PS3 Outsells Wii… in Japan… for a week
According to figures from GamesIndustry.biz (who they got from Media Create), Sony’s PlayStation 3 has overtaken the Nintendo Wii in sales.
In Japan.
This week.
While it is no surprise that the Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable are #1 and #2. After all, the two handhelds have sold over 70 million units combined. However, the race for third has been a tight-knit, two-horse race between Sony and Nintendo for a while now and until this week the Wii had been able to hold off the PS3’s advances. But, this week Sony finally overtook Nintendo in weekly sales, selling close to 56K units while the Wii sold just under 35K. It continues a downward trend for the Wii, which has continued to slide in console sales for some time.
You Xbox fanboys out there… yeah, it sold 5,800 units. Yippee. Full figures after the break.
- Nintendo DS: 78,884
PSP: 58,964
PlayStation 3: 55,924
Nintendo Wii: 34,456
PlayStation 2: 9,043
Xbox 360: 5,817
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November 30th, 2007 at 2:13 pm
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