Much like yours truly working the Destructoid morning shift, the PlayStation 3 is proving to be a slow starter when it comes to sales.
According to Japanese publisher Enterbrain, the PS3 is slowly but surely closing the gap, coming up behind the Nintendo Wii in monthly sales. Sure, the Wii is outsellling the PS3 two-to-one, but back in June the ratio was more like six-to-one. This makes the fourth month in a row where the PS3 has increased in sales.
For the month ending October 28th, the PS3 moved 47,183 in Japan. Nintendo sold 110,415 Wii units in that same time, while Microsoft's Xbox360 sold 18,717 units.
Next-Gen attributes the PS3 sales increase to recent price drops and a better list of titles. We would agree. Japanese gamers were smart enough to wait for the inevitable drops, and we're willing to guess that sales will continue to increase as Sony releases more titles in 2008.
Dale North is Destructoid's Editor-In-Chief, a founding editor, and specialist in Japanese gaming. An accomplished musician, Dale was reporting from Japan during the earthquakes of 2011. Luckily, he got the fuck out alive and is home in America now with his wife and beloved corgi, Einstein. Dale is also a co-founder of Destructoid's sister anime site
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12:56 PM on 11.02.2007
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While I still cling to remnants of disdain lingering from that extended period where sony did nothing but fuck up royally and constantly, this is probably a good thing in the long term. Eventually, the ps3 will probably be worth buying, if only for team ico's next game, and I'd like them to still have some developer support at that stage.
*waves*
THANKS AGAIN!
OK, I just need sleep.
Sony having a strong history in JP. the 360 designed its system almost with JP ppl in mind as its target, ..only to have still fail there.
Maybe when 'FPSbox 360" has a system seller that isnt yet another first person shooter, they will finally sell in JP to a better degree. Blue Dragon was a nice start, to bad it was such a shitty game.
This is very premature anyway. Call me back when the sales for Mario Galaxy, Smash Bros Brawl and Mario Kart are out and shifting.
If the PS3 was doing well, we certainly wouldn't be seeing a $400 PS3 within it's first year after launch.
The funny thing is that the PS3 nuts somehow think they've won something. Admittedly, the Wii is slowing down in Japan. No question. But the PS3 isn't exactly setting a fire if you know what I mean. In the end, I want their sales to be closer because then we as consumers will benefit. Buck is right. Its only because of Sonys struggle that the PS3 is within $100 of being affordable.
Either way, kudos to Sony.
:P
"Forget the ps3, i shall take him."
*blah blah ps3 sux*
Why people obsess over who "wins" is beyond me. These are game machines, not sport teams.
since the japanese are used to deflation, they just waited until it got cheaper!!!
Maybe the whole bad marketing scheme of sony is actually a good one! They wann make early adopters feel real cool so they can say that they are truly hardcore! while all other who are just buying their ps3 now are only a bunch of lamos!
i am getting one soon
I think of each month's figures as a lap in a race. The lead before this lap was nintendo's, and now after this lap, that lead has gotten LARGER. Until Sony's lap time beats Nintendo's, they will not be "closing in".