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?

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People aren't making enough to spend enough....

[madhatter256]

The PS3 is more expensive than the PS2 when it first came out. People in Japan and US aren't making enough money to spend on luxury entertainment items. That's why people aren't picking up the PS3 as fast as the PS2 back when it came out.

The Wii is cheap and fun, that's why it is the number one selling Next Gen console in Japan.