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PS3 Tops Japanese Home Console Sales
Sony’s PS3 has continued its impressive sales run in Japan, shifting 20,362 units during the week ended April 5 to chart as the bestselling home console.
Wii sales totalled 15,525 units, around double those of Xbox 360, which jumped back ahead of PS2 in the weekly rankings.
Handheld platforms DSi and PSP were the top selling hardware, the former winning out by around 5,500 sales. DS Lite moved close to 9,000 units too.
PS3’s relatively strong start in April builds on a period of sustained sales momentum. According to research group Enterbrain the system was Japan's number one home console in the five weeks to March 29, moving 146,948 units, compared to 99,335 Wii sales during the same period.
Here’s the full weekly sales rundown, courtesy of Media Create.
DSi - 53,680
PSP - 48,118
PS3 - 20,362
Wii - 15,525
DS Lite - 8,729
Xbox 360 - 7,812
PS2 - 5,394
Last week.
2009 Japanese sales history.
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete releases tomorrow (the 16th), along with the PS3 bundle for it and the FFXIII Demo that ships with the limited edition of FFVIIACC. Might explain the spike.
Haha Xbox360 are still beating Ps3 in sales everywhere including Japan!
im glad to see the famous PS going down!
Good thing you can't read, troll. PS3 sales were 20,362 to 360's 7,812. Sony is outselling Microsoft 2.6:1.
Maybe the Final Fantasy XIII demo is helping sales, it’s possible. But thinking about it, the PS3 sales increase could make sense on its own. The Wii seems to be reaching a wall; maybe it just needs a couple of high profile first party games, not sure. The brand loyalty in Japan to Japanese products has been shown to go quite a long way and they have very specific software taste that Microsoft are still not really catering for. Now that the PS3 has a decent back catalogue with some big names on the way, if you like more core games than the Wii generally provides then the PS3 would be the obvious choice.
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yeah, but it really doesn't explain the rise in PS3 sales...unless there has been a PS3 release that i'm unaware of? the last major PS3 title i know to have spiked sales was RE5.
Yes, Resident Evil 5... But there was also Yakuza 3 and Warriors Orochi Z. All three came out back to back and reignited PS3 sales. Go back and look at Media Craete's charts for March or just click on this link to see the top selling games of March in Japan: http://kotaku.com/5204775/what-were-the-top-ten-selling-games-in-march
All three PS3 games I mentioned are on that list. This is the reason for the PS3 doing really well lately. So Ozzman's reasoning is sound.
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I wonder why the Wii's US and Japan performances are so strikingly different? The same could be said for the PS3. In the US, the PS3 is somewhat stagnant right now, but is picking up some steam in Japan. What gives? (The 360 also does much better in the US and Europe than it does in Japan, but that's always been the case with the Xbox brand).
Aren't sales more driven on "Software releases" then typical straight-on sales? Since there hasn't been a "must-have" for the Wii in Japan in ages, wouldn't that result in lower sales, and subsequently explain the rise in PS3 sales for the same reasons? As for the 360 sales, I have no clue. It's sales trends are a puzzle to me, personally.
You perfectly explained 360 sales in your post as well - not just PS3 and Wii. We saw spikes in 360 sales when Ace Combat 6, Blue Dragon, Tales of Vesperia, Star Ocean 4, etc. - where it actually outsold the PS3. It outsold the Wii with Star Ocean 4 release which was just over a month ago.
While that's true, I think Nick was actually speaking of "the big picture" with the 360 and Japan, why it's so uncompetitive with the others in Japan. That topic has been discussed to death, but with no concrete answer.
That is what I meant Ozzman. The 360 has had spikes in sales here and there and overall has done better with the 360 in Japan than the Xbox 1, but there is just an apparent lack of general interest in the 360 in Japan. There have been some theories as to why, but I think you're right when you say there isn't really a great explanation.
yeah, but it really doesn't explain the rise in PS3 sales...unless there has been a PS3 release that i'm unaware of? the last major PS3 title i know to have spiked sales was RE5.