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Media Create numbers say that Xbox 360 did not outsell Wii photo

Yesterday we said that the Xbox 360 managed to outsell the Wii last week, September 8-14, in Japan. Media Create begs to differ, although the race is close either way.

When most of the gaming press reports on Japanese sales, they use the Media Create numbers. Jim's report yesterday comes from Famitsu's numbers, gathered by parent company Enterbrain.

Media Create says that Wii moved 29,686 units sold, followed by Xbox 360 with 28,188. Not that it matters that much who outsold who. The real news is that the recent releases of role-playing games, alongside price drops, has brought about new console sales for Microsoft.

In the end, regardless of who you believe, all of the console sales continue to pale to the DS's sales in Japan, with this week's numbers coming out to about twice the Wii or Xbox 360.

[Via Edge]


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Blind assassin's Avatar
Blind assassin at 09/19/2008 11:04
The title there sounds like a conspiracy theory if you don't read it closely enough.
pseudo hero's Avatar
pseudo hero at 09/19/2008 11:09
Who cares? As long as 360 sold more than 100 systems any week in Japan it should be considered a landmark for a western company.
Steel Squirrel's Avatar
Steel Squirrel at 09/19/2008 11:10
Either way, I still think its a good sign for Microsoft in Japan.

Hopefully Dragon Quest IX gets made and put on the 360 as well. That would be a doozy. Did Sony purchase Level-5 btw? Just curious...
Dale North's Avatar
Dale North at 09/19/2008 11:27
Steel Squirrel - exactly. it's a great sign for MS. and with this, more good "japanese" titles are sure to come
Xbudz's Avatar
Xbudz at 09/19/2008 11:36
All this does is confirm to Microsoft that they should NEVER give up. Keep on getting awesome JRPGs.
akathatoneguy's Avatar
akathatoneguy at 09/19/2008 11:50
Keep on getting awesome JRPGs? Isn't there only one awesome JRPG for the 360, along with a dozen mediocre ones?
Holyetheline's Avatar
Holyetheline at 09/19/2008 12:07
Either way MS is kicking some ass recently.
GeneralWong's Avatar
GeneralWong at 09/19/2008 12:54
Thats some of the worst Photoshopping I have ever seen!

PS - Wow MS sell well in Japan, what did they do? Make the controller 4x's smaller and add some rubbish JRPG's... oh wait...
Sharpless's Avatar
Sharpless at 09/19/2008 14:58
So, what you're saying is that Jim's a ponce?
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capitan at 09/19/2008 23:15
the 360 still has a long way to go to make a mark in the japanese game industry. just because 1 game sells fairly well and increases demand it doesn't mean that the console is better in anyway. a good example of this was tales of symphonia. they put it on the gamecube, but not a lot of people bought it until they ported it over to the ps2.
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