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PS3 Outsells Wii In Japan - Again!!! News

By Gwynne Dixon on 23/11/2007

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Sony's PlayStation 3 continued its magic trick this week but sales figures show some contradictions...

Sony's PlayStation 3 has outsold the Wii by nearly 20,000 units for the second week running in Japan, according to reports from CVG. This is according to sales figures from Japanese firm Enterbrain for the week ending November 18th, where 53,000 PS3 unit sales and 36,000 for Nintendo's Wii were recorded (roughly the same as the previous week).

This is surprising given that Nintendo games hold the top two chart slots (Mario Party DS and Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles on Wii). The only PS3 game in the top five is the latest Dynasty Warriors game (which will be called Dynasty Warriors 6 over here), a series that has traditionally been very successful in Japan.

However, these figures are strongly contradicted by another firm which specialises in market data for games in Japan, Media Create. According to the company, the difference between Wii and PS3 sales was more like 3,000 units (with the Wii selling 36,000 and the PS3 39,000).

Either way, both sets of data mark impressive sales for the PS3 which appears to finally be holding its own in the Nintendo dominated Japanese charts. PS3 sales have been flagging since the console's release over a year ago, although recent price drops will doubtless have helped raise the PS3's appeal to Japanese consumers.

The two market data firms did record similar results in the game charts, however, with the top seven spots being near identical. Ninja Theory's Heavenly Sword entered the multi-format charts at number seven, having been released in Europe and the US earlier this year. However, Super Mario Galaxy is proving not to have the staying power in the Japanese charts that some expected, coming home sixth in the charts.

As far as handheld consoles are concerned, Nintendo's DS recently passed the 20 million unit sales mark. The DS reached this landmark in a record two years and 11 months, almost four years quicker than the previous record holder, the PlayStation 2.

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	By: Anonymous Coward Added:Mon 29th Dec 2008 16:19, Post No: 602 the 80gb aint backwards compatable in the uk i dont know whewre the f*** your from (maybe the us where you dont get ripped off by sony) but in the uk it dont support backwards compatability, the 160gb ps3 was supposed to come out at the end of october but it diddnt (no supprise there) and the uk will probably have to wait till october 2009 befor we even get any patch to play our old ps2 games on our ps3's. just incase you diddnt know in the uk we diddnt get the 20gb ps3 and after the 60gb we got a 40gb so we got downgraded before we got the 80gb in august and no doubt we wont get the 160gb instead we will get a 120gb either way it dont matter about what hdd we get as its a lot cheaper just to go out and buy a 2.5 hdd for a lot less than buying a new ps3 with a bigger hdd that does the same job as the one we got anyway.
	By: Anonymous Coward Added:Fri 26th Dec 2008 23:51, Post No: 601 yeah your dumb...the 80gb is backwords compatible (made after the 60gb).. the 160gb is soon to be made backwords compatible if im not mistaken but im unsure of that. the 80gb is the last one made backwords compatible so far, but hopefully they do make the 160gb backwords compatible
	By: Anonymous Coward Added:Tue 23rd Dec 2008 06:19, Post No: 600 lol thats a joke if sony do that hackers will find a way of hacking into the ps3 and find out how to emulate the ps3 if not its still going against what sony have said in the past about emulation software let alone making there own to play ps2 and ps1 games not that many people are that bothered or else why did so many 60bg ps3 get sold as second hand (in the uk theres lots in cex stores accross the counrty)
	By: Anonymous Coward Added:Wed 17th Dec 2008 09:42, Post No: 599 There's a strong rumour that Sony are working on a software emulator in the next big firmware update.
	By: Anonymous Coward Added:Tue 16th Dec 2008 19:30, Post No: 598 the ps3 hasnt had backwards compatability since the 60gb model was scrapped in favour for the 40gb model
	By: Anonymous Coward Added:Tue 16th Dec 2008 14:43, Post No: 597 The ps3 hasn't had backwards for monthes now!
	By: Anonymous Coward Added:Sun 14th Dec 2008 00:26, Post No: 596 anonymous what if you think its crap made up then check it out for your self by going to blockbuster simple, though shame if you dont live in the uk
	By: Anonymous Coward Added:Wed 10th Dec 2008 20:10, Post No: 595 anonymous [#@!?] more like!
	By: Anonymous Coward Added:Sun 07th Dec 2008 01:34, Post No: 594 if you live in the uk you can still order the blu-ray player and 6 FREE blu-ray films from BLOCKBUSTERS however now it seams BUSH now have released a value blu-ray player costing just £100 (£200 cheaper than a ps3) if your only buying to watch blu-ray films if you on a tight budget which most people are cause of the ression. due to this website blocking web addresses ill have to type the address with spaces = . blockbuster co uk
	By: Anonymous Coward Added:Sun 07th Dec 2008 01:33, Post No: 593 if you live in the uk you can still order the blu-ray player and 6 FREE blu-ray films from BLOCKBUSTERS however now it seams BUSH now have released a value blu-ray player costing just £100 (£200 cheaper than a ps3) if your only buying to watch blu-ray films if you on a tight budget which most people are cause of the ression. due to this website blocking web addresses ill have to type the address with spaces = . www blockbuster co uk