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Japanese PS3 Christmas Sales Dec. 24th-31st

Posted on January 6th, 2008 at 12:49 EDT

According to Famitsu, the PlayStation 3 outsold the Xbox 360 again, 5:1 during the end of December. This comes as no surprise as both the PlayStation platforms (PSP,PS3) and Nintendo systems have outsold the Xbox 360 nearly every month of last year.

Here are the official sales numbers:

DS Lite: 195,000
Wii: 162,000
PSP: 158,000
PS3: 49,000
PS2: 30,000
Xbox 360: 9,200

Some of the leading game titles for the week included: Mario Party DS (162,000 units), Final Fantasy IV (138,000 units), Star Ocean First Departure (115,000 units), and Wii Sports (94,000 units).

As we enter a new year, we can only hope that with more popular releases for the PlayStation 3, there might be a closing in the gap, leaving the Wii and PS3 neck and neck.

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posted 12:52pm EST - January 6th, 2008
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Nice to see the PSP seeling almost as many units as the Wii, but I swear people must be using the DS as bricks for houses or something, I mean there's only 128 million people over there, they cant need THAT many every week after this long.

posted 12:59pm EST - January 6th, 2008
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Yeah, very good to see the PSP selling so well. I can't wait to see what happens in the PS3 VS 360 battle after the HD-DVD dies. It's gonna be SO interesting to see if the HD wars will affect the battle.

posted 1:00pm EST - January 6th, 2008
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psn id: gingo... ps3 certainly outsold 360 but is still getting destroyed by the wii which is grim reading once again

posted 1:15pm EST - January 6th, 2008
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for the moment wii is on top, but the real killer ps3 exclusive games havn't been realsed yet and this will certainly change everything this year. 2008 is ps3's year, you'll see!!!!

posted 1:31pm EST - January 6th, 2008
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I think its safe to say Sony has lost Japan in this war. I really can't see them making a comeback when they are constantly being outsold by almost 100,000 units. Then again I look at it like this, the Wii isn't next-gen at all so the only true war is between the PS3 and the 360 and the PS3 is dominating so in reality the PS3 is winning...woohoo...I just hope Nintendo never comes out with a system that has PS3 graphics and motion sensitivity because then Sony is done.
posted 1:32pm EST - January 6th, 2008
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The Wii may still be on top as far as the non-handhelds go, but it's horses for courses. Many will buy one and it'll be gathering dust within a few weeks, many will buy one and love it, and the remaining will buy it, like it, but want more, and they are the ones that will be looking in the PS3s direction in the longer term, introducing new gamers that maybe wouldn't have considered the Sony unit.

posted 1:52pm EST - January 6th, 2008
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Who cares if it's getting oustsold by the Wii? I have a wii myself, and I don't consider it next gen. So it can sell 150 million units in one week, I don't care. The race is between Sony and M$, and M$ is about all out of gas.

posted 2:32pm EST - January 6th, 2008
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Its not just about the consoles its also about the games and I know there is only so many wii games people can play

posted 2:45pm EST - January 6th, 2008
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Ljwinter, if nintendo came up with a console with the ps3 graphics, it wouldn't cost $250...

posted 2:57pm EST - January 6th, 2008
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No big surprise really
posted 3:22pm EST - January 6th, 2008
11

Cool, it doesn't seem like much though.

posted 4:08pm EST - January 6th, 2008
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Theres only one series that'll turn this around for Sony. Square Enix trully are sony's saviour. Bring on Final Fantasy 13.

posted 4:14pm EST - January 6th, 2008
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i still dont understand why people are buying a wii i played mario galaxy and its not fun i even played zelda and it was not good so i dont kno what all the fuss is about

posted 4:22pm EST - January 6th, 2008
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at alpha2 ,lmfao , and i concur ....... still laughing ....
posted 11:40pm EST - January 6th, 2008
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haha and people thought 360 was gonna dominate!!sike!ps3 is up there now,next to be taken out has to be the wii,if only older and childish people would like great systems like the ps3

posted 3:12pm EST - January 9th, 2008
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This is some excellent news... It gets annoying seeing XBOX out selling the PS3... I have no curse at the WII... since it believe its an excellent console and doesn't target hardcore gamers... more of a family / friends thing in my opinion... However.. that XBOX... GRRR!!! And as Stickemup said.... Blue Ray will crush HD... especially with the new contact with Warner Bros today that they shall only release movies from their studio in Blue Ray... Thumbs up for Blue Ray!!
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