PS3 beats out Wii for second month running
- Posted April 6th, 2009 at 15:21 EDT by Mike Harradence
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The latest Media Create data has revealed that the PlayStation 3 trumped Nintendo’s Wii in Japan for the second month running, becoming the best selling home console in the territory for the period February – March 2009.
Sony’s black behemoth sold 87,000 units in February compared to the Wii’s 76,000, with March sales figures putting the console at an impressive 116,000 units sold, beating out the Wii at 70,000.
PS3 sales have largely been driven by heavy hitters such as Yakuza 3 and Resident Evil 5, with the latter having shifted almost 430,000 units in Japan since its launch on March 5.
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sithdarkess
- 4:08pm BST - April 6th, 2009
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This is great news people. so watch wii & xbox360, cause big games names coming to ps3 soon, and not on any other console, lol lol lol lol.
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Digitalman08
- 7:43pm BST - April 6th, 2009
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Very good ! I´M only concerned
after April.
Hope this trend continues !
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tristan88888888
- 8:00pm BST - April 6th, 2009
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hopefully this trend of of wii sales declining a ps3 sales rising continues throughout the world.
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webshark
- 8:55pm BST - April 6th, 2009
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first of all, this really isnt a case of PS3 sales increasing in any meaningful fashion yet. if you do the math, the PS3 is almost EXACLTLY on par with the YTD sales of 2008 right now (like within 2,000 units). however, its looks better in relation to wii sales which are down over 2/3 from 2008.
and pardon me for asking, but isnt it a bit fanboyish to celebrate that one console, regardless of which one it is, is losing steam? shouldnt we want ALL consoles to be doing well?
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TekkenLord
- 2:09am BST - April 7th, 2009
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nice to see that the people in Japan are getting tired of the wii.
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Daniel Kosse
- 11:18am BST - April 7th, 2009
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wooo, if they keep momentum for some 5-6 months, it will turn many heads...
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