Price drop or no price drop, the PlayStation 3 has been slaughtering other consoles on its home turf. In fact, it’s doing so well that it has actually managed to outsell the Nintendo Wii for 2009. The current year-to-date figures put the Playstation 3 at 447,700 units sold, while the Nintendo Wii is at 431,833 units sold.
The constant wave of heavy hitter games, as well as the release of Advent Children on Blu-ray, have given the console a hefty boost in weekly sales. You can view the performance of each console down below for the week of 04/13~04/19.
- Playstation 3 – 62,527
- PSP – 40,065
- Nintendo DSi – 38,287
- Nintendo Wii – 13,221
- Xbox 360 – 8,652
- Nintendo DS – 6,438
- Playstation 2 – 4,230
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