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PS3 Outsells Wii in Japan: Famitsu Game Charts 2007-11-19/ 2007-11-25 and Sales

The latest Japanese sales charts from Famitsu:

1. DQ4 (DS)
2. Winning Eleven 2008 (PS2)
3. Winning Eleven 2008 (PS3)
4. Mario Party DS (DS)
5. Mega Man Star Force2 (DS)
6. FF XI: Wings of the Goddess (PS2)
7. Mario & Sonic at Beijing Olympics (Wii)
8. Dinosaur King (DS)
9. Pachinko Hissatsu Shigotonin III (PS2)
10. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)

Wii : about 47k
DSL : about 116k
PS3 : about 58k
PS2 : about 15k
PSP : about 89k
360 : about 5.8k

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MK_Red - 747 days 14 hours ago

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Great news. Hope PS3 survives WiiFit and keeps the lead over Wii in Japan.
With Lost Odyssey and Virtua Fighter 5, hopefully 360 sales will rise as well.

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szeuner - 747 days 10 hours ago

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Owning a Wii and a 360, I guess i'm in the minority. I'm glad to see the ps3 do well (or better). Having Sony do well, employees workers and gives the other 2 companies competition. I think Sony has made alot of strides in a year. They've really started to listen to the owners of the ps3 and the complaints. I also guarantee they will never launch another system in the 600+ range. They've been humbled and that was something that was needed.

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sonarus - 747 days 9 hours ago

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lost odyssey will give the 360 another sales boost but i doubt it will be as high as the 17,000 they got when they matched the ps3 unless offcourse they dish out another price cut. This jst proves that games sells consoles. PS3 is finally getting games that gamers wanna play in Japan. The next big title DMC4

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MK_Red - 747 days ago

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Excellent comment szeuner. Bubbles for you :)
The competition is always good and yes, Sony had to be humbled. Let's hope other companies don't make their mistakes and become over confident. Hopefully now that they've learned their lesson, PS3 sales rise even more so we could have a real hot 3 way race for consoles in 2008. More competition = Better games and products for us consumers.

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mikeslemonade - 746 days 21 hours ago

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The 80GB is selling as well if not better than the 40GB, so $500 is the right price to launch the console. This is Japan however and the PS3 is cheaper over there.

Lost Odyssey is going to give the same type of 360 boost as Halo 3 or Blue Dragon which was more popular at TGS then Lost Odyssey in the first place. I think Wiifit will sell like crazy in Japan. It's probably going to sell better than any Wii title yet even better than galaxy.

This data once again prooves all the xbots wrong who claim the U.S. is the largest market and the only market that matters. If you look early in the year the PS3 sold about 15,000 and the 360 sold about 4,000. Now the PS3 sells 60,000 compared to 5,000 360s. That gap is getting wider. Imagine when the exclusives come out and the PS3 sells 90,000 per week and 360 still selling 5,000. After Lost Odyssey there's not a single japanese exclusive that has been annouced for the 360 yet.

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tordavis - 746 days 14 hours ago

1.7 - @Crank

Please take some of what you are smoking, put it in a little bag and mail it to me.

Sony has been humbled. They and all of their fans thought they were going to decimate the competition out the box. They didn't. So they've been humbled. They said the next generation doesn't start until they say so. Took them a year to say so but Microsoft had already started it. They've been humbled. Don't deny it. It's a fact. They bragged and boasted and had to make 3 price drops in the first year to start moving some serious units. They were humbled. There's nothing wrong with being humbled. They will survive and gamers like me that own both systems will reap the benefits.

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Real gamer 4 life - 747 days 14 hours ago

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This is Vcharts so i dont belive them. but according to this chart the ps3 outsold the wii for the third week in japan.

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MK_Red - 747 days 14 hours ago

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This is not VG's sales. This is direct report from Famitsu but since the main source is Japanese, I use VGCharts link.

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venum - 747 days 14 hours ago

2.2 - some people can't read

"The latest Japanese sales charts from Famitsu"
Is that's clear??
vgchartz just translate the news from Famitsu.

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rushbd - 747 days 13 hours ago

2.3 - IT's 4 week in a row

good job sony. now do something like that in US

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texism - 747 days 6 hours ago

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Actually, this isn't for the fourth week in a row. It's either the second or third week that Famitsu is just confirming...

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gamesblow - 747 days 14 hours ago

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Amazing! Japan finally adopts their love child back... only they seem to have died the red out of Sony's hair. "ha" Good news, man. Great news, actually. Now, buy R&C, Resistance, Genji 2, Ninja Gaiden sigma, Oblivion, Lair, Heavenly Sword and Uncharted when that one drops. Those are my personal favorite games... After playing Motorstorm with my dualshock it's actually growing on me too, though. I use to loath it... now, well... now it's actually playable and sort of fun.

