PS3 tops Wii sales in Japan

For the first time since the seventh generation series of video game system, the Playstation 3 has surpassed Nintendo’s Wii in Japan in sales. Over the past month of November, the PS3 has sold more then 183,000 consoles in Japan, compared to about 159,000 for the Wii. This is a major coup for Sony, which over the past year has been seriously lagging in sales in the two biggest video game markets, Japan and the United States. But with the release of a lower gigabyte $400 console, Sony’s PS3 sales have dramatically increased over the past month and a half.

It seems to me that this is a major change in the gaming market; just a few months ago, the Wii’s lead in Japan over the XBox 360 and Playstation 3 seemed insurmountable. But this month is different. Now that the PS3 has been reduced to a reseaonable price, sales hae taken a major upturn.

Don’t have much time to write at the moment, my apologies-but you can read more about this here: http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTKV00289720071130?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0. Kolametal, signing off.