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Wii Tops 9 Million, PS3 4 Million LTD In Japan
by Leigh Alexander [PC, Console/PC]
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December 16, 2009
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As of December 13, the Wii has sold more than nine million units in Japan, while the PlayStation 3 has topped four million.
The precise figures from Famitsu publisher Enterbrain, as translated by consumer weblog Kotaku, are 9,048,012 units for Wii and 4,020,563 units for PlayStation 3.
On the Wii front, that means a little fewer than 2 million units sold in 2009; as of December last year, Nintendo's console had sold 7.5 million units. However, the recently-launched New Super Mario Bros Wii has sold 1.4 million copies in the territory in its first 11 days.
As the fastest-selling Wii title to date, NSMB Wii has also driven hardware sales, boosting the console up as much as 128 percent in recent weeks.
As for the PS3, it's seen a significant surge, doubtless due at least in part to its major price cut this year. Between December 2008 and 2009, the console leapt from 2.6 million sold in Japan to the 4 million figure revealed today.
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It's definitely worth knowing that the other consoles are doing well too, especially on the global scale.
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=22986
WII 8,898,402
PS3 3,964,279
360 1,176,694
The 360 has already sold over twice what the original XBOX sold in Japan, which was about 470,000.
The PS3 on the other hand, has sold far less than the PS2 did, which currently stands at over 21,596,962
For November, the 360 and the PS3 sold nearly the same in the two countries combined:
Same four weeks. Nov. 2-29 in Japan (Media-Create) + Nov. 1-28 in the US (NPD):
TOTAL US JAPAN
PS3 879,400 = 710,400 (US) + 169,000 (Japan)
360 836,500 = 819,500 (US) + 17,000 (Japan)
"But then again, the US gave XBox360 way too much press about their November 2009 success with MW2."
You gotta be kidding me.
If America doesn't publicise American sales of the biggest selling video game in one month in the history of this country, what the heck is the American video game media supposed to trumpet then?
Japanese sales?
How many times have you seen US NPD sales trumpeted in the Japanese media?
If you find the record breaking sales of MW2 too painful to read, you of course could go read something else.
"For November, the 360 and the PS3 sold nearly the same in the two countries combined:
Same four weeks. Nov. 2-29 in Japan (Media-Create) + Nov. 1-28 in the US (NPD):
TOTAL US JAPAN
PS3 879,400 = 710,400 (US) + 169,000 (Japan)
360 836,500 = 819,500 (US) + 17,000 (Japan)"
It just supports the 360 isn't popular in Japan but sells in the US. Further, it shows how strongly the PS3 actually sells in comparison to the 360 in Japan.
"For November, the 360 and the PS3 sold nearly the same in the two countries combined:
Same four weeks. Nov. 2-29 in Japan (Media-Create) + Nov. 1-28 in the US (NPD):
TOTAL US JAPAN
PS3 879,400 = 710,400 (US) + 169,000 (Japan)
360 836,500 = 819,500 (US) + 17,000 (Japan)"
It just supports the 360 isn't popular in Japan but sells in the US. Further, it shows how strongly the PS3 actually sells in comparison to the 360 in Japan.
"For November, the 360 and the PS3 sold nearly the same in the two countries combined:
Same four weeks. Nov. 2-29 in Japan (Media-Create) + Nov. 1-28 in the US (NPD):
TOTAL US JAPAN
PS3 879,400 = 710,400 (US) + 169,000 (Japan)
360 836,500 = 819,500 (US) + 17,000 (Japan)"
It just supports the 360 isn't popular in Japan but sells in the US. Further, it shows how strongly the PS3 actually sells in comparison to the 360 in Japan.
"For November, the 360 and the PS3 sold nearly the same in the two countries combined:
Same four weeks. Nov. 2-29 in Japan (Media-Create) + Nov. 1-28 in the US (NPD):
TOTAL US JAPAN
PS3 879,400 = 710,400 (US) + 169,000 (Japan)
360 836,500 = 819,500 (US) + 17,000 (Japan)"
It just supports the 360 isn't popular in Japan but sells in the US. Further, it shows how strongly the PS3 actually sells in comparison to the 360 in Japan.
Thanks for the link. Although the 1 million was reported back in March, by now it's probably somewhere around 2-3 million (considering that the PS3 got a huge boost with its price cut, and it's more popular than XBox360 in Japan).
"It just supports the 360 isn't popular in Japan but sells in the US. Further, it shows how strongly the PS3 actually sells in comparison to the 360 in Japan."
Correct.
But it also shows that when all is said and done, the 360 and the PS3 are probably running very close to each other in worldwide sales right now.
