Wii caining PS3 6:1 in Japan

Wii caining PS3 6:1 in Japan

Sales figures for the week of April 9th-15th in Japan show that the PS3 is at a comical all time low. The DS and Wii remain runaway leaders as the list shows:

  1. DS Lite (133,325)
  2. Wii (75,759)
  3. PSP (24,850)
  4. PS2 (12,872)
  5. PS3 (11,948)
  6. Xbox 360 (2,900)
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Master Foot said:

Amazingly PS2 is still selling. DS Lite is light years ahead of PSP in terms of sales. Nintendo owns JP!

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Zendalf said:

Oh yeah! Wii totally owns. Go BIG N!

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chrisbjwii said:

Nintendo is poppin those toasters or grills (ps3).

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Crystal Lucario said:

Sony and microsoft are dead. D-e-d dead!

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Keelan said:

I'm more interested in 360's failure instead of PS3's out there. 2,900, wow that's just unbelievably low.

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Scooby Jew said:

6 months. 6 FULL months since the Wii's launch and there's still 75,000 consoles being sold a week. Compare that to the PS3's 11,000 and have a good laugh. I sure did. Another thing puzzles me, however: I still have yet to discover how the DS Lite is selling so many units.

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Gonzo said:

Yo, Japan loves Nintendo like crazy, they think Sony is alright, and they think Microsoft sucks. And PS2 is doing better than the PS3.

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Hey said:

Poor 360.

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Wiimaster said:

Go Wii! And since sony just lost exclusive rights to FFXiii. Look out, it may be heading to Wii or 360.

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tabsina said:

Why are people surprised about low sales for 360 in Japan? Japan has never been a market for xbox. Why would it start to be now?

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Koen van Beeck said:

I still don't get why the DS Lite -continues- to sell so well in Japan. Hello? Motion sensor controllers? What are you still buying those silly touch screen-doodads for?

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PHiRE said:

DS has a lot going for it, good library of desirable games, quite cheap, and you can play it in bed.

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wiiboy101 said:

My ex has stolen all 4 of my and my sons' DSs, cleared out my bank and ran off. She then made a report of violence, my son ran home (I don't want to live with that gambling thief). She has a fruit machine problem and did it secretly for 3/4 years. My son and myself are gutted, half my Wii games are missing, all my ds games and 2 silvers, a white and a black ds all gone. We have a house full of Nintendo she could play for free, but no she prefers to gamble her damn life away. My son has returned home very upset so we played the godfather on Wii all week and we shall see her in court.

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Gonzo said:

Probably because of price. Here in America, it's only $130. A little more than half of the Wii, which is $250. And, they do have some good games!

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cool person said:

Psp just doesn't have enough good games.

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PolarBear1 said:

Looks like everybody in Japan has a DS Lite by now. I cannot imagine how high demand will be when the DS' successor launches in a few years.

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Aberu said:

@Wiimaster: Sony never had "exclusive rights" to Final Fantasy XIII, and the only news in that area is that there is one FFXIII spinoff that has a subname that Squenix hasn't announced the platform of yet. The original game FFXIII is almost released in Japan, the spinoff title Versus XIII is almost released in Japan, the mobile phone game is almost released in Japan (never to be released here most likely). That's all we know, so don't start spreading baseless rumors. Right now they have a new Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles coming out for the Wii, and that's it. Japan's game console market is governed by games and popular franchises. Hence why the DS lite is outselling its stock all the time. My only complaint about Nintendo is this. They are the only company making any profit margin on their next-gen console. That's a BAD thing for a new system, and the profit margin is something like 80 dollars per unit. I doubt the now ancient PS2 even makes that much. This is bad for consumers mind you, because it could be at least 50 bucks cheaper.

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i have a wii said:

Yeah go Wii. It will definitely win this console war.

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BonbonJoe said:

For me, DS seems like a thing to borrow from my friend for a couple of weeks.

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Link Q said:

I am worried of 360 failure and PS3 gettin' up. Wii will take down DS too but they MUST go together on top. You rule Nintendo, you rule.

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stinky12694 said:

Umm. Wiiboy101, sorry about what happened to you and your son.

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