Back on topic, though... They out sold them by 11000 units. that's more than just a fluke... that's pretty damn good and even more so that this is their 3rd week of doing so. I'm really happy for Sony.

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gamesblow - 747 days 14 hours ago

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Man, if you go into Lair wanting and expecting something different... the game is amazing! Look, sure it's not the must have game... and if you're going to only buy 1 to 3 games this year.. Yeah, don't get Lair. However, if you're going to buy 2 other games and Lair... Do it! simple as that. It offers up an experience you cannot get anywhere else. The graphics are amazing, the controls are different but they're effective... Give it a try, man.

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Danja - 747 days 11 hours ago

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I totally agree about Lair..I did enjoy that game..just wished they had implemented a better targetng system..and more variety in missions..but everything esle..for the most part worked well..

but Genji isn't worth the money nope..it was rushed..the only thing that was great about the game was the graphics....

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stevenhiggster - 746 days 16 hours ago

3.5 - Lair...

I think lair has proved that reviewers are poop, almost every reviewer said the game was garbage, but almost every player review has said it's actually pretty good. Sure no one has been fool enough to say it's amazing but at least they haven't shot it down just for being different. It's clear journo's just plain suck at games!

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predator - 747 days 14 hours ago

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good that the ps3 is picking up steam in japan, but can anyone tell me why the american one was failed when we have vg charts here every week?

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MK_Red - 747 days 14 hours ago

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Some surprises. I was expecting Mario & Sonic to sell like hot cake in Japan. And Mario Galaxy at 10th after a month?

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jam9 - 747 days 12 hours ago

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Mario or sonic is not big title in Japan these days. Japan is occupied by RPG (DQ and FF). You didn't show the number of DQ4. It was sold 602,000 according to Famitsu. DQ4 is not a new game. It was already released for Nintendo and PS. Then, this time it was released for DS and sold 602,000 in the first week. It's unbelievable.

Anyway, Sony did good job! Hoping PS3 is beating Wii at least for this month.

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sonarus - 747 days 10 hours ago

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the problem with the wii is they marketed it to the wrong demographic. They not only went for the casual gamer but they brought in grandma's and grandpa's which is cool but if those are the majority of people that own your console then dnt expect it to be a system seller or a must have game for that matter. Wii fit will prob push more wii's than mario galaxy. The reason wii owners arent buying games is cus all they really wanna play is wii sports

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Skerj - 747 days 14 hours ago

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Damn 3 weeks straight? I never would have thought it would have started right now, I was thinking around DMC4/MGS4 time and it would just keep going. Wii Fit's coming though, and as much as I absolutely abhor the idea of that (go to a gym you idjits) it's going to gain a lot of casual people. Then again maybe those same people already own a Wii, who knows but we'll see soon enough.

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s8anicslayer - 747 days 14 hours ago

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the question is when will na follow and finaly start to buy more ps3's,the rest of the world seems like they were just waiting for that $399 price point

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Skerj - 747 days 14 hours ago

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Sony's already been advertising the hell out of it on NA waves. They need to do a marketing campaign with Epic for UT3 and push the fact that PSN is free. I really see the system being picked up in mass droves globally when MGS4 hits though. Home and Little Big Planet will need more exposure as well to the uninformed.

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PS360WII - 747 days 14 hours ago

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huh Mario & Sonic in the top ten... Well at least DQ IV is top spot good old RPG's ^^ I think I can finally say I'm a fan of both West & East styles of role playing games. Took awhile to admit that.

Glad for PS3 and it's sales and PSP is still running full speed just a little shy of DS.

So when does Wii Fit come out?

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Mr_Kuwabara - 747 days 14 hours ago

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What's impressive is that handhelds keep on dominating the charts every week.

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PS360WII - 747 days 14 hours ago

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that's cuz handhelds kick major arse ^^

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sectionz - 747 days 14 hours ago

10 - starting to look like a trend

this is starting to look like a trend .. could it be that price was THE issue? I thought games would be more important.

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MK_Red - 747 days 14 hours ago

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While price was a big issue, I believe the main reason is the games that Japanese love. They love Dynasty Warriors and Winning Elevens and PS3 got them both in these 3 weeks along the price drop.

The battle will be more interesting in the coming weeks with 360's Lost Odyssey and Wii's WiiFit being released.

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Anego Montoya FTMFW - 747 days 14 hours ago

11 - 5.8k

ouch.

2 years and 5.8k

again.

5.8k

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Anego Montoya FTMFW - 747 days 14 hours ago

12 - man.

when FF13 come out.

Japan will be around 100-200k for the next few weeks after it release.

