Posted Dec 01, 2007 at 03:13PM by Isaac C. Listed in: Wii, PlayStation 3 Tags: Japan, Enterbrain
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Sony PlayStation 3 beats Nintendo Wii in Japan - Image 1 

The week of November 25 may have been claimed by the Wii in Japan but according to Enterbrain, the sales during the four weeks leading up to that date is claimed by the PlayStation 3, with three consecutive weeks toppling the Wii from the top spot.

According to Enterbrain, the PlayStation 3 sold 183,217 units in Japan during those four weeks, while the Nintendo Wii sold only 159,193 units. The sales numbers for November 25 may have already been indicative of this as the PS3 sold only 4,000 units below the Wii.

Considering that the PS3 has beaten the Wii consistently during the whole month, this probably isn't surprising for the lot of you. It would be interesting to see how the hardware race will develop over the holiday season.


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   by MjW - 2007-12-01
 » Cool

Can't wait to see what will happen in the holidays

   by BUS DR1V3R - 2007-12-01
 » this is contradictory or anything

how is it they will be as bold to say that they outsold the wii in japan, but say that they will not release any figures in the states until the 13th because they dont want to recognize that the 360 outsold them


   Re: ~~ - 2007-12-01
 » ~~

Not in Japan it didn't :P

And that is what this is all about, hardware sales, in Japan.

   Re: Canis Lupus - 2007-12-01
 » Sony said they wouldn't release figures

This is Enterbrain, not Sony.(Not sure if that's a Sony branch or anything) Sony said themselves it's against their policy to release sell numbers, don't think they said anything about other sources releasing numbers.

   Re: Constantinecy - 2007-12-01
 » BUS DR1V3R

So what is your point? that the 360 is better than the ps3? Have a break man... And the Wii is kicking both the 360's and the ps3's a$$ in the states.... So again what is your point?...(dont answer just think about stuff before you post them ...)

   Re: Eclipze_ - 2007-12-01
 » Sale numbers

I dont think sale numbers show which console is the best. The Wii is in the lead in the US yet its not the best (its just cheap.)
Sales I think just show how people will buy somthing thats cheap and new (not for all people but some).

   Re: anonamoose - 2007-12-01
 » Eclipze_ is right

Most of America is *****ing broke. It's sad but true so there are a lot of folks that are going to buy the wii because it's in their price range. I've had all three "next-gen" systems and i got rid of the Wii after 4 months because it was just gathering dust.

   Re: Constantinecy - 2007-12-02
 » Eclipse thats exactly my point!

Surging sales as regards the wii only concrete the truth of its qulity, you definatly get what you pay...cheap cheap cheap... The strange thing is that the 360 deserves its high sales buy having a rather more affortable price tag but with what ?FPS's, FPS's, FPS's and...hmmm oh FPS's and Mass Effect which also screams I am a shooter deep inside despite its RPG nature... I dont know thats just how I feel about the game even though i consider it one of the best I've played in months and which I strongly recommemd!!).

From now on the ps3 enters the realm of affortability, and basically owns the year 2008 with the best releases seen in history and its next price cut which will be before April I predict. Yeah everyone is an analyst these days... I on the other hand dont get paid....

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   by Mister Common Sense - 2007-12-01
 » The Wii is the weakest link, goodbye!

I'm sure it's only a couple of months before the PS3 regularly outsells the Wii here in North America as well. Nintendo basically said they're not making any more quality games for it and it's obvious third party developers couldn't care a rat's ass about the thing. Look forward to a lot of PS2 ports and minigames! Mario Galaxy and Metroid were rare treats. Mario Galaxy isn't even meeting sales expectations!

http://blog.wired.com/games/2007/11/nintendo-no-pla.html



   Re: What common sense is really about - 2007-12-02
 » ?

Still neutral like huh?

   Re: Constantinecy - 2007-12-02
 » lol

My dear friend MCS I cant say how much I enjoy reading your opinions lately! All of a sudden they vibrate..quess what?? Common sense!!!!
By the way chill out with the Wii thing!! People might thing you hate it!!! lol lol lol

Oh my PSN nick is KATATONIUM add me if you like and who ever whant's to :)

So you basically say that the ps3 will outsell the wii in the states but what about the 360?

   Re: Constantinecy - 2007-12-02
 » ..

