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ethomaz on 27 August 2010
Japanese hardware charts – PS3 closes on Wii’s year-to-date total

August 27th, 2010 @ 13:24 By Patrick Garratt

Keep watching. If current trends continue, PS3 is about to become to biggest selling under-TV console in Japan so far this year. 

Following a strong turn by PS3 in Japan last week, the Sony machine now looks set to move passed Wii’s Japanese total for the year in September: PS3 has now sold 949,907 in Japan in 2010 compared to Wii’s 968,413.

PS3 sold just under 30,000 in the country last week, while PSP scooped 27k’s worth of sales.

DS was the overall weekly winner again, with over 45,000 units moved.

Get the full list for the week ending August 22 below. Last week’s data is here.

Japanese hardware, August 16-22 (combined SKUs):

  • DS – 45,221
  • PSP – 28,185
  • PS3 – 29,433
  • Wii – 18,185
  • Xbox 360 – 3,842
  • PS2 – 1,366

    • Japanese hardware, August 16-22 (separate SKUs):

  • PS3 – 29,433
  • PSP – 27,554
  • DSi LL – 21,179
  • DSi – 20,030
  • Wii – 18,145
  • DS Lite – 4,012
  • Xbox 360 – 3,842
  • PS2 – 1,366
  • PSPgo – 631

    • Japanese hardware, year-to-date:

  • DS – 1,517,784
  • PSP – 1,329,664
  • Wii – 968,413
  • PS3 – 949,907
  • Xbox 360 – 145,124
  • PS2 – 55,921

    • Japanese hardware, year-to-date (click for bigger image):

    Source: http://www.vg247.com/2010/08/27/japanese-hardware-charts-ps3-closes-on-wiis-year-to-date-total/

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    Just a little for PS3 surpass Wii in Japan this year.

    And still Move and GT5 is coming...



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    ethomaz on 27 August 2010

    And VGC 2010 Japan number...

    Console Wii PS3 X360 PSP DS
    Japan 944,912 942,169 146,132 1,347,420 1,544,446

    Updated numbers.



    MrT-Tar on 27 August 2010

    I'm loving the embedded image




    darthdevidem01 on 27 August 2010
    MrT-Tar said:

    I'm loving the embedded image

    Why?

    _________

    GO PS3!



    All hail the KING, Andrespetmonkey

    ethomaz on 27 August 2010

    @darth girls I guess.



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    jarrod on 27 August 2010

    Time for NSMBWii2!



    darthdevidem01 on 27 August 2010
    jarrod said:

    Time for NSMBWii2!

    lawl lawl

    How would that bring in a new audience



    All hail the KING, Andrespetmonkey

    jarrod on 27 August 2010
    darthdevidem01 said:
    jarrod said:

    Time for NSMBWii2!

    lawl lawl

    How would that bring in a new audience

    Okay, time for DQX! :P

     

    Actually, how are Wii and PS3 comparing for software ytd in Japan?  PS3's gotten way more releases this year, but it seems like the higher end Wii games (Galaxy 2, Wii Party,NSMB Wii) still sell enough to likely make up that difference?



    darthdevidem01 on 27 August 2010
    jarrod said:
    darthdevidem01 said:
    jarrod said:

    Time for NSMBWii2!

    lawl lawl

    How would that bring in a new audience

    Okay, time for DQX! :P

     

    Actually, how are Wii and PS3 comparing for software ytd in Japan?  PS3's gotten way more releases this year, but it seems like the higher end Wii games (Galaxy 2, Wii Party,NSMB Wii) still sell enough to likely make up that difference?

    I don#t know about SW YTD, your the Japanese expert here Jarrod.

    And yeah DQX will help a lot, unless we see the heavily rumoured 3DS version of DQX....



    All hail the KING, Andrespetmonkey

    jarrod on 27 August 2010
    darthdevidem01 said:
    jarrod said:
    darthdevidem01 said:
    jarrod said:

    Time for NSMBWii2!

    lawl lawl

    How would that bring in a new audience

    Okay, time for DQX! :P

     

    Actually, how are Wii and PS3 comparing for software ytd in Japan?  PS3's gotten way more releases this year, but it seems like the higher end Wii games (Galaxy 2, Wii Party,NSMB Wii) still sell enough to likely make up that difference?

    I don#t know about SW YTD, your the Japanese expert here Jarrod.

    And yeah DQX will help a lot, unless we see the heavily rumoured 3DS version of DQX....

    No, Hori recently confirmed it was a Wii game still, and was coming "sooner than you think" or something.  3DS is definitely going to get DQXI though imo.