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Joystiq presents

Japanese hardware sales, Mar. 5 - Mar. 11: March Madness edition [update 1]

The REAL big dance.
[Update 1: Fixed official host of March Madness to DS Fanboy. Hellz yeah!]

Can you feel it? The millions of dollars of productivity just slipping away in a bracket-induced frenzy? This month, eight of the biggest contenders will go toe to toe in a winner-take-all bloodbath of pain and glory.

The DS, by virtue of winning the last nineteen straight tournaments, has been officially eliminated from the competition. Vegas is giving 3:2 odds on the Wii, but inconsistent supply performance puts them on shaky ground. The PSP, which charged back late in the season to earn the number 1 seed, is playing its best right now, but the in-state rival PS3 is still a force to be reckoned with. The Xbox 360 has also shown marked improvement, with wonderful individual performances by Blue Dragon and Trusty Bell.

We're totally picking the Gamecube, though. It's the cinderella story of the season!

(Seeds were determined using this week's numbers. Next week's sales charts shall determine the winner!)

(And go Gators!)

- DS Lite: 108,512 3,302 (2.95%)
- PSP: 56,175 9,981 (15.09%)
- Wii: 44,495 13,477 (23.25%)
- PS3: 32,115 11,885 (27.01%)
- PS2: 14,585 779 (5.07%)
- Xbox 360: 3,333 46 (1.36%)
- Game Boy Micro: 812 7 (0.87%)
- GBA SP: 679 59 (7.99%)
- Gamecube: 240 63 (20.79%)
- DS Phat: 119 7 (6.25%)
- GBA: 13 12 (48%)

[Source: Media Create]

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1. This is hilarious. Should have changed the bracket's name from Nintendo Wii Fanboy though.

Posted at 12:56PM on Mar 17th 2007 by hvnlysoldr

2. So the PSP's slowly coming down off of its Monster Hunter 2 spike, the PS3's spike from Gundam Musuo is now over, and the entire market is in a bit of a decline

When does Super Paper Mario come out? That should liven things up a bit in Japan

Shouldn't there be an Lol next to the GC too?

Posted at 3:32PM on Mar 17th 2007 by Mr Khan

3. Sorry 'bout that! Fixed.

Posted at 6:56PM on Mar 17th 2007 by Jason Wishnov

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