Japan sales up!

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Gamerace on 19 February 2009

Looks like PS3 is about to eclipse Wii - at least for a few weeks.

Nintendo really made their first major misstep this gen with a near-copy of DS's Animal Crossing and Wii Music. Obviously they are not the strong sellers Nintendo was counting on and Wii Fit/Sports/Mario Kart is no longer pushing sales significantly.

Hope they have something really good up their sleeve for '09.

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Gilgamesh on 19 February 2009

Woohoo great PS3 sales!

should hit 3 million, after the first week of march

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atma998 on 19 February 2009

samus aran rules said:

Soriku said:

famousringo said:
Wii is now losing ground to the HD consoles in Japan, the region they are most dominant in. Are they going to cut price or ride it out in the hopes that new software stimulates demand?

A cut would be justified. Just brings the price in line with currency changes, right? ;P

I hope there's MH3 and/or Wii Sports Resort bundles X_X Both would be great. A casual bundle and a core bundle. How can that go wrong?

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That would work magic on hardware sales in the land of the rising sun.

Monster Hunter will do the job! No price cut is needed in Japan.

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FastFord58 on 19 February 2009

360 lol. Keep on truckin!

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FreeTalkLive on 19 February 2009

Gamerace said:
Looks like PS3 is about to eclipse Wii - at least for a few weeks.

Nintendo really made their first major misstep this gen with a near-copy of DS's Animal Crossing and Wii Music. Obviously they are not the strong sellers Nintendo was counting on and Wii Fit/Sports/Mario Kart is no longer pushing sales significantly.

Hope they have something really good up their sleeve for '09.

Does Animal Crossing Wii have better sales than any PS3 game in Japan?

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HALOOOOOOOO on 19 February 2009

Wow, just one console away.

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saxophonehero on 19 February 2009

wii outsells the PS3 by the skin of its lips

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ksv on 19 February 2009

Wii is really losing momentum in Japan. They're going to need to do something soon, churning out gamecube ports with Wii controls isn't gonna do the trick.

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FaRmLaNd on 19 February 2009

Time for some new colours Nintendo.

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Alby_da_Wolf on 19 February 2009

Decent satisfactions for PS3 in Japan
Decent satisfactions for XB360 WW
A little disappointment in Japan and the usual big satisfaction WW for Wii
Each one has something to celebrate, even more considering that we are in a dead period and in the middle of a crisis.

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