Fri, Sep 26, 2008 | 07:21 BST
Xbox 360 beats PS3 in Japan for second week
Shocking but true. Media-Create figures have shown that 360 has beaten PS3 in Japan for the second week in a row. Stranger things have happened. Although if you’d suggested this would be going on a few years ago, a great many people would have laughed in your face.
Data for the week ending September 21. Last week’s figures here.
- Nintendo DS – 61,242
- Wii – 29,921
- PSP – 28,674
- Xbox 360 – 13,777
- PlayStation 3 – 8,156
- PlayStation 2 – 7,720
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Posted in: Charts, Japan, Retail
Tags: japanese hardware sales charts
9 comments
#1
SilentLoner
26/09/08, 8:08 am
Wasn’t this disputed last week? Worrying if true though
#2
morriss
26/09/08, 8:47 am
No. 360 outselling Wii was disputed.
#3
patlike
26/09/08, 8:50 am
Going to be funny if it’s the same next week. Not great for Sony, this.
#4
David
26/09/08, 9:29 am
maybe this might make them drop the price of there console.
I can hope cause I’m not paying for one till its below £200.
#5
onyxbox
26/09/08, 9:30 am
This is a little shocking, but who can blame the Japanese for bying the system that, to be fair, has more content suited to their tastes.
It’s about time Sony (after 2 years?) had some JRPGS in the catalogue… I guess we’ll have to see what turns up at TGS in a couple of weeks.
#6
Robo_1
26/09/08, 9:31 am
Good, hopefully this will be the kick up the arse Sony need.
#7
Blerk
26/09/08, 9:31 am
I reckon they’ll be about equal next week. Could go either way.
#8
Tiger Walts
26/09/08, 9:33 am
Quite odd really, there were no 360 titles in the top ten game sales last week yet the system sells. Maybe it’s getting a bit of word-of-mouth support, I’d like to see how those exclusive JRPG titles are ticking over.
#9
Blerk
26/09/08, 9:45 am
Infinite Undiscovery was at 13, selling about 9,000 copies, so that could theoretically account for most of the ‘extra’ 360s that sold this week (above and beyond the 5,000 or so a week they were selling pre-Tales). Cheaper price and a couple of decent games have obviously had the desired effect, and I somehow doubt that Sony’s apparent apathy towards the region has done them much harm either.
Bit of a lull for them now, unfortunately – they have to wait for November and the release of Last Remnant before they have another big Japanese game to tempt them with.