PS3 Outsells Xbox 360 in Japan - Wii Outsells Them All

After only a month on sale, Sony’s PS3 has already overtaken Xbox 360 in the Japanese market to cement an early second place in the next-gen battle in the Far East. As Wii’s launch week sales of 400,000 make it the early leader in the Japanese market, Xbox 360 has sold fewer than 180,000 units in its first year on sale. PS3 recently surpassed this barrier, and already enjoys a lead of nearly 10,000 units, reports Spong.

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The actual figures make interesting reading, with the Wii selling 350,358 units on its first two days on sale. The Second Place rosette went to stablemate DS Lite with 176,901 units followed by the PS3 at 31,436. The PSP and PS2 followed in 4th and 5th places with 23,917 and 23,115 units respectively. The Xbox 360 sold an above-average 7,007 units and nothing else sold over 2,000 units. The Wii ended up with just over 57% of the total sales for the week.

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Japan, the domestic market for Sony, has been anticipating the PlayStation 3 much more than the Xbox 360, which is no surprise, as Microsoft’s game titles for the Xbox 360 are mainly aimed at gamers in the U.S. and, perhaps, Europe. The slow launch of the PlayStation 3 and undersupplies allowed Nintendo Wii to become the best-selling console in the country, which is a good sign for its producer.

Generally, the PlayStation 3 is a much more anticipated game console than the Wii and Xbox 360, however, its tight supply, potential issues, such as notorious upscaling problem, and higher price may catalyze gamers to look at competing platforms from Microsoft and Nintendo.

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