Last year, the Wii made headlines for its trouncing of the PlayStation 3, when Nintendo's console was outselling its current-gen competition from Sony in Japan. But 2009 has started to work out a little differently.

For the past two months, Sony's PlayStation 3 has outsold the Wii. It hasn't outsold it by the impressive margins that Nintendo was doing in Japan, when it was selling six Wiis for every PS3 sold, but Sony's higher priced platform is currently holding its own. Since the Wii got so much press for its massive sales in 2008, we'd expect that Sony is enjoying its time in the sun.

In February, the PS3 managed to sell approximately 87,000 units, according to Media Create. That's enough to put it past the Wii, which sold about 76,000 units. In March, however, Sony's lead grew, with PS3 sales reaching 116,000, Wii sales declining to less than 70,000.

That change can likely be chalked up to the PlayStation 3's recent lineup in Japan, which include Yakuza 3, Resident Evil 5 and Musou Orochi Z. The Wii, on the other hand, is suffering through a bit of a software slump, surviving on GameCube to Wii remakes and evergreen titles like Wii Fit and Mario Kart Wii.

Obviously, those numbers are very different from sales in the U.S., which is a much bigger market. In February, the Wii moved about three times as many PS3s, according to the NPD Group.

Thats good for Sony Im going to see wat VGC has it for the wii and ps3 in japan for those 2 mounths

If you post an article, at least mention the source.

ps3 could win again next month.

oh dear i spelled month wrong as for the source the post i gave clearly say Media Create but here the link for you OPEN ME

yeah i now it has that FF bundle but i dont now wat the wii has sw wise i think it has a big hitter for april aswell

This is it!! The year of the PS3!!

^ you diid lol, i thought it said mouth at first

The Wii is in trouble until Q3, so this is very old news. Everyone knows this will be the worst year of the Wii in Japan, considering no one, not even Nintendo is releasing new SW to manage a change.

Plus the Hardcore audience isnt present as there hasnt been any big hardcore game so far, so all the new IPs or small hardcore games tend to bomb terribly. Time for Nintendo to take a risk and release at least a new game, not releasing new games in a period of 7 - 8 months is very bad. Trace Memory R isnt even considered a SW mover so, why release only that since last November? It's Aprol so far and there's nothing planned until the 26th of May with another small niche insignificant unhyped game like Takt of Magic.

And third parties are taking a dump on the Wi lately. It's been all ports, remakes, casual stuff or new small IP's, that won't sell because of the lack of a core fanbase. It's mainly Nintendo's duty to incentive core gamers into buying a Wii. But they don't seem to care atm. Hope this doesnt translate to the rest of the World.

It's not that the PS3 is selling that great it's the fact that the Wii is selling incredibly poor in Japan. Nintendo hasn't delivered a single game worth making headlines since Mario Kart. Lucky for Nintendo Monster Hunter 3 & G are on the way.

yeah im always anxious to post threads i usaully do i check b4 i hit the post button but not this time but you also spelled did wrong he he