Wii numbers are much lower than I would expect for the console in Japan. Sure following the DQX announcement it went over the 100,000 plus mark for awhile as expected and It will probably be back over 100,000 a week when Monster Hunter G is released with its new classic controller, etc. However, in a normal week, last week, according to the new numbers put up in the Famitsu thread here today, we see the Wii only beating the PS3 by 15,000 units (less than the number that the PS3 outsold the 360 by), and I think it is because the Japanese, being more discerning in their gaming palates than senior citizens in the West that buy a Wii because their local news show says Wii Fit is a good thing for them to get moderate exercise with, do know that there are some shortcomings in the Wii's software library that is keeping it from getting mega numbers. If the PS3 is getting 30,000 sales a week and the Wii is getting less than 45,000 sales a week there, then I think there is more of a competition between the two than Nintendo, Nintendo fans, and the PS3 is deadz, crowd might be willing to admit.
Heavens to Murgatoids.
