Sony’s PlayStation 3 sold more units than Nintendo’s Wii in Japan for the first time this month, according to Britain’s The Times.
Sony sold 183,217 PS3s in the island nation in November, against sales of 159,193 for the Wii.
This is bad news for Nintendo, which has seen the Wii sell as many as six times as many units as the PS3 in recent months.
Analysts have argued that the Wii – a product largely constructed from of-the-shelf components – runs the risk of suffering a much shorter lifespan that the PS3, which is largely powered by expensively developed proprietary technology.
The Wii, which has been profitable from its very early sales, had been the run-away global leader in the $30 billion-a-year video games market. That feat was largely achieved through the Japanese group’s decision to underprice its rivals and target “non-core gamers”, such as older people and women.
Sales of the PS3 have been spurred by price drops, availability of new games, and the introduction of the 40 GB model.
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