sales for THAT week!

Posted at 10:05PM on Aug 25th 2006 by Prepare 0 stars

3. PS2 is still doing well after 7 years......I guess ppl wont be rushing to buy a PS3 lol.

btw wasnt FF3 released in japan already???

Posted at 11:16PM on Aug 25th 2006 by OyoyoY123 0 stars

4. The last time FF3 was released was 16 years ago.

Posted at 12:30AM on Aug 26th 2006 by idioteraser 0 stars

5. I just asked my travel agent about that Magical Tour and she said that everything is booked... Oh well, maybe next year.

Posted at 11:29AM on Aug 26th 2006 by MrLunget 0 stars

6. That was the most ignorant pointless thing I've ever read. Anyone finding that humorous should have been taken out with magical peppermint bullets in the Sharpeville Massacre.

Posted at 12:12PM on Aug 26th 2006 by me 0 stars

7. Seriously, that post was amazing! What a legend. I want a laptop built from the smiles of children!

Posted at 9:44AM on Aug 27th 2006 by dave 0 stars

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