PlayStation 3 outsells Wii in Japan
Apr 6, 2009
While the Nintendo Wii remains far and away the leader in the console war, the winds of change are beginning to pick up steam.
At least in the East, that is.
PS3 Ascendant?
According to sales tracked by Japanese magazine Enterbrain, Sony's PS3 outsold the Nintendo Wii in March in Japan, making it the first time in 16 months that Sony has taken the lead from the dominant Mario maker. Japanese gamers snapped up 146,948 PS3s compared to only 99,335 Wiis, while the Xbox 360 placed a distant third at 43,172.
Enterbrain attributes the increase to the success of the region's two top-selling games, Sega Sammy's Rya Ga Gotoku 3 and Capcom's worldwide smash hit, Resident Evil 5.
But if Nintendo is worried, they're certainly not showing it.
"It is still the first few months of the year when sales are slow for the industry, so we are not particularly concerned," a company spokesperson told the Financial Times.
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