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A Million PS3s Sold in Japan
Reuters is reporting that the PlayStation 3 has reached 1 million units sold in Japan. The article notes that the eight months the console took to reach this mark is roughly four times slower than it took the Wii. Of course, the 360 has only managed to eek out 420,705 units sold in a much longer timespan. To put things in perspective, an aging news report suggests that the PlayStation 2 sold 1 million units the first weekend it was released in Japan. Even the Wii didn't hit that, though that may have been an issue of supply rather than demand. Do you think there is a specific reason the PS3 isn't selling as well as the PlayStation 2 did, or is the market just a different place than it was 7 years ago?
Could somebody please explain to me why the Official Slashdot Groupthink(tm) hates the PS3 and loves the Wii? Could somebody please explain to me why the Official Slashdot Groupthink(tm) even cares about how many units sold? How is this "Stuff that matters" to anybody other than high level Sony and Nintendo executives?
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