PS3 trims Nintendo Wii's lead in Japan sales

Tokyo (Reuters): Nintendo Co Ltd's Wii game console outsold Sony Corp's PlayStation 3 by 2-to-1 in Japan in October, a game magazine publisher said, but its lead over the PS3 shrank for the fourth consecutive month.

Nintendo sold 110,415 units of the Wii in the four weeks to October 28, compared with 47,183 units of the PS3, Enterbrain said on Friday. But the PS3, which suffered a slow start after its launch a year ago due to its high price and scarcity of strong game titles, has been closing the gap with the Wii in recent months as Sony cut console prices and beefed up its software lineup.

During the same four weeks to October 28, Microsoft Corp sold 18,717 units in Japan of its Xbox 360, which is popular overseas but struggling in the home turf of Nintendo and Sony, Enterbrain said.

[Prismo_Fillusion]

It should be mentioned that the PS3 is trimming the *weekly sales* lead of the Wii. The Wii is still gaining in overall sales, when compared with the PS3.

Edit: Why would anyone disagree? I'm just clarifying the article... That's all facts. You fanboys are VICIOUS! :p

[lawler]

Sony fans don't like facts ;)

[forum_crawler]

The article is indeed misleading. The PS3 would have to sell much more than the wii to start "cutting down" on that lead.

The Wii only needs to see 1 more console per week to keep it's lead growing. Too bad people don't like to hear the truth...

"I reject your reality and substitute it with my own!!!"

[AllanWakker]

This week's Media Create numbers:
Wii 27,502
PS3 18,785

Down to just 50 percent more. And the biggest Wii game just got released to mediocre sales, only 130k for Super Mario Galaxy.

[lawler]

So Wii outsells PS3 for this whole time, and that's good for Sony...?

Nice bubble.

[Rooftrellen]

Oh no, only 130k sales in a day!

That's just over 900k in a week at that rate!

It's DOOMED!

Yeah, right...

[SofaKingReetodded]

Wii to go..lol

[SlippyMadFrog]

I don't understand how the PS3 is trimming the Wii's lead in Japan when the Wii is outselling the PS3. This doesn't make sense.

[randomGuyOnline]

The PS3 is trimming the lead that the Wii has had on it for each month, but not in total sales. Basically, it means that the Wii is beating the PS3 in sales but not as well as it had before.

If for example,the Wii outsold the PS3 last month 4-1, but has now outsold it 2-1 this month, the sales gap between them isn't as wide as the previous month. Therefore, the PS3 would be "trimming the lead" or shortening the gap between them.

Basically, if the PS3 continues this trend it would eventually begin to outsell the Wii. Note that that is if the sales continue this trend.

[thereapersson]

We should celebrate the increasing sales of the PS3, but let's not give the detractors a reason to come in here and bash away!

[rofldings]

...Now let's replicate that in the US.

[N4GayFanturds]

So..one day, week or even month of better sales and idiots automatically think the P$3 has surpassed the TOTAL sales of either Wii or 360?

Ninja, please!

[cooke15]

Guys. The Wii's lead grows even if it sells one more console than PS3. PS3 cannot gain on Wii untill it actually outsells it on a weekly basis. Wii sales went up more this week than PS3 sales did in Japan

[skitzoid]

Oh it only matters to the ramblings of fanboys and trolls? Ok. Now it all makes sense.

The only thing that matters to me is the games and not the consoles they are made for. Just think what a world that would be when all we cared about was gaming instead of p!ssing contest.

Believe it or not guys there is a place and plenty of room for all 3 consoles. Game on.

[travelguy2k]

a little important how well the machines sell right now because companies still have to decide what console to make games for in the future, or if a game will be ar remain an exclusive. The hight the install base the more chance a developer is willing to make on an exclusive.

I think this will only matter up to about 20 million units. After that the install base is healthy enough to support every "Decent" game. Until then we are at the mercy of the developers making the decisions, cause right now the numbers do not support an exclusive for PS3.

[PS360WII]

Spin so hard I got dissy reading it. Plus we got a good natured disagree'er. Tell us disagree'er in all your wisdom how does not selling more than the other console equal trimming the lead? It's only trimming the lead if it sells more which it has yet to do. Glad for PS3 but stop the spin.

[skitzoid]

to read it? ;-)
Spinning is out of control with everything regarding gaming. It's why nearly every article gets turned into a flamewar.

[cooke15]

Wii added 8717 more to its lead. PS3 did absolutely no gaining. Spin ps3 fanboys spin it!! its fun. :)

[PS360WII]

lol yea skitzoid unlike some I try to read some of the articles ^^ and it's very true that every story promps a good old mud slinging contests.

[THE_JUDGE]

sales but respect in Japan. We should be seeing sales of both consoles as heathy but the PS3 will eventually regain its sales in Japan. Time will tell.

[TruthbeTold]

Why get excited about some extremely rose colored glasses view of a perceived gain? This is ridiculous.

"The Wii sold over a million last month worldwide."

"Yeah, but the PS3 sold over 500,000!!!!"

I understand that 2/1 is better than 3/1 if you care about that sort of thing, but this crap is annoying.