PS3 success in Japan continues

NewsPosted 06/04/2009 - 10:40am GMT+1

Outsells the Wii for a successive month.

While coming nowhere near to replicating the runaway success of the Wii in Japan, Sony's PS3 has begun to take a hold, having been the best-selling home console in the market in both February and March.

In February the PS3 sold 87,000 units compared to the Wii's 76,000 units, while March sales put the PS3 at 116,000 units compared to only 70,000 Wiis. While the Wii has been relying on evergreen titles such as Wii Fit and Mario Kart Wii, the PS3 has seen the likes of Resident Evil 5 and Yakuza 3 hit the market helping to drive hardware sales.

Via Kotaku

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jakeistheman

I love my PS3 and have had it for 2 years i tell ppl its a great console but they wont buy one cause of the price if they cut the price they will probaly see a huge rise in sales in the U.S. and UK so please sony for all the poor Xflop 3fixme fanboys cut the price.

Posted 01:20 on 07 April 2009

renegade

Tbh, some games the Japs love, some they dont, if they like thrillers I think heavy rain will be for them, for example, next month killzone 2 hits Japan, and Judging by the 360s lack of success there (a shooter heavy console) I don't think Killzone will do to well there.

But yeh, im not really crying out for a price cut, I have the console :). But if the devs stop making games as a result, then that will make me a sad panda

Posted 12:26 on 06 April 2009