Posted Dec 11, 2006 at 06:22PM by Victor B. Listed in: PlayStation 3 Tags: Microsoft, Japan, Sony, MCV
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Good for themAccording to a report from MCV, Sony's PlayStation 3's doing better than the Xbox 360 is. That is, if you're only referring to Japanese sales.

While the Wii has taken a rather large lead, it seems the PlayStation 3 is now in second place. A year since its release, Microsoft's console hasn't fully taken off in Japan, selling less than 180,000 units in that time. The PS3, on the other hand, has apparently sold more than that in its first month, exceeding Xbox 360 sales by 10,000 units.

It's a positive thing to look at, given how the focus has been on the production problems of each console. Still, you have to wonder how many of those PS3 units were bought, not for playing, but for reselling. Of course, if ever Microsoft has something snarky to say about the PlayStation 3, they can fight back with this little tidbit of info, right?


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   by TAZ0X (Unregistered) - 2006-12-12
 » no duh

xbox is nothing when it comes to japan. all it focuses are first person shooters, which many japanese don't prefer, like they do rpgs. this doesn't really prove anything, we need to look at world wide sales. and i think xbox360 has a lead on that, with probably wii second. don't get me wrong though, i am no xbox fan. i'm probably going to get the ps3 when good games comes out (which I prefer).

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   by vwkiller1412 (Unregistered) - 2006-12-12
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   by Ps3 & Wii (Unregistered) - 2006-12-21
 » Xbox 360 get outta here

Japanese people ll buy a wii and a ps3. They wont buy an xbox 360. That's because Xbox 360 has so little little rpg games! Look at the ps2, the english rpg games that we have is so little when compared the the huge library of rpg games that the japanese r enjoying. And Xbox 360 is just sad. I read an article when xbox officials were saying how fun wii is and how people ll get a wii and a xbox360 together. Nintendo replies by saying negative comments about MS. Then xbox 360 talks how they doubt wii's ability to last after seeing how wii is selling like hot cakes. Sad. Japanese r going to get wii coz its fun. They are going to get ps3 coz of the powerhouse graphics they r giong to get with it and coz it ll be fun. Meanwhile xbox 360 r going to come out more fps games and more doa. Games which r fun, but ll not win the japanese market.



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