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Wii Outselling PS3 in Japan

Posted by Zonk on from the white-plastic-over-black-plastic dept.

saintory writes "Apparently the Japanese console consumers are sinking their teeth into the modest Wii and are not as interested in the power-packed PS3. In fact, the Wii is outselling Sony's new console by a factor of almost 2:1. The number of PS3s sold into the Japanese market (466,716) falls well short of the million Sony had planned for the end of 2006. 989,118 Wii consoles have been sold in Japan in the same time span. From the article: 'Both Sony and Nintendo are projecting selling 6 million consoles by the end of March. Sony expects to start shipping the PS3 to Europe sometime that month as well. Straggling far behind Sony and Nintendo in the Enterbrain survey was Microsoft's Xbox 360, which had sold 290,467 since its Japan debut in December 2005. Selling machines in large numbers is crucial in the gaming business because it encourages software companies to make more games to play on the machines, which in turn boosts console sales.'"

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  1. Causes: Price, Games by I'll+Provide+The+War · · Score: 5, Informative

    It is certainly no longer a supply issue as PS3s are sitting on shelves all over Japan.

    http://kotaku.com/gaming/top/ps3-sales-look-sluggi sh-in-japan-part-ii-226243.php

    http://kotaku.com/gaming/top/those-ps3s-sales-look -sluggish-in-japan-225907.php

  2. Re:newsflash cheaper things sell more than expensi by hal2814 · · Score: 4, Informative

    "Net income means jack shit. I don't care if you bring in 2 billion a year if your costs are 4 billion. If my costs are 50,000, and I bring in 75,000, guess what: I have a higher profit margin, which means I have MADE more money than you."

    In this case the net income of company A is -$2billion while the net income of company B is $25,000. Net income is very important. In fact, net income is probably more important than profit margin in this case. I think you need to s/Net/Gross/ for your statement to make sense.

  3. Re:This is news because... by wiggles · · Score: 5, Informative

    PS3's are not selling out any more.

    Evidence:
    http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/nikkei/nikkei-on-big- ds-and-wii-sales-slow-ps3-sales-226834.php
    http://www.unscripted360.com/2006/12/28/playstatio n-3-sitting-not-selling/
    http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/ps3/plenty-o-ps3s-but -no-takers-225271.php
    http://www.techimo.com/forum/t180097.html
    http://www.gamespot.com/news/6162141.html
    http://www.joystiq.com/2007/01/06/ps3-available-on -bestbuy-com-still/