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PS3 Fails To Topple Japanese 360 Sales... Until 2nd Shipment Arrives News
Jon Wilcox
13/11/2006
Despite selling out across the territory, sales of PlayStation3 couldn't top Microsoft's Japanese performance to date...
The next-generation console war is now firmly underway in Japan, with the launch of PlayStation3 over the weekend; and, despite Sony's console selling out across the territory, it still could not match the might of Xbox 360, which remains the number one next-gen console of choice in the country - not that a weekends worth of sales could really match nearly a year on sale for the Xbox 360, but this is perhaps the first and last time that Microsoft will be ahead in Japan...
The full launch quota of 80,000 PlayStation3s were sold within hours of release, no surprise, given the actual number available and the high levels of anticipation for the console across Japan in the months leading up to its release. Unparalleled hype and hysteria (and alledged reports of homeless people being paid to queue) is likely to continue well into the New Year.
News of Sony's measured success comes on the same day that the Japanese language version of online technology website CNET reports that just under 200 PlayStation2 titles are currently having problems being played on PlayStation3...wonder whether Barbie's Horse Adventures is one of them??? According to the article, the titles are experiencing slow button response and problems with the audio playback - such issues are being dealt with by Sony on a title-by-title basis via firmware updates.
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