Week recap: PS3 80GB; Xbox 360 plummet; Wii fall

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Sales for Sony Corp.'s Playstation 3 fell this week in the latest Japan retail figures. The hardware ranked No. 4 in overall sales.

The PS3 80GB SKU held in the top five sales this week at Amazon. The $399 80GB SKU debuted in Aug. to U.S. retail.

Japan sales for Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 plummeted two weeks after the release of Namco Bandai Inc.'s Tales of Vesperia. The hardware ranked No. 6 in overall sales.

Target Corp. stores this week held a clearance on the Xbox 360 20GB hard drive. The product carries an MSRP of $99.99.

Sales for Nintendo Co.'s Wii fell this week in the latest Japan retail figures. The hardware ranked No. 3 in overall sales.

Nintendo this week released a new wave of titles to the WiiWare and Virtual Console divisions of Wii. New titles include Ys Book I & II and Samurai Shodown II.

[HipHopGamerShowFan]

"Target Corp. stores this week held a clearance on the Xbox 360 20GB hard drive. The product carries an MSRP of $99.99."

If it still doesnt outsell the PS3 this month.
MS will be in trouble.

[Dzpool]

realize that it is just the hard drive you are talking about not the 20 gb premium this would be a great time in fact for the people with arcade units to pick up a hdd though

[HipHopGamerShowFan]

20gig for 100$ ?????????

WOw, thats the most overpriced thing I have ever seen.

[Dzpool]

i never said it wasn't over priced but it is till a good time for people to pick up a 20 gig hdd for $69.99 which its still over priced but it will give the people a cheap and easy way of turning there Xbox 360 Arcade unit into 20 gb premium

[BLuKhaos]

correction Hiphopgamershowfan its 13gigs for $100

[juuken]

I agree.

They're in biiiiiiig trouble.

[Pain]

xbots killing them selves in droves.

[Dacapn]

Haha I thought it said the 360 itself was $100 too. I was thinking about picking one up if it was at that price lol.

[Breakfast]

Xbox 360 plummet.

And just for the hell of it....
...Breakfast's Year-End Prediction:

Xbox 360 plummet.

You heard it from me first.

:)

[Jamegohanssj5]

Lawl that was funny Breakfast. The SeXbox is plummeting.

TGSI

[Danja]

bubbles for making me laugh

but um this was expected for the 360 in Japan.....nothing new

[Lost_My_600_Dollar]

where is the PSN cards ??

[silverchode]

it should be were are the psn cards?

[deathray]

it should be "where are the PSN cards?" sir.

[silverchode]

my spelling fails :(

[Lost_My_600_Dollar]

Blu-ray disc sale on Labor Day weekend. Discounted titles start at $14.99.

Hulk Blu-ray disc pre-orders to customers this week. The title will be released in Oct.

Blu-ray disc titles for $15.99. Titles include Twister, Goodfellas, and V for Vendetta.

[dukadork]

Droid's Favorite part:

- Xbox 360 plummet
- you lost your $600
- Ps3 is on a roll
- xbots b!tch but can do nothing about it

it's a great time to be a droid!

XD

[Sir_Ken_Kutaragi]

Lets hope it don't have a soft landing!!! ;-D

@dukadork ;) Good one!;) Bubbles for you;)

[SixTwoTwo]

"Target Corp. stores this week held a clearance on the Xbox 360 20GB hard drive. The product carries an MSRP of $99.99."

You call that a clearance o...O
I can buy a 250GB HDD for less than that LOL.

[NanoGeekTech]

$99.00.........no way did I read that right? and a 360 with GOW2 $139.99....Damn if I did not OWN one already I buy one for s#!t and giggles...I will even buy a HDDVD player trying to find on for about $10.00.........that would be a hell of a deal.........

360Next Fall 2010........if not earlier

[Intrepid]

Why isn't the Playstation fall mentioned in the title?

[deathray]

because everybody knows PS3 is positioned to dominate the gaming world.

[Max Power]

it didn't plummet

[ForROME]

Agreed SONY is in postion to wipe the floor now. One more price cut and different color systems and fall lineup. Whats to stop them at that point, took longer than expected off by about a year, lesson learned and lesson granted. SONY good work, you pulled out quite nicely

[thebudgetgamer]

a 400$ 80 gig ps3 with a ds3 and killzone 2

[Guitarded]

I can't see last as a position to dominate from. The only thing they can win is a "Trophy" for losing.

[thebudgetgamer]

and Sony built a future proof console

[IzKyD1331]

Sony has something that MS doesn't, an actual line up for 2009
MS' run ends this fall, sony still has killzone 2, infamous, uncharted 2, god of war 3 and more next year....MS has halo wars and.....ummmmm yeah, thats it I think

[Irving]

is it still the year 1997 ?

[thebudgetgamer]

hahahahahahaha :)

[harrisk954]

1997! Ha!

[Klotzey]

packing my bags and looking for new site just this site is now offically pro sony and if ps3 is so amazing im wondering why there are so many people here bragging about there system and not playing it wierd?

[BLuKhaos]

bye

[Lithium powered]

but I go here because its updated often; you really just gotta know what news reports are skewed to favour a certain console because a fanboy posted an article

[PirateThom]

Well, makes a change from a year ago when it was anti-Sony.

[psiom]

It's just a sign of the times.

A year ago the 360 fanboys were kicking PS3 owners while they were down. Naturally there's a backlash now that the PS3 has solid games and a fantastic late 08 lineup.

Seriously though man if you weren't (even just a little) a fanboy yourself you wouldn't even care which way the comments are skewed. Just play and enjoy. Why get bothered by people being "pro-sony"?

The "war" exists only in the minds of irrational people with too much free time.

[LastDance]

"packing my bags and looking for new site just this site is now offically pro sony"

PS3 ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Lithium powered]

I dont care what people say in the comments. I'm talking about when people post misleading titles and summaries to their submissions.

[AIi_The_Brit]

Alot of stupid bots dont realise

the PS3 outsold the 360 by 1.5 million in 2007: FACT

and thats when it was most rocky! so imagine what its going to do this year with system sellers like resistance 2 LBP and of course MGS4 not to mention numerouss price cuts

[psiom]

So sales for all three fell.

What an uninteresting week.

[Dmack79]

Another Week = more bad publicity for the 360.

The only hope for the 360 this year is gears 1.5. This is a make it or break year for the xbox360.

It's a good time to be a PS3 owner. :)

[Dyingduck]

Alot of stupid bots dont realise

the PS3 outsold the 360 by 1.5 million in 2007: FACT

Wait, did someone already said that?

[Smacktard]

Didn't Microsoft say that practically every Xbox 360 was sold out in Japan after the first week of ToV sales, and won't be replaced til October/late September, or something? If so, then how are they still selling? Hmm, methinks that Microsoft lied, and stupid fanboys fell for it.