Last gen, the PS2 sold as much as over 5 times as many units as the original XBOX did{PS2 140 milllion, XBOX 25 milllion}. So however you look at it, the XBOX has made great strides against the Playstation since the last generation.
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.phpstory=23539?story=25215#comment29
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" I remember when people said the PS3 "will have outsold the Wii in Japan for the whole year, with plenty of room to spare."
When did 2009 end on December 17th then?
You are declaring a Wii victory after NSMB has launched and even BEFORE the massive FF XIII launch?
Now why don't you wait till this week's PS3 sales figures come out next week eh?
As I understand it, FF XIII 250 GB "Lightning" PS3 bundles alone number to the tune of a massive 200,000 units in retail. We haven't even mentioned the normal 120 GB PS3 sales which from all accounts, went through the roof this today with the massive FF XIII launch.
Famitsu article on huge FF13 launch:
http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/1230592_1124.html
"FF XIII may do really well in Japan"
There is no "may" about it. FF X III will sell gangbusters.
"but I don't think it will push PS3 pass the Wii with plenty room to spare. "
Now why don't we just wait for next week's figures eh?
As at December 6, these were the Media Create LTD figures:
WII 1,419,425
PS3 1,341,811
The Wii was ahead by approx 80K, with their biggest game for the year already launched, and the PS3's biggest game by far since the PS3 was launched (FF X III), yet to come.
It will be close, but you can't declare the Wii has won, when the PS3's biggest game launch ever, had not even launched.
If FF XIII was exclusive to the PS3 I would say that the PS3 could overtake Wii sales easily (Maybe without the room to spare.) But FF went multiplatform and now it would be hard for the numbers not to split for PS3 and Xbox360 in Japan if the game plays well on both system. If there was a PS3 launch first for a week and then Xbox360 launch second then the odds would be greater for the PS3 still, but until the launch of the game it would be hard press the say that Japanese gamers would not split their differences between the two console that game is going to appear on, while the Wii keep its momentum for its sales (all be it diminished form last year sales comparisons)
"But it also shows that when all is said and done, the 360 and the PS3 are probably running very close to each other in worldwide sales right now.
Last gen, the PS2 sold as much as over 5 times as many units as the original XBOX did{PS2 140 milllion, XBOX 25 milllion}. So however you look at it, the XBOX has made great strides against the Playstation since the last generation."
The way you use those numbers is misleading. You compare numbers of the XBox on the market for 48 months (2001-2005) with the numbers of the PS2 on the market for 108 months now (2000-2009). In november 2005, when the XBox was taken from the market, the PS2 didn't had sold 140 mio. units, it was under 100 mio. units. Additionally to that, the 360 launched 12 months prior to the PS3 (just like the PS2 launched prior to the XBox). So a comparsion of the total numbers sold till the end of 2009 is difficult. It is much more useful to compare the numbers of the consoles sold month by month and year by year.
If you want to compare numbers in the way you try to do it, you have to compare the numbers of the previous generation 4 years after it's launch, cause we are now 4 years after the start of the current generation. Let us take the launch of the PS2 as an indicator, not the Dreamcast, cause the numbers of the DC were to small to make a big difference, the PS2 was worldwide available at the end of 2000.
At the end of 2004 the PS2 stood by around 80 million units and the Xbox by 20 million units, the GC sold another 20 million units at that point. This makes an installed user base of about 120 million units. The market share of the XBox was about 17%, while the market share of the PS2 was about 66%. These numbers don't change much in the following year, so at the end of the generation, the XBox stood at about 18% and the PS2 still stood at 66%.
It's now doubt, that the PS3 sells significantly worse then the PS2 or PS1, and MS could gain much market share from that, but not in the same way, the PS3 lost market share. After 4 years the XBox360 has a market share of about 27%, the PS3 has a market share of about 23%. So Sony lost 40 points market share and MS gained about 10 points in market share. In the end, this means, that MS got 25% of the market share Sony lost or to put it right, they didn't get the other 75% of the market share, that Sony lost.
So it is clear, that MS didn't made "great strides against Sony", but that Sony lost massively in terms of market share. In the end, MS sold around 25 million units of the XBox in 48 months and 35 million units of XBox360 in the same period. This is a 40% increase in sales, but not enough to be satisfied and surely not enough for a company like Microsoft, who was in the race to win. Now they are in the same position as in the last gen. They must fight with Sony not to be in the last place, just like they fought with Nintendo in the last generation.
@Anwar Wilkerson
Wasn't FF XIII PS3 exclusively in Japan and multiplatform only in the rest of the world?