Japan: PS3 Dominates Wii In Weekly Sales


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By Tom Ivan

The newly released 40GB model helped Sony’s PlayStation 3 outsell Nintendo’s Wii by more than 20,000 units in Japan during the week ended November 11.

Also boosted by strong sales of Shin Sangoku Musou 5, which entered the Japanese software chart at No2, PS3 sales reached almost 56,000 units. In comparison, Nintendo sold just short of 35,000 Wiis, while Microsoft shifted almost 6,000 Xbox 360s.

The figures contrast strongly with the NPD Group's US October hardware sales data, which doesn’t take into account the recent PS3 price drop in North America.

Despite the spike in PS3 sales, handheld systems still lead the hardware chart. Nintendo’s DS is uncontested at the summit, while Sony’s PSP continues to sit tight around the 60,000 mark.

DSL - 78,884

PSP - 58,964

PS3 - 55,924

Wii - 34,546

PS2 - 9,043

Xbox 360- 5,817

GBM - 708

GBASP - 211

GC - 69

GBA - 4

Sales data compiled by Media Create.

Source: Next-Gen

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Good for them, PSP sales are up too it seems, I never quite got why people say the PSP failed, for Sony's first hand-held its done pretty dam well for itself.

Still gotta love those people still buying Gamecubes and the original GBA's. :p

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And DM, you're on a rampage with these news stories right now.

-Spenser

Just like to see the section busy with discussion :) Plus I'm reading the news myself, may as well post it for others along the way :p

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