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PS3 dominates competitors in Japan

Posted on June 21st, 2008 at 11:59 EDT

According to the latest Media Create hardware sales numbers for the week of June 8, the PlayStation 3 outsold both the Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii consoles, pushing a total of 75,311 units.

Using the release of Metal Gear Solid 4 as a catalyst, the PS3 climbed the charts to the glorious number one spot. The PlayStation Portable came in second with a total of 64,675 units sold.

The full breakdown is as follows:

      1. PlayStation 3: 75,311
      2. PlayStation Portable: 64,675
      3. Nintendo Wii: 64,675
      4. Nintendo DS: 39,201
      5. PlayStation 2: 7,297
      6. Xbox 360: 2,163

The question remains though -- can Sony maintain their astounding momentum for more than a week? With the release of awe-inspiring Metal Gear Solid 4, we believe they can.

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posted 12:02pm EDT - June 21st, 2008
1

Wow.. very interesting news ^^ good job Sony and Konami

posted 12:14pm EDT - June 21st, 2008
2

If sony wants more sales of its consoles just wait till the playsation3 mod chip comes out more consoles will be sold especially in asia and uae.

posted 12:21pm EDT - June 21st, 2008
3

The PS3 sales are certainly good news, because it was previously difficult for Sony to sell 75,000 in a month in Japan.  If anything, this further helps Sony gain ground on Microsoft's Xbox 360. It was already outselling it at a consistent rate of 5-1 in Japan.

If they can continue this through July, it would be great. I believe that the Metal Gear Solid Bundle is that hot of a commodity. This is what Japan has been waiting for. Nevertheless, Sony has to have a plan for the end of the summer and the beginning of the fall that caters to the Japanese, in order to keep the momentum going. More news on Final Fantasy may be helpful.

posted 12:31pm EDT - June 21st, 2008
4

obviously these numbers are high because of the mgs sales, show me the sales of last month vs wii and then we can trust this. PS is doing good on its own.

posted 12:38pm EDT - June 21st, 2008
5

looking interesting

posted 12:45pm EDT - June 21st, 2008
6

I don't think it will be long before they are back to the normal 10 - 12 thousand a week.

posted 1:13pm EDT - June 21st, 2008
7

About time but holding that for now means little to nothing if they can't have an RPG dominant this position fully.

posted 1:37pm EDT - June 21st, 2008
8

Sony better Hurry Up!

posted 1:59pm EDT - June 21st, 2008
9
Ha Ha Microsoft Japan hates you
posted 1:59pm EDT - June 21st, 2008
10

WOW! The PS3 outsold the Xbox 360 by 73,148. Thats outstanding.

posted 2:07pm EDT - June 21st, 2008
11

WOW!! PS2 OWNING XBOX360 !!! lol !! microsfot sux's!

posted 2:18pm EDT - June 21st, 2008
12

1 more week is about all they can spare =P and wow, the wii and psp are dead even.

posted 2:36pm EDT - June 21st, 2008
13

Well done Sony, but does anyone wlse wonder y the sales for PSP and Wii are exactlly the same?

posted 2:47pm EDT - June 21st, 2008
14

I always knew ps3 would come out on top. Still kinda few right now but soon there will be a problem where the PS3 will have too many great games to play. Cant compete with that.

posted 3:33pm EDT - June 21st, 2008
15

So the PS3 outsold the 360 by about a 38:1 ratio (rounded up)

posted 3:49pm EDT - June 21st, 2008
16

@2

I hate criminals.  You people never make anything better.

posted 4:01pm EDT - June 21st, 2008
17

i'm down with PlayStation f a crapbox but in reality Sony and Microsoft are doing just about the same. PS3 dominating in its home Japan like crapbox dominating here in America. Sony need to take back America to take back its spot  but they haven't said how much PS3/MGS4 bundle sold yet here in the states.

posted 4:04pm EDT - June 21st, 2008
18

Great news! Hope it stays number 1 for months to come!

posted 4:09pm EDT - June 21st, 2008
19

Its good to see an aging console still compete but its irellevant, its good to see Sony's 2 top the sale figures. I see it either continue for a few more weeks as the word gets around that MGS IV is so great, or everyone who initially wanted the game has it now and PS3 sales for the following week will diminish back to 10k a week. PSP will still continue strong.

posted 4:45pm EDT - June 21st, 2008
20

Dont get me wrong, I love sony. And totally support them. But the way they just sh**t on their fans outside of Japan. I mean they have all 3 different colours for PS3. They have Dual Shock 3, a billion psp colours, MGS bundles etc.. But us here in Europe, sh**t all.  And the West is where all the f**cking money lies..... They need a new manager lol..

 

/rant

posted 5:39pm EDT - June 21st, 2008
21

I hope it stays that way from now on.

posted 5:40pm EDT - June 21st, 2008
22
thank you hideo kojima for letting mgs4 stay ps3 exclusive (and for making mgs4 the best game ever.) it looks like sony will deliver the final blow against the competition this fall with their incredible amount of incredible games. the question now is if FFXIII will stay exclusive and where the heck is tekken 6? (oh and i totally agree with @16.)
posted 6:44pm EDT - June 21st, 2008
23

psn id: gingo.... i'm glad MGS4 helped make the ps3 sell loads as it is such a worthy game and shows lots of people can experience the greatness of it, no game will beat it for years to come

posted 8:39pm EDT - June 21st, 2008
24
sony is back where they belong ON TOP. lets hope they can keep this up .by the way, whats happening to the 360?METAL GEAR 4 is GAME OF THE YEAR.
posted 2:34am EDT - June 22nd, 2008
25

nintendo still dominates japan. what are you talking about?

posted 6:14am EDT - June 22nd, 2008
26

@HAZE, sony will never do it and i hope they never ever do it because if they do it then they are really stupid because then the hackers will start their new business on the ps3 and then sony will start losing  money .so if peoples like you in the uae wants to play a ps3 then just buy one and forget about the mod chip . SONY PLEASE NO and NO  . MOD CHIP FOR THE HACKERS

posted 7:22am EDT - June 22nd, 2008
27

regarding to that question, they probably cant. The bundle is sold out for a week according to what i heard. :p

posted 3:47am EDT - June 23rd, 2008
28

If sony wants more sales of its consoles just wait till the playsation3 mod chip comes out more consoles will be sold especially in asia and uae.

but doing this will mean Devs won't be looking so happy, I bet MS was p**sed when halo 3 came out 2-3 weeks early and people were playing it.

These don't always mean big console sales but it should mean big sales as people have to go and buy the software for the console and therefore Devs will like that could also mean PS3 software might come down in price rather than stay at current prices or get dearer due to piracy.
 

@loyal knight:  There's already a good PS3 home brew scene, they have the lunix system to play with so really it's not like people can't do home brew already, you have movie/mp3 type server setup software for the PS3 out all ready.
 

posted 11:30am EDT - June 23rd, 2008
29

Hope ps3 sales continue to grow and maybe dev's will start making better efforts for thier games on ps3, they should all take a look what konami was able to do!

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