PS3 leads Japanese home console sales

***wraggster*** · April 14th, 2009, 22:14

he Nintendo DS platform has lead the Japanese hardware sales chart for the week ended April 5, according to data provided by Media Create, which saw the PlayStation 3 overtake the Wii as the top selling home console.

DSi sales topped the list at 53,680 units, which combined with DS Lite sales of 8729 to hit a total of 62,409 units.

Sony's PlayStation Portable followed at 48,118 units, while the PlayStation 3 overtook the Wii to become the region's top-selling home console at 20,362 units, confirming earlier reports.

Nintendo's Wii came in at 15,525 units, ahead of the Xbox 360 at 7812 units and PlayStation 2 at 5394.

Nintendo DS: 62,409
PlayStation Portable: 48,118
PlayStation 3: 20,362
Nintendo Wii: 15,525
Xbox 360: 7812
PlayStation 2: 5394

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...-console-sales

**Emulation_Chief** · April 15th, 2009, 20:19

Hello:

Although now Sony's PS3 future appears to look bright, you could see a decrease in purchases compared to past months, and even last year. DS is still the king. But you could look on past numbers, the sales are decreasing. 100,000 compared to 62,000. Even Wii's future is declining. On past months you could saw sales of 70,000. Now are 15,000.

Let's see if this year, Sony's game lineup can do the wonder and put the PS3 in a better position than it was last year.