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PS3 outsells Xbox 360 almost 10:1 in Japan

Posted on November 17th, 2007 at 05:38 EDT

According to the latest Media Create sales charts, the Sony PlayStation 3 has taken the number 3 spot in top consoles sales in Japan beating out both the Wii and the Xbox 360.



Japanese Hardware Sales (Nov. 5th - 11th)

- DS Lite: 78,854
- PSP: 58,964
- PS3: 55,924
- Wii: 34,546
- PS2: 9,043
- Xbox 360: 5,817

It seems as though the Xbox 360 jump in sales was only short lived, and with the price drop and release of the 40GB PS3 in Japan, sales can only get better for Sony. Also, if you live in Japan, Sony has released the new White Dualshock 3 controller allowing gamers to have rumble with their SIXAXIS.

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posted 5:37am EST - November 17th, 2007
1

I'd like a white Sixasix controller.

PS2 selling more that an X360...that's just embarrassing!

posted 6:59am EST - November 17th, 2007
2
Old news and why is it no1 this week in japan dinasty warriors, last week the xbox360 actually beat the ps3 in japan, but i can't see the ps3 continuing the big sales unfortunately has much as i would like to see it selling, no the xbox360 it's going to do worse than sony, the wii and ds are the winners by a mile in japan and with rumours circlulating that a new ds is on it's way.
posted 6:59am EST - November 17th, 2007
3
Old news and why is it no1 this week in japan dinasty warriors, last week the xbox360 actually beat the ps3 in japan, but i can't see the ps3 continuing the big sales unfortunately has much as i would like to see it selling, no the xbox360 it's going to do worse than sony, the wii and ds are the winners by a mile in japan and with rumours circlulating that a new ds is on it's way.
posted 6:59am EST - November 17th, 2007
4
Old news and why is it no1 this week in japan dinasty warriors, last week the xbox360 actually beat the ps3 in japan, but i can't see the ps3 continuing the big sales unfortunately has much as i would like to see it selling, no the xbox360 it's going to do worse than sony, the wii and ds are the winners by a mile in japan and with rumours circlulating that a new ds is on it's way.
posted 7:04am EST - November 17th, 2007
5
oh yeah! woohoo and those dumb sales forcasters said that ps3's sales will only go down see? never listen to the nobody can predict whats gonna happen in the future, the very fabric of the market can change in a matter of days, ahh yes the 360's losing ground in the conslole wars and the more you hear of it the funnier it gets. woohoo!
posted 7:09am EST - November 17th, 2007
6

xbox have to cut the price to 50$

posted 7:25am EST - November 17th, 2007
7

all i can say is loooooooooooool xbox and WII got smoked

posted 8:59am EST - November 17th, 2007
8
lol @4. the japanese wouldn't take a 360 if it was free. neither would i, its just gonna break lol. whooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!
posted 9:03am EST - November 17th, 2007
9

hahahahahaha.....thats funny the ps2 is selling more then the 360. ps3 sales wont stop for a long time.

posted 9:14am EST - November 17th, 2007
10
@ leeman99 ... i too doubt ps3 will maintain these sales rates. with japan getting gt5 prologue in 2 weeks as well as time crisis 4 at the end of december, then dmc 4 in january, their sales rates will get better.
posted 10:03am EST - November 17th, 2007
11

This is funny. Japaneses know about electronics. If they don't buy the XBox that must be because it realy sucks!! hahaha

I hope this sales boost it's becasue of former PS2 owners that were just wating for a price cut or good games. I think thst there are a lot  of those. 2008 will be the year of the PS3 with titles like MGS4, FF, Little Big Planet, KZ2 and Home, the PS3 will see a big, big leap in sales. The Console Queen will show her crown!!

posted 10:27am EST - November 17th, 2007
12

psn id: gingo... wow this is the first time in like ever that ps3 has outsold the wii this is unbelievable news

posted 11:21am EST - November 17th, 2007
13

Another word: Owned!

posted 11:42am EST - November 17th, 2007
14

I hope that this keeps up for the next 10 years

posted 1:39pm EST - November 17th, 2007
15

I'm waiting on my PS3 Rumble Controller (white). It's being shipped. When i paid for it, it was $59.99, Now on the same site it went up to $89.99 and is on sale for $79.99. Freakin $20-$30 more.