Ignore the typo 'thing'...instead visualise it as think! :)

   Re: Mister Common Sense - 2007-12-03
 » I don't hate the wii but....

My point is the Wii is a sinking ship and people need to stop buying them!
   by skidz - 2007-12-02
 » What?

This is an American Website, why should we care about Japanese sales? I'm more interested in American sales. Two very different cultures imo.


   Re: 2.6,CRACKED! - 2007-12-02
 » Your Wrong

This is an international website based in America. Im from England and many people are not from america. Dark_Alex is from spain so you would ignore his releases just because he is spanish? I dont think so, jog on boy
   by the by - 2007-12-02
 » well said 2.6,CRACKED!

i, myself am from scotland, and anyway, im actually quite interested in what happens in other countries as far as gamings concerned!!!

   by ShadeyProphet - 2007-12-02
 » it's a little offencive.

The wii saturated japans market until everyone that wants a wii has one. I mean wasn't this to be expected? The wii can possibly stay on top of the market eternally it's bound to finely hit that point when everyone has one. and something else will have to sell a little. we know that wont be the 360. japan dislikes the 360 because its an american console. However I do find it offensive that japan would back the ps3 over the 360 considering it has more to offer then the ps3. no that's not a fan boy statement. check into what both consoles have to offer and if you can say the ps3 offers more then the 360. then who's really the fan boy here? better online services. more triple a titles. the 360 has the ps3 in just about every aspect but raw power. that's why I find it offensive that the 360 is performing so poorly in japan. they would rather back the losing console then back an american product. Its really kind of offensive :(


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   Re: ~~ - 2007-12-02
 » ~~

Losing ?!

For *****'s sake man, this generation has just begun, how can you call a console a winner or loser at this point ? Do you also predict Football matches after 5 minutes of gameplay ?

I know you love you Xbox360 and want the PS3 to keep not having games, but guess what bucko, that just ain't gonna happen.
   by force9da - 2007-12-02
 » idea

heres an idea admins, stop posting ps3 news on your 360 site.

   by dylantalon - 2007-12-02
 » stupid fanboy

shady prophet is an idiot. not because you like the 360 means it should sell better in japan. xbox 360 has a 33% failure rate, which means they should have had a recall on the 360 a long time ago. 360 has a lot of games but how many are quality games that aren't ''gears of war,lost planet, bioshock, mass effect and halo?

japanese would like things geared towards them and xbox 360 isnt it and thats why microsoft is trying to relase more rpgs for japanese fans. anyway, xbox 360 still has 33% failure rate so it really doesn't matter and thats a fact.


   Re: ShadeyProphet - 2007-12-02
 » hmm.

This is why someone cant have an opinion in public forums like this. you state it and meriods of fan boys come to defend their precious little points, lol. face it. the ps3 has been on the market for a year now. and whats it got ? A hand full of okay titles. it takes too long to develop for. games are being delayed because its so hard to program for. this isnt some fan boy point here. im stating cold hard cruel fact. If the ps3 had a game worth playing. I would have a damned ps3. its as simple as that, yeah some good games on the horizon. But when?! I dont want to wait till im an old mad to play something good. You think unlike 90 % of the rest of the world I didnt own a ps2? Of course I did. And i loved it. But sony droped the ball this gen. and they are suffering because of it. Defend the ps3 as much as you want. call people idots morons. and tirade around thrash your arms and cry a little louder. all of this wont help the fat that awaits the ps3. its the sega saturn of this generation. Its a slow painful death the ps3 is experiencing. and that simply wont change. in the end the ps3 will have a few hits. but not enough to keep the system alive. It takes too damned long to develop for. Even if sevral great games hit the ps3 and it did well for a while. you are still looking at year long dry spells because the damned thing is so hard to develop for. Enjoy your expensive door stop. thats all ive got to say about the damnd thing.

   Re: ~~ - 2007-12-02
 » ~~

So, you don't think developers become more cunning in programming for the PS3 environment ?

That is a Fanboy statement, or just a really stupid one.

Look, you are entitled to your opinion, and I'm fine with you stating it. But please do listen to reason when people try to straight out your flawed logic. As this is the case here.

As you said yourself, the PS3 has been on the market for a year now, compare this to the average run a Sony console has had up untill now. Every Sony console has been in the race for almost a decade, on average.

