First time PS3 outsells Nintendo in Japan

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009

For the first time PS3 video-game console outsold the Wii of Nintendo in Japan. This data has been revealed by market researcher Enterbrain Inc. It says that for the first time it had happened on a monthly basis in Japan in the month of September. This was the result of the earlier price cut.

According to the data from August 31 to September 27 there were 309,939 PS3s sold. This was a monthly record for the console in Japan. Enterbrain Inc., the Tokyo-based research firm said that Nintendo’s DS Lite and DSi handheld players sold a combined 297,060 units.

Sony had cut the price in Japan of PlayStation 3 on September 3 by 25%. After discount the price stands to 29,980 yen i.e. $335. Sony also introduced a model that of one- third size of the original and it consumes 34% less power.

A same type of price cut in the U.S. market helped the Tokyo-based company sell over one million units globally in just 3 weeks and it brought it closer to its annual sales target of thirteen million.

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Nintendo DS tops in August

Saturday, September 12th, 2009

The sales of video game for the month of August this year was down from the previous year. But not for all. The PlayStation 3 sales were considerably up from the month prior. It sold roughly the twice amount. Let us give a thank note to the mid-month price drop.

The data of NPD Group reveals that Sony sold 210,000 PlayStation 3s in the United States last month. There was a $100 drop that took an effect at some of the retailers as early as August 18th. It likely translated to a price conscious boost in sales.

Oh yes, the Xbox 360 sales also experienced a late August drop. It got a minor boost.

Nintendo DS sold over half a million units in the month of August. It was a DS Lite and DSi combined.

Below is the details:

o Nintendo DS - 552,900
o Wii - 277,400
o Xbox 360 - 215,400
o PlayStation 3 - 210,000
o PSP - 140,300
o PlayStation 2 - 105,900

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Nintendo sales up

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

In Japan the selling record was not so good for Nintendo because the PlayStation 3 solidly outsold the Nintendo Wii and also the PlayStation Portable overtook the Nintendo DS. But yes, the current situation for the Nintendo has been reversed. The Wii and DS is now becoming the best selling products in their categories.

The Nintendo DSi has been sold about 55,000 units in Japan from 27 April to 10 May and it was even the best selling videogame console.

There the PlayStation Portable was the 2nd with a sale unit of more than 43,000 units moved to gamers in the same period. The lead of Nintendo is even bigger because the Nintendo DS Lite has also moved some 7,821 units in the same period.

Sad story for the Wii and the PlayStation 3. They are no longer head to head. The Nintendo home console is up 24,397 units and the PlayStation 3 is only at 18,483. Xbox 360 has suffered the shame.

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