Report: Wii Trounces PS3 in Japan
Date: Tuesday, October 02 @ 08:59:00 UTC
Topic: Off Topic
The Nintendo Wii manhandled the rival PlayStation 3 in Japan during the fiscal first half, according to Famitsu publisher Enterbrain.
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During the 26 weeks of the April-September period, Nintendo sold around 1.6 million Wiis, besting the more expensive PS3 by more than four to one, Reuters reported Monday.
The PS3, which launched around the same time as the Wii, sold 385,492 units during the same period.
A separate report from Thomson Financial cited another part of the Enterbrain survey that found that the similarly hot Nintendo DS handheld helped expand the Japanese videogame market 21.7 percent year-on-year to 292.8 billion yen during the fiscal half.
The DS sold nearly 3.5 million units in Japan during the period, while the PSP-1000 and PSP-2000 models sold just over 1 million combined.
Nintendo expects to ship 16.5 million Nintendo Wiis globally for its fiscal year ending March 2008.
Almost a year after the November 2006 launch of the Wii, demand remains high, with Nintendo struggling to keep up. Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime recently said that the company will definitely fall short of consumer demand during the busy holiday season.
News-Source: http://www.next-gen.biz
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