Now well, ofcuorse you can keep dwelling in your fanboy world and keep thinking that programmers won't ever learn how to code efficiently with the PS3 environment and that the PS3 won't have any games for the next upcoming 6-7 years. Or well.. you can just wake up and see that your posts here make little, to no sense at all.

I mean, you do agree that the 100 million PS1's and 120 million PS2's weren't all sold in their initial year, don't you ?

   Re: ~~ - 2007-12-02
 » ~~

And next time you Reply ShadeyProphet, please use 'newlines', because reading big fat blocks of text is just.. plain annoying.
   by sharkhunter66 - 2007-12-02
 » lol

im going to laugh after 10 years when the PS3 is still going strong while nintendo and microsoft have to make newer and better systems to keep up with game expectations.

   by dylantalon - 2007-12-02
 » fools

this shady prophet is such an idiot, just like a lot of xbox 360 fanboys. i state facts not opinions. xbox 360 has 33% failure rate which is a fact. i have all the consoles which alot of these fools cant say.

my xbox live gamer tag is dylantalon and my psn id is dylantalon. i can tell you people that i'm on my 5th xbox 360 and i know its going to break again. i dont play my wii much but its reliable, and the ps3 i know wont fail.

only game i like on 360 is gears of war and everything else is ok. bias fanboys die a little inside knowing the prettiest game graphics on a console is uncharted drakes fortune, fact , play the game and you'd know. i like the 360 as a console but is it the best, no.

xbox 360 has laggy online service,you have to pay for online service, uses dvd 9 which holds 8gbs of data, 2008 line up looks weak, 33% failure rate ,has hdmi 1.2 and uses 5.1 dolby .

ps3 has lag free online service which is for free,uses blu ray technolgy, there are blu ray discs available that can hold 100 gbs of data,uses hdmi 1.3 which has true hd not upscaled like 360, supports 7.1 dolby surround,and has the strongest line up in 2008.

ff13,ff versus 13, mgs4 , killzone 2, white knight story, eight days, la noire, the get away 3, gt 5, resistance fall of man 2, god of war 3, tekken 6, and a lot of others. now you may be upset about me saying ps3 has the strongest line up in 2008 but ff13 alone will sell more than a million copies in one day and also get alot of consoles sold. mgs 4 will sell alot and sell consoles . killzone 2 is the best game ive seen ever and its exclusive to ps3.

i have all console but favors the one with more technology and reliability which is the ps3 . i like gears of war and i still play it, if the 360 gets a game thats revolutionary , then i'll get that game. i thought i would like mass effect but too chatty for me, thats my opinion,lol.

ps3 is the future and the future is ps3 .


   by wilmheath - 2007-12-02
 » yahoo

Wow now all us l33t sony fanboys can stop getting swirlies at school because we b cool now. Who freakin cares what it did in Japan. All their games are either rpg's or weird anime porn that sucks. We live in the US where the Wii and 360 are putting a major pounding into the stupid sony so why don't you move to japan if this article makes you so happy.


   Re: ks4life - 2007-12-02
 » wilmheath............

like Eclipze said most americans are broke and will most likely go for the cheaper council (wii). unlike me i like quality products thats why i choose the ps3. xbox360 is a next gen console with last gen media (dvd9). it wont get any better than it is now. ps3 on the other hand has alot of space to grow. just wait and see

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   Re: wilmheath - 2007-12-02
 » KS

Well until then i'll keep enjoying great games and if it does happen i'll be the first to switch. I for one am tired of all the weight given to Japan when it comes to gaming. They had their day last 2 gens and now it's the US who is the gaming powerhouse but it seems we are having a hard time moving on.
   by ks4life - 2007-12-02
 » in the end

it doesnt mater what is selling more in my case, as long as i like what im paying for, i dont really care about sale numbers, lets leave that to the big companies to fight over. ill be here enjoying thier games. and yeah japan has always been ahead. it will probly be that way for a while.

   by ShadeyProphet - 2007-12-02
 » firstly

Who is this coward that has no name and no tag in here fan boying about for the ps3? it takes a lot of courage to hide behind an invisible wall. secondely if the only ammo you have for your defence is the 33% failure rate. and the fact that you like to call people names. your not makeinf a point your repeating the same defeated point over and over again. you sound like a damned parot. the new 360s with the falcon motherboards dont have a 33% failure rate. its simple fact get over it. secondly we will see who is sitting back laughing at who in a few years.

Sony wont release the number. their lieing. solid fact.



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