Japan Week3: 5600 Xbox 360s sold

' Gamasutra.com posted the new M-Create hardware sales for the week of 19-25 December 2005 '

On the other end of the spectrum, the Xbox 360 is off to a much more sluggish start in Japan than it was in the U.S. Analysts estimate that as many as 800,000 360s have been sold in the U.S., while Media Create indicates that since the console's December 10 launch in Japan, the next-gen system has moved only 58,000 systems, 5,600 of which were sold in the week ending December 25.

Compare that with the 97k PS2 (17x), 598k NDS (107x) and 161k for the PSP (28x) the same week. The previous week (12-18 Dec.) the 360 still sold 8623 units. With only 58000 sold since launch there must still be plenty of stock in stores as the original allocation for Japan was around 159k. Will the release of DOA4 help?