Nintendo's Wii Outsells Sony's PlayStation 3 Five-to-One in Japan

[stevenl]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,278528,00.html

 

[riffjim4069]

Apparently the Japanese enjoy playing cheap, inferior game consoles just as much as they enjoy building cheap, inferior automobiles.

 

[stevenl]

Did you see the American Numbers also? The WII is outselling the PS3 here to.

 

[mwgiii]

Latest Media Create numbers 5/21 - 5/27.

Hardware - This Week | Last Week | YTD | LTD
1. NDS - 127,542 | 111,239 | 3,290,997 | 17,296,676
2. WII - 58,644 | 52,193 | 1,615,553 | 2,535,196
3. PSP - 26,097 | 27,505 | 927,430 | 5,459,559
4. PS2 - 11,311 | 10,881 | 357,210 | 20,512,069
5. PS3 - 9,627 | 8,659 | 444,181 | 901,739
6. 360 - 2,044 | 2,026 | 99,725 | 364,427
7. GBA - 712 | 791 | 37,579 | 15,335,658
8. NGC - 256 | 276 | 7,610 | 4,177,078

From NeoGAF: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=159917

Bigger problem is the software numbers. Here is how the Top 50 game sales broke down:

NDS - 36
PS2 - 5
WII - 5
PSP - 3
360 - 1
PS3 - 0

 

[JamesJ]

wow!!!! wonder how bad the 360 is doing to the wii then too!
steven do you hate the Ps3? is that why you arent bringing up the 360 stats as well?
ahh our resident gaming guru has given us the numbers-truthfully the Ps3 isnt doing that bad, the wii is doing good, but will that last? I dont know, but I would think the Ps3 will pick up when more software comes out.

 

[stevenl]

I dont hate the wii I only posted what the news story had,

How is the ps3 not doing as bad with the new numbers? The new numbers look worse for ps3 then better. 900k vs 2.5 million! Thats close to 2.5 has many. (give or take)

and the PS3 software numbers is even worse, and tahts where they really make their money.


Heck the PS2 is outselling the ps3 and I dont recall that happending when the ps2 laucnehd vs the ps1

 

[JamesJ]

you missed my point- if the Ps3 is doing bad, then the 360 should close up shop and be done.

 

[Heavie]

Well the figures don't lie. I just wish it wasn't true. Than again if sony happy with this news, than I am to. Some one needs to light a fire under sony's feet.

You be a fool to buy a ps3 for the games now, if you don't already own one with the limited software. At least bring that home bull crap out, and that will give the ps3 owner something to toy with.

I am running out of porn movie and photos to put on my 120gig ps3.

 

[Derwin0]

Heck the PS2 is outselling the ps3 and I dont recall that happending when the ps2 laucnehd vs the ps1

Actually it did. It took over a year before PS2 sales were higher than PS1 sales.
The smaller PSONE came out right after the PS2 launch, and was selling like hotcakes.

 

[Posty-McPOst]

you missed my point- if the Ps3 is doing bad, then the 360 should close up shop and be done.

In Japan....In the US 360 is outselling PS3 units 4:1. In terms of software the number is almost 5:1.

http://www.vgchartz.com/aweekly.php

 

[mwgiii]

New Japanese weekly sales numbers, week of 5/28-6/3:

Hardware - This Week | Last Week | YTD | LTD
1. NDS - 123,211 | 127,542 | 3,414,208 | 17,419,887
2. WII - 69,748 | 58,644 | 1,685,301 | 2,604,944
3. PSP - 26,358 | 26,097 | 953,788 | 5,485,917
4. PS2 - 11,814 | 11,311 | 369,024 | 20,523,883
5. PS3 - 8,998 | 9,627 | 453,179 | 910,737
6. 360 - 2,219 | 2,044 | 101,944 | 366,646
7. GBA - 573 | 712 | 38,152 | 15,336,231
8. NGC - 226 | 256 | 7,836 | 4,177,304


Top 50 game titles:
NDS - 32
PS2 - 7
WII - 7
PSP - 4
XBox 360 - 0
PS3 - 0

As always courtesy of NeoGAF.

 

[mwgiii]

Cool analysis done by JoshuahJSloan @ NeoGAF (same thread as posted above):

Wii comparisons: At 27 weeks, Wii is where GCN was at 115.5 weeks (November 26, 2003), where DS was at 31.9 weeks (July 9, 2005), where PS2 was at 26.1 weeks (August 27, 2000), and where PSP was at 55.3 weeks (December 27, 2005).

PS3 comparisons: At 30 weeks, PS3 is where PS2 was at 3.5 weeks (March 22, 2000), where PSP was at 11.7 weeks (February 24, 2005), where GCN was at 15.9 weeks (December 29, 2001), and where Wii was at 4.9 weeks (December 30, 2006).

PS3 vs Wii: Weekly shares are 11.4 / 88.6, bringing total shares to 25.9 / 74.1. If Wii stopped selling and PS3 continued at this week's rate, it would catch up in 188.3 weeks (January 11, 2011).

PS2 vs DS: At this week's rates, PS2 and DS meet up in 27.9 weeks (December 15, 2007) at ~20.85 million apiece.


On week 22, total hardware sales for the year have passed 7 million. Last year this happened on week 32. The year before that, week 48.

Nintendo hardware sales for the year have reached 5 million. Last year this happened on week 32. The year before that, week 51.

Microsoft hardware sales for the year have reached 100K. Last year this happened on week 47. In 2005 and 2004 it wasn't reached, while in 2003 it happened on week 52.