It seems MS held back alot of supply for this week, hence the low sales last week and high sales this week.

Anyway

I wonder how much cheaper X360 is in comparison to the Wii in regards to Japan market?

Surprising to see X360 finish ahead of Wii in weekly console sales in Japan.

come on, nobody expects the 360 to continue these sales but it is a good sign. Japanese gamers should be quite happy with IU, ToV, Lost Odyssey, Ace Combat and Blue Dragon already be available. Last Remnant and Star Ocean is still to come.

But PS3 again with 8k units. PS3 is dead in Japan confirmed :D

Btw. MS owns the IU IP, which could be quite important in the future.

What do you think would happen if MS buys Square Enix?

I thought Wii was 29k last week on Famitsu.... it was 24K the week before (and MC was 36K!) then MC went down a tad, but Famitsu came up to 29k.

Very interesting to see an American console lead the pack for a change in Japan. The question is moreso what does Sony do if they lose the Japan HD market to Microsoft? Then they won't have control in any region. Do they make a PS3 version of the "arcade" model and strip out the Blu Ray and release a cheaper unit?

As much as I would love to see that happen... it won't. The PS3 has done far better than 28,000k a week before with a much larger price range and much smaller library.

Alot of you guys are getting far to ahead of yourselves, getting caught up in the hype.

It's unfortunate that this sales spike will be short lived because Microsoft deserves more for leading the Japanese market in terms of effort. But I reckon than when LBP and WKC is released in Japan, the PS3 sales will easily spike higher than 28k without a price cut. It's the sad truth.

EDIT: Sony doesn't have control in any region, the Wii is the one in control now. Regardless, the 360 cannot stop the PS3 in Europe and Japan.

Microsoft is battling Sony and the price cut is their weapon

Very nice Week for MS

nice for th x 360 this the first time ever that she outsell the wii

The 360 is a unstopable beast!!!

Not bad. I didn't expect that. Now, let's see if it can actually sustain this for more than two weeks.