Week recap: PS3 Trojan; Xbox 360 Blu-ray; Wii Ware

Sales for Sony Corp.’s Playstation 3 fell for the third consecutive week in the latest Japan retail data. The PS3 ranked No. 4 in overall hardware sales.

A Disney exec this week said that the PS3 was a Trojan horse for Blu-ray technology. Disney releases high-definition content exclusively on the Blu-ray disc format.

Capcom Co. this week said that Devil May Cry 4 has shipped 2 million units on the PS3 and Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360. The title was released earlier this month.

PS3 sales continued to gain amid the Blu-ray format’s victory over HD DVD. The 40GB PS3 this week held a sales increase at retailer Amazon.com.

Sales for the Xbox 360 this week reached barely over 2,000 units in the latest Japan charts. The hardware ranked No. 6 in hardware sales, behind all handhelds and consoles.

Analysts this week told TheStreet.com that Microsoft may keep Blu-ray away from the Xbox 360. Instead the company may focus on digital distribution via Xbox Live. – Via Punch Jump