Two of Microsoft’s main rivals won’t be pleased to hear that Sony’s PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii’s have already overtaken the total number of Xbox 360 sales in Japan, this despite the former’s extreme launch shortages and being on sale for only one month.
The Xbox 360 has sold fewer than 180,000 units over the last year, 10,000 less than the PlayStation 3. Both, however, pale in contrast to the immensely popular Nintendo Wii, which sold nearly 400,000 units.
To put that into perspective, the Xbox 360 has sold less than 5% of its North America total amounting to 3.8 million as of December 7th 2006. It’s true the Japanese gaming public are not that keen on the Xbox brand, but it’s looks like the Xbox 360 doesn’t stand a chance (and maybe never will be) in the world’s second largest video game market.
Even the PlayStation Portable (PSP) has sold more than Microsoft’s console…
The top ten consoles in Japan. Figures in brackets are the total worldwide sales.
1 Nintendo Wii - 350,358 (350,358)
2 Nintendo DS Lite - 176,901 (6,132,183)
3 Sony PlayStation 3 - 31,436 (187,836)
4 Sony PlayStation Portable - 23,917 (4,246,974)
5 Sony PlayStation 2 - 23,115 (20,002,291)
6 Microsoft Xbox 360 - 4,053 (178,069)
7 Nintendo Game Boy Advance SP - 1,572 (5,907,676)
8 Nintendo Game Boy Micro - 1,252 (552,408)
9 Nintendo GameCube - 821 (4,165,650)
10 Nintendo DS - 140 (6,581,548)
Hopefully, with the release of Blue Dragon this week in Japan, this could well be the time that decides whether the Xbox 360 will have a future in the Far East…
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Nintendo Wii says:
PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii more popular than Xbox 360 in Japan December 13th, 2006. Author walking leaf. Cats: Videogames, Features, Nintendo Wii… Original post bygamesblog
Dec 13, 2006, 2:34 am