PS3 Set to Overtake the Wii on Its Home Turf
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2009 has been a great year for the PlayStation 3. The biggest change was the reveal of the PlayStation 3 Slim model, which, coupled with a pricebreak, has boosted sales for the past couple of months. Nowhere is that evident more than the PlayStation brand’s home, the Land of the Rising Sun.
That’s Japan in case you didn’t know. Anyway, Sony’s little-console-that-could has been doing very well in sales over there. So well, in fact, that the PlayStation 3 is paced to outsell Nintendo’s Wii for the entire year. Current data for consoles sold in Japan from January 4th to October 24th of this year are as follows:
Wii: 1,012,924
PS3: 1,006,810
360: 284,943
Recent data suggests this will be the state of things when last week’s sales are tallied:
PS3: 1,044,310
Wii: 1,038,924
360: 294,943
If this trend continues, the Wii will have been outsold in yearly sales in Japan for the first time. Certainly good news for Sony! Stay with PlayStation LifeStyle for more on this and other news.
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November 4th, 2009 at 1:54 PM
that’s cool, PS3 over takes the wii in Japan is impressive
November 4th, 2009 at 2:23 PM
That’s AMAZING! I agree = P
Sony have defo won this console war too like da PS2 and PS1 = P
November 4th, 2009 at 2:24 PM
Woo WOO go sony!
November 4th, 2009 at 2:42 PM
this pleases me
November 4th, 2009 at 2:54 PM
Thats what I’m talking about!!!
November 4th, 2009 at 3:02 PM
Simply amazing to think there are literally millions of consoles and gamers out there. Sit back and think about it for a minute. It will blow your mind!
November 4th, 2009 at 3:07 PM
Has Cameron been playing with photoshop again ? lol. the image is random but funny.
i read that wii sales have dropped drastically . ( insert heart rate monitor joke here ). Did they really expect theres sales to stay high forever? it seams like the fad is finaly dying out…before i forget, thanks for the point donations.
11/04/2009 at 3:33 PM
Heheh that was me actually.
November 4th, 2009 at 3:38 PM
Long live SONY!
November 4th, 2009 at 3:51 PM
man, everyone just hates Cameron suddenly…
This is pretty impressive, but here are the figures of total sales for the systems in japan
PS3:
3,400,000
(as of September 6, 2009)
Wii:
7,526,821
(as of December 28, 2008)
Overtake is kind of a overstatement, eh?
11/04/2009 at 4:04 PM
Well, overtake for the year.
For now! Muahaha…
November 4th, 2009 at 4:06 PM
good fo them.
November 4th, 2009 at 4:43 PM
“joinsideke Says:
November 4th, 2009 at 3:51 PM
man, everyone just hates Cameron suddenly…”
Yeah this is probably the most relevant place to post that.
November 4th, 2009 at 4:46 PM
Now think about how much more the PS3 has been for more-than-half a year…and the fact that it’s STILL $100 more. Add to that the FACT the Nintendo’s own president had to tell board members that the Wii has “stalled” (his word, not mine). The world just found out that “casual gamers” are not “REPEAT GAMERS”, and that the industry runs on the Hardcore.
11/04/2009 at 8:16 PM
Amen! Casual gamers are definitely NOT repeat gamers, they maybe purchase two games a year if that.
November 4th, 2009 at 5:00 PM
pretty damn good job by both PS3 and the Wii for sales in Japan.
November 4th, 2009 at 5:35 PM
I love sony.
November 4th, 2009 at 7:39 PM
Cool stuff glad to see the PS3 take back the home turf, but how long can it keep up?
P.S.
Thanks for all the points from my peeps. I am not a bot, I am THE bot, lol
November 4th, 2009 at 7:45 PM
lets see what the holidays bring, I imagine the wii will still come out on top being the cheapest console out there.
November 4th, 2009 at 9:30 PM
Anyone notice how close together sneeches and R2D2 post? I wonder if they’re using the same computer or something.
November 5th, 2009 at 3:35 AM
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November 5th, 2009 at 12:36 PM
“Anyone notice how close together sneeches and R2D2 post? I wonder if they’re using the same computer or something.”
speaking of relevant posting…
November 5th, 2009 at 4:51 PM
Bazing!
December 2nd, 2009 at 10:58 AM
certainly hope so