Go.LostOddessy.Go.

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Muppetmeat - 747 days 14 hours ago

13 - Wow

DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMNNNNNN!!!!

OK. I'm a PS3 owner and I'm surprised by this. What's this, 3 weeks in a row now?

It'll dip below the Wii before long again... but these early numbers tell me once MGS4 is out, it'll just stay on top (at least in Japan).

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Heaven_Or_Hell - 747 days 14 hours ago

14 - If i'm remenber well...

Wii Fit will hit store the 2 or 12 december. The match will be with Wii fit for the Wii, White Knight Story and DMC4 for PS3 and Lost Odyssey for the 360.

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actas123 - 747 days 13 hours ago

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Wii Fit is not gonna sell well in Japan because most Japanese people are skinny. It will be a hit in EU and NA though..

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PS360WiiRocks - 747 days 13 hours ago

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Yeah right it's Nintendo, they'll buy it.

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Ju - 747 days 10 hours ago

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I doubt it will be a hit in the EU. Europeans usually go out or do real things...

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Real gamer 4 life - 747 days 14 hours ago

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The steam is going to continue to roll next mont when Grant turismo prologue is released and Ut3 is released in NA.

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Anego Montoya FTMFW - 747 days 14 hours ago

15.1 - oh my GOD.

GT5/FF13 is the 2nd coming of Christ to Japan.

the 360 will seriously sell 500-1000 units during those weeks or less.

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hac-hunter - 747 days 13 hours ago

15.2 - IF GT5/FF13 is the 2nd coming of Christ to Japan,

what does that make MGS4? I would say any three of those games alone would equate to the second coming of Chris to the Japanese.

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Anego Montoya FTMFW - 747 days 12 hours ago

15.3 - @hac_hunter

don`t get me wrong MGS4 is one of the BEST games released in 08.

but FF series and the GT series are on the NEXT LEVEL when it comes to sales.

MGS4 will sell a hell of a lot of ps3s.

so, let me rephrase what i said before..... above

"when FF13 comes out.
Japan will be around 100-200k for the next few weeks after it release"

when MGS4 comes out Japan will be around 100-200k for the next few WEEKS after its release.

when FF12/GT5 is released Japan will be around 200k for the NEXT FEW MONTHS.

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Multigamer - 747 days 14 hours ago

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problem is tho due to the 360 sales in america and not so bad in europe the 360 IS STILL outselling the ps3 worldwide, intill the ps3 outsells it in america it wont outsell the 360. its the truth, and ur blind if u disagree

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Premonition - 747 days 12 hours ago

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Are you serious? PS3 basically doesnt have to outsell 360 here in the US to overall win against the 360, the US doesnt account for the biggest part of sales.

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kurochi - 747 days 12 hours ago

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I agree, but you also failed to mention that due to the fact that MS had a extra year with their consoles, they've had more time to mold their product. While Sony is still in the 1st year of their launch. The reason that MS has more games (some good ones) now is because of that extra year. Therefore, consumers will buy MS because of more games (although mostly from the same genre). Sony's sales are on-par with MS sales if you're just comparing the 1st year. We all just have to wait until next year and see if Sony can catch up with the "heavy-hitter" games they've got lined-up.
In regard to the Wii sales, Nintendo just opened up a "new" market is the supposed "casual" gamers population. It's like that picture you learn in math/geometry course, the one with 3 circles that overlaps at certain points. Well, the Wii just expanded their circle. It's a good idea, but crap product is still crap product. As more people turn to their newly acquired HDTV this X-mas, they'll realize how incredibly lousy the graphic on Wii is. What games are there to play? Super Mario Galaxy and....? The mommy and daddies are caving in to their kids X-mas wishes because the kids just don't know any better.

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Heaven_Or_Hell - 747 days 13 hours ago

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The PS3 outsold the 360 worlwide for two week
There :
http://www.vgchartz.com/wee...
and there:
http://www.vgchartz.com/wee...

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PS360WiiRocks - 747 days 13 hours ago

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lol oOo 2 weeks! Oh no Microsoft run for the hills you almost won 50/52 weeks, your in a losing battle. Come on dude, give me a break, on a consistent basis.

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karlostomy - 747 days 13 hours ago

17.2 - yes the ps3 outsold the 360 for 2 weeks

BUT...

doesn't the ps3 need to outsell the 360 by DOUBLE in EVERY week to catchup? Not flaming... just facts.

This christmas season will be truly interesting in terms of sales and establishing attach rate momentum for 2008/9.

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Heaven_Or_Hell - 747 days 12 hours ago

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Hey guys i know that... The 360 has sold 8 000 000 more console than the PS3.
I know that 2 week will not be enought

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