Nintendo Wii selling five times better than PS3 in Japan

Posted on Saturday, June 09 2007 @ 17:25 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
New sales data indicates the Nintendo Wii is outselling the Sony PlayStation 3 console five to one in Japan.
Nintendo sold 251,794 of its newest game machines in May, outselling Sony's PlayStation 3 consoles five to one, Tokyo- based research firm Enterbrain Inc. said today in a faxed statement. The PS3 trailed the Wii by four to one in April.

The PS3, equipped with the industry's most powerful gaming chip, is falling further behind the cheaper Wii, undermining Sony's ability to recoup investments into the machine. Kyoto, Japan-based Nintendo has forecast sales of the new consoles, where gamers swing motion-sensor controllers to play games such as bowling and tennis, will triple this fiscal year.
More info at Bloomberg.


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