Wii Japanese Lead Shrinking

[HardOCP News]

This article states that Sony is closing the gap between the PS3 and the Wii from 6 to 1 in June to a 2 to 1 ratio this month. Compared to six months ago, PS3 sales are up from 42,000 to 47,000. In the same time frame, Wii sales dropped from 270,000 down to 110,000.

For four consecutive months, the PlayStation 3 has been catching up with the Nintendo Wii in Japan, according to game magazine publisher Enterbrain. While the Wii still outsold the PS3 2-to-1 in October (110,415 vs. 47,183), monthly sales of PS3 units continue to rise notably, up from a 6-to-1 ratio in Japan in June.

 

[WtBadAss]

the story shouldn't be about the PS3 is catching up, it should be titled "the Wii sales are slowing down". I guess they already sold everyone in Japan a Wii

 

[Trepidati0n]

the story shouldn't be about the PS3 is catching up, it should be titled "the Wii sales are slowing down". I guess they already sold everyone in Japan a Wii

Maybe there will be enough to put some on US shelves then.

 

[Deliximus]

lol. probably!

but considering the 120million + in japan, hmmm.....

but a lot Wiis are just sitting around.

 

[NeoGohan]

didn't they take a bunch of Wii units from japan and sell them in the U.S.? Maybe that's why PS3 has been catching up. If U.S. is still lacking enough Wiis to sell, then Japan must be in a drought for them.

 

[Elios]

it not so much PS3 selling more as the Wii running out of people to buy it >.>
oh well Nintendo will just make a new color Wii and sales will pick up just like the DS
i swear they eat DS' in japan they sell so many

 

[GQCarrick]

What they need to do is get some more excellent Wii titles out and SOON, that will sure help boost sales back up.

 

[gibber]

the story shouldn't be about the PS3 is catching up, it should be titled "the Wii sales are slowing down". I guess they already sold everyone in Japan a Wii

But... PS3 sales "continue to rise"; that has to be a good sign for Sony. BlueRay would clearly win, if they would only lower prices to at least the level of HD-DVD (players and movies).

With HD-DVD players recently as inexpensive as $99 I don't know whether to see that as a sign of HD-DVD winning, or a last ditch desperation move?

 

[Manaknight]

What they need to do is get some more excellent Wii titles out and SOON, that will sure help boost sales back up.

i think this is one of the biggest issues, as a party system alot of the current "hot" titles are those games you can play at a friends house any time you want... they need more gameplay experiences. considering with ubisoft...what maybe 1 out of 40 games they put out is actually good and they seem to be the only ones producing anything. it's like they only make good games by accident.

While it is true most of their potential audience in Japan already has a wii now, the lack of quality titles is going to hurt them as gamers look toward other systems to fill that void....hell i bought a 360 because of it.

 

[Lazybones]

Need SmashBrothers and Mario , that should help things..

On the PS3 side they need to stop pushing back Metal Gear, it is basically THE reason many people purchased a PS3.

 

[RoffleCopter]

Maybe all the Japanese already have one and the sales are only them buying extra units

While I still can't find any stateside