Playstation 3 Outsells Wii in Japan for Second Week Straight

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The latest sales are in from Japan for the week starting 12/11 and ending 18/11, and surprisingly, the PS3 is holding on in there with its new 40GB model, fighting off Nintendo’s Wii for another week. The Xbox360 saw a rise, and Super Mario Galaxy and Heavenly Sword also had respectable sales. Find out the numbers after the jump.

Hardware:

DSLite: 81,000
PSP: 66,000
PS2: 8,800
PS3: 53,000
Wii: 36,000
Xbox360: 5,700

Software:
1. Mario Party (DS) 115,000 (Total: 357,000)
2. REUC (Wii) 105,000
3. Dynasty Warriors 6 (PS3) 73,000 (Total: 250,000)
4. Game Center CX (DS) 46,000
5. Famista (DS) 45,000
6. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) 43,000 (Total: 378,000)
7. Heavenly Sword (PS3) 16,000
8. Wii Sports (Wii) 15,000 (Total: 2,106,000)
9. Wii Play (Wii) 15,000 (Total: 1,662,000)
10. FFTA2 (DS) 14,000 (Total: 249,000)
11. Nishimura Kyoutarou suspense (DS) 11,000 (Total: 123,000)
12. Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (DS) 11,000 (Total:1.05m )
13. Dynasty Warriors 6 (360) 10,000 (Total: 37,000)
14. Complete Literature Works (DS) 8,800 (Total: 100,000)
15. My Household Budget Diary (DS) 8,700 (Total: 286,000)
16. Ratchet & Clank: Future (PS3) 8,500 (Total: 19,000)
17. Ghost Scad (Wii) 7,500 (Total: 38,000)
18. Mario Party 8 (Wii) 5,500 (Total: 890,000)
19. Cooking Mama 2 (DS) 4,700

Source: Famitsu

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  • cusman

    Resident Evil – Umbrella Chronicles with 100k+ sales is great news

    I am glad its selling well back there in Japan. I hope it sells well here in the US as well.

    I bought it here :)

  • Shawn

    I don’t think this really means a whole lot, it’s obvious that world-wide there is a huge Wii shortage. I bet that if there were enough Wiis to meet demand you wouldn’t see the PS3 outselling it.

  • Matlock

    The PS3 is a superior system to the Wii. It was just way overpriced for the market. If Sony had released the PS3 at this current price it would be on top now.

  • Jjin

    There is no shortage of Wii in Japan. You can get Wii in all major shops in Japan.

  • LOLZORZ

    Matlock:

    Isn’t playing “what if” fun?

    If Sony had released PS3 at the current price… Well what if Nintendo har release Wii at the current price AND with proper HD support and the same power as the 360 or PS3!

    What if, if only…

  • LOLZORZ

    Correction: “had released Wii”

    Doh :)

  • Fire God

    PS3 only outsells Wii as the people of Japan have already bought Wii’s last year. Now they buy Wii’s for other things, and focus on PS3.

    In fact, if you count every week since the next gen releases, Wii has outsold 360 and PS3.

  • jeffx

    Back to normal, 1st week of December

    Wii – 115,057
    PlayStation 3 – 38,123

    Looks like PS1to3 is a more fitting name in Japan.

  • http://www.ps3offers.com ps3offers

    Great to see PS3 sales picking up. It'll be interesting to see these numbers when Final Fantasy XII hits.