Wii outselling PS3 in Japan 5-to-1

Uhm. Is not Nintendo from Japan? Home turf is just an excuse.

@bhatiaa2 - What you fail to recognize is that this is sony's "home turf"... The fact the 360 is not selling in Japan is not news to anyone!

So the Wii its outselling the 360 25 to 1? given that comparisson the 6-1 doesnt look that big doesnt it?

I have a Wii, and honestly can't understand why casuals are so bonkers over this thing. If it wasn't for the VC and having people over I prob wouldn't turn it on. Sony is in big trouble, if this trend continues. Especially amid reports of the possibility of MGS4 going multi-plat, which will hurt sales here in the U.S. I've said it before...losing DQ may really hurt Sony in Japan.

nintendo owns japan. but sony will shorten the gap in the long run

Good for Nintendo. They deserve a break after the typecast fiasco of the GC. Sony brought this on themselves and should have made a far more accessible product for all.

I bet sony wish they havea time machine. They would have dropped the hole Blu-Ray drive for the PS3

man, things at Japan are expensive. Nintendo is doing the right thing, make affordable for the people

of course gamespot will only tell us in the title that wii is outselling PS3 where they could have easily said that the wii is outselling both consoles or that its outselling the xbox by an even bigger margin....jeez this is rediculous.

sony really needs a price drop...and soon

Nintendo are really dominating Japan and thats goood

wow im a 360 fan but I didnt think it would have gotten this bad for sony

Japan + Nintendo = $$$$$$$$$$$$$

Yet more reasons for releasing games on 360 and PS3 for 3rd party developers. Neither will have a big enough installed user base for exclusives to sell enough to recoup their cost and turn a profit. 360 DOES have a signficant worldwide lead, though, so exclusives their could likely sell much better than PS3 exclusives. As for the Wii ...... publishers better not screw this up. It needs more compelling software. Bad. I still can't convince myself to get one yet, but its obviously still a very hot product. With GOOD game development taking 2 years minimum, how long until we see such great software on Wii outside of the big N ... ?

"The only thing that is truly shocking to me is how well the DS is still selling." Handhelds are a whole different story from consoles. With consoles, generally it's limited to one per household, but with handhelds, potentially every member of the family could have one. Imagine a 3-child family, each with a DS of there own. I expect it's a very common occurance, and explains the DS's massive sales figures.

The only thing that is truly shocking to me is how well the DS is still selling.

Nooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is tough for sony... This kind of failure in the "home" market will not bode well for them. Lets see a price drop quickly and perhaps they can start to turn this around.

Wow, Japan sure does love it's Nintendo! Fun > Horsepower...

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