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Sony’s PlayStation 3 Sales Numbers Exceed Xbox 360’s in Japan.

Sony PlayStation 3 Sales Successful in Japan

[12/12/2006 11:09 PM]
by Anton Shilov

Approximately four weeks after initiating sales of its highly-anticipated PlayStation 3 game console, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. has sold more units than Microsoft could supply to the market for the whole year in Japan, a market study claims.

Media Create, a Japanese sales tracking organization, claims that the number of PlayStation 3 units has reached nearly 188 thousand in Japan, meanwhile, Microsoft could sell only about 178 thousand throughout the whole year, reports Spong web-site. At the same time, Nintendo Wii enjoyed shipments of 350 thousand units, not significantly less than Sony’s and Microsoft’s consoles combined.

Japan, the domestic market for Sony, has been anticipating the PlayStation 3 much more than the Xbox 360, which is no surprise, as Microsoft’s game titles for the Xbox 360 are mainly aimed at gamers in the U.S. and, perhaps, Europe. The slow launch of the PlayStation 3 and undersupplies allowed Nintendo Wii to become the best-selling console in the country, which is a good sign for its producer.

Generally, the PlayStation 3 is a much more anticipated game console than the Wii and Xbox 360, however, its tight supply, potential issues, such as notorious upscaling problem, and higher price may catalyze gamers to look at competing platforms from Microsoft and Nintendo.

Sony PlayStation 3 console is based on the Cell processor developed by IBM, Sony and Toshiba, the RSX graphics chip by Nvidia Corp. and will be equipped with Blu-ray optical disk drive, a hardware part, which is merely available today.

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Why is this news?
Japan is and has always been dedicated to their own brands, and will continue to be. We in America could learn a thing or two from their loyalty...
[Posted by: billytech  | Date: 12/13/06 01:47:14 PM]
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This story needs a bit of an update a few months later, so here it is:

The PS3 has surpassed the XBox 360 in sales in Japan, as expected. Both the PS3 and the Wii were undersupplied, or more accurately for the Wii, in overwhelming demand. It's still hard to find the Wii on store shelves worldwide. Sales of the PS3 have slowed dramatically, and is readily available everywhere worldwide now.

The Wii didn't end up becoming the best selling console due to supply limitations, but due to consumer demand.

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Arccos
http://www.blastoffgames.com - Video Game Price Comparison
[Posted by: Arccos  | Date: 04/19/07 02:23:47 PM]
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playstation 3 is better tahn x box 360 end of story.
[Posted by: playstation lova  | Date: 10/01/07 07:31:23 AM]
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