When People post on the" PS3 beating the Wii in Japan"...

[Grey Acumen]

I understand the whole issue here. and I agree. It's nice to see the PS3 manage to garner at least a little good news in its direction.

but i do have a few problems in the way this news is being touted.

TURNAROUND has been a word constantly tossed around here, and there is a very specific implication to that, meaning a point at which we stop going in one direction, turn and then go in another direction.

For this to be the case for the PS3, you would need the PS3 to continue selling better than the Wii from now on. 3 - 4 weeks is well and good, but it has not yet been established if this will remain the case, seeing as how the amount it outsells the Wii by decreases every week.

On top of this is the limit of the scope by which you are establishing a turnaround. This is all based purely on Japan, and not inclusive of any other region, in all of which the Wii is still soundly tromping the PS3.

I do not dismiss this as an accomplishment for the PS3, but rather, I find issue to be taken with the expectations you are implying, whether intentional or not, that this accomplishment has. Rather that a turnaround, I consider this to be more of PS3 finally managing to gain some purchase.