Business as usual in Japan: Wii outsells PS3 by almost FOUR TIMES in Feb
Wii has reaffirmed its position at the top of the hardware sales league, managing to outdo PlayStation3 by a ratio of nearly four-to-one in Japan during February.
Japanese publisher Enterbrain confirmed that Nintendo sold 331,627 Wiis in the four weeks to February 24 - compared with Sony’s 89,131 PS3s.
And remember, Sony’s been trying very, very hard indeed in Japan. PS3 has “proper” rumbling controllers out there already, had an aggressive price cut at the end of last year, and Sony even made a white special edition PS3 just in case it was “being white” that was the secret of Wii’s success. All of which has done nothing to help PS3 become relevant in the world’s gaming hotbed.
Last week, for example, PS3 sold 18,000 units in Japan, while Wii did 79k - yet more confirmation that Nintendo’s going to dominate gaming for the next few years.
And I’ll admit it. I was one of those who thought the Wii novelty would wear off after three months. Then I readjusted my estimate to six months. Then a year. Then 18 months. Now… I JUST DON’T KNOW WHAT TO THINK.
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February 28th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
‘And I’ll admit it. I was one of those who thought the Wii novelty would wear off after three months. Then I readjusted my estimate to six months. Then a year. Then 18 months. Now… I JUST DON’T KNOW WHAT TO THINK.’
I didn’t think it would be a fad or anything. I think that it’d at least sell as strong as the other 2 consoles but… the fact that it’s been sold out consistently for about a year totally blind-sided me. Totally.
March 15th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
Not a big surprise that the Wii is outselling. It will be interesting to see this year if the PS3 comes back and starts selling more.
March 15th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Apparently, according to recent NPD sales data. The PS3 outsells the XBox 360 (again) and the PS2 outsells them both!
No prizes to anyone who guesses which console owned all of them.