Anyway, selling less than PS3 doens't really mean it has failed. The last generation Gamecube was miles away from the numbers of PlayStation 2, so at least the gap has closed down. In fact, i think Wii has already sold more than the Gamecube did all it's lifetime in Spain.

I was thinking the exact same thing! I was actually going to say that PS3 was probably winning in Greece too, before I saw this.

Yes bet sony would like to see the same in the US and other places in the longer term as we see in spain (2008 mabey ).
Chartz shows the PS3 is last to launch in spain and then takes the lead over the x360 in 6 months then takes the lead on the Wii after 10 months, and looking on track to stay that way for a while too.

What I hope to see is the PS3 loose to the Wii in spain because in my opinion Sony and the games developers are not exploiting the PS3's motion sensing properly (or the Wii's either for that matter) If sony deserve to beat the Wii it should be by doing everything better including motion use in games, it costs enough that buyers should expect this of the machine.
Ie Wii and Ps3 both have a bowling game and i dont think either is using the full motion sensing on either console the Ps3's has better graphics is all. The developers dont have a clue about motion sensing on either console.
If Sony and developers put in effort to better the PS3 vs Wii motion usage they deserve to lead if not i hope the Nintendo Wii should take the lead from Sony.!

Being a PS3 owner i am annoyed that in spite of the obvious capability of the sixaxis many Car games dont support that most basic of feature - motion steering and they wonder why attach rate is low.
I only buy games which have good motion support - so far thats Flow , Loco_roco, motorstorm , rub-a-dub , folklore (i havent tried lair ).

I hope when GT5 comes out without motion support the spanish revolt and make Sony refund the money they have wasted on their PS3's, and buy them Wii's instead.

Maybe the title of the post is right - the Wii is selling highly above than its competitors in Japan, North America, UK, France and Germany, which are the world's most important console markets. If the Wii cannot perform that well in Spain or Italy, then it can be viewed as a "failure", especially when we consider that the Wii was released in December 2006 at €250 and the PS3 was released in March 2007 at €600...

Anyway, Portugal's sales are included in the Spain figures? In that case, shouldn't the data say "Spain and Portugal"? Also, why not separate them? Or the figures are supplied to VGChartz added up? Most important point here is: if Portugal is included in those numbers, then there's no way that the Wii will outperform the PS3 in terms of commercial success.

I'm from Portugal and here games = PlayStation; this is Sonyland for the last 10 years, the PS1 was a smash, the PS2 was even bigger and according to Sony Portugal, the PS3 is performing even better than the PS2, a few months ago they claimed to have sold 40 000 PS3, against about 30 000 Wii and 15 000 XBox 360. By the Way, the PS2 numbers were at about 750 000, and if the PS3 is indeed selling at a higher rate...well, you can see where it goes.

The PlayStation brand is so embedded in the minds of the portuguese consumers that everyone uses the word "playstation" meaning "games machine", if a person goes to a shop to buy their kid a games machine, they will most likely buy one of the PlayStation brand (because the sales clerk will recommend either a PS2, a PSP or a PS3), the top selling game is ALWAYS the latest version of Pro Evolution Soccer and except for a few thousands of people, it's impossible to talk about a games' subculture here.

Naturally, most people buy crappy games without knowing what they're buying - but then again that doesn't really affect them because they have no criteria or any level for evaluating their purchases - for the average portuguese consumer, a game is good if it has portuguese football teams. And Nintendo is "for kids" - this is an unavoidable statement in Portugal, usually said by kids who are between 10 and 16 - Mario is "for kids", Zelda is "for kids", Metroid is "for kids", Wii is "for kids", DS is "for kids".

I'm an exception - I have all the Nintendo consoles that were released here, plus an american SNES and I do some import gaming - this means that not only I have access to a much better offer than what is seen in the portuguese shops, but I also pay much better prices than the shark-like prices that one can find in this country - most GBA games still cost around €50 in portuguese shops, and if you are lucky enough to find any GameCube titles (difficult, because the GC was discontinued in Portugal in about 2004), they still cost €60, even if they're from 2002.

 http://www.vandal.net/foro/50/450238/ventas-de-consolas-en-espana-mas-o-menos-vol4-by-woselwosel/

It can that is not a referring one, but this happens in ALL the stores that I have gone. In the forums, people also say that much is sold but the Wii that the PS3.

 Saludos

Spain Top10 (Week ending Dec 23)
1. More Brain Training with Dr Kawashima (NDS)
2. Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (NDS)
3. WWE Smackdown! vs Raw 2008 (PS2)
4. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (PS2)
5. Training for your Eyes (NDS)
6. Wii Play (Wii)
7. Mario Party DS (NDS)
8. Triiviial (Wii)
9. Imagina ser Mamá (NDS)
10. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (NDS)

No PS3/PSP game and Wii Play is 6th. What does that tell us?