Japanese hardware sales, Dec. 29 - Jan. 4: New, new media edition

We're all pretty torn up about the collapse of Electronic Gaming Monthly, a magazine that got some of us through many a dull Social Studies class during our formative years, but with the sorry economic state print publications currently find themselves in, it wasn't a completely shocking turn of events. Yes, as humanity moves closer and closer to becoming a completely interconnected hivemind, we reckon all forms of offline media will soon become but a distant memory, save for the media that's simply not that memorable.

But if the ages of print and broadcast could come to such an abrupt end, couldn't the Internet Era meet a similar fate at some point down the road? Of course it could -- which has led researchers at the Japanese Hardware Sales Institute of Media Studies to discover the next big thing in broadcasting: Telepathy. Using a hot plate, six-hundred liters of Lemon-Lime gelatin, two Schottky diodes and a highly sedated Bowhead Whale, we're able to transmit thoughts directly into the minds of willing participants. We'll do the final paragraph of this post in thoughtspeak (patent pending), so open your mind up to our outgoing transmission.

What, you're not getting it? Well, we guess you're not one The Susceptibles. Unless -- hold on. Yeah, we cooked another Bowhead Whale. Darn it. Those things aren't endangered are they? That was like, our fifth one. They are? They're extremely endangered? Well, isn't that a fart in the face. Sorry, nature!

- DSi: 182,518 6,179 (3.27%)
- PSP: 157,088 38,323 (32.27%)
- Wii: 119,965 14,993 (11.11%)
- PS3: 60,654 14,665 (31.89%)
- DS Lite: 48,160 8,293 (14.69%)
- Xbox 360: 19,694 6,683 (51.36%)
- PS2: 12,548 2,144 (20.61%)