 

Anywho, to all of you people out there. Merry Thanksgiving and Happy Christmas

posted 1:46pm EST - November 17th, 2007
16

Sadly it wont. I think things will look better from now on for the PS3 but come on it's not gonna out sell the Wii constantly for another year and a half and then it will take like another year for it to catch up in sales IF it ever does. I really wonder how long people will buy into the Wii and how long will it take Nintendo to make another console. A true next gen one with the same controls. I don't like the Wii because it's not winning because it's the best system with the best games but because everyone is so badly informed about the PS3 and 360.

posted 3:33pm EST - November 17th, 2007
17

Things can only get better from here. Final Fantasy is getting closer. So is MGS4. Rumble's out. The price is lower. Everything is just gravy for the PS3 right now. This is FINALLY the PS3's time to shine. Of course, Sony will NEVER be able to replicate the success of the PS2. Microsoft's 12 month head-start made sure of that but I think the PS3 will finally show that the system is far from over and will be a major player over the coming months. Now that both Mario and Halo 3 have dropped the other systems don't have much left in the way of AAA big titles. Meanwhile we have Killzone 2, MGS4, Final Fantasy XIII, LittleBigPlanet, SingStar, Home, White Knight Story, and Gran Turismo 5.

posted 4:03pm EST - November 17th, 2007
18

Heeeeel ya!

posted 5:11pm EST - November 17th, 2007
19
cmon everyone in japan owns a wii so thats y....
posted 5:22pm EST - November 17th, 2007
20

Yesssss.Great timing for Sony. Price drop, rumble finally available and killer apps around the corner.I mean Sony has striked hard this time.Hope this will keep up for a very long time.I am really anxious to see the how things will turn out next week.

posted 5:37pm EST - November 17th, 2007
21

This is [i]Japan[/i].  There has only been once incident where the PS3 was outsold by the Xbox 360, and that was by an extremely small margin.  The PS3 has been, for the most part, dominating the Xbox 360 there.  If this was in Europe or North America then I would be impressed.

posted 5:46pm EST - November 17th, 2007
22

shame on Xbox

posted 6:19pm EST - November 17th, 2007
23

Sweet! More PS3s mean more happy customers and hopefully more hd movie sales

posted 6:30pm EST - November 17th, 2007
24

Why aint the title PS3 outsales Wii ???

 

posted 6:35pm EST - November 17th, 2007
25

Nobody can even hope to beat the DS in Japan,ppl are addicted to it.But i just hope the ps3 addiction is not short lived.

posted 8:52pm EST - November 17th, 2007
26
ps3 10 xbox350 1 ooohhhhhhh yyyaaaahhhhhhhh
posted 9:26pm EST - November 17th, 2007
27

The rates will get farther better then this, but it has to surpass both the DS and Wii continuously.

posted 9:59pm EST - November 17th, 2007
28

i love it the ps3 sold 50,000 more than the 360 lol great for sonY  

psn id J08hawks

posted 7:13am EST - November 18th, 2007
29

yup..as someone said..once halo is out..360 is going downhill

posted 8:12am EST - November 18th, 2007
30

another stat this should have mentioned is that for 5 weeks straight the ps3 has outsold the 360 everywhere except america. thats not including of course the one week in japan when ac6 was released and the 360 sold like 18,000 units barely overtaking the PS3 but all in all the ps3 is in perfect shape.

posted 10:10am EST - November 18th, 2007
31

Hahahaha The Ps3 it winning both console on Japan. Now, the that happen on US I'm going to be even more happy maybe this christmas.

posted 4:34pm EST - November 18th, 2007
32

Of course it outsold the 360 in Japan. I don't know if you've noticed, but the Japanese usually refuse to buy anything that isn't Japanese, and always have.

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