14 DAY TRIAL // Well what do you know? What seemed to be the laughing stock of this generation of hardware, the PlayStation 3 is beginning to show its teeth lately, having entered the second week of sales ruling in Japan. According to Next-Gen.biz "the latest hardware sales figures from Japan show that Sony's PlayStation 3 has dominated the home console market for a second consecutive week."
Famitsu says that the PlayStation 3 has shifted no more, no less than 53,000 units during the week ending November 18th, thanks to popular titles such as Shin Sangoku Musou 5 and Heavenly Sword, according to CVG. Comparing that to Nintendo's 36,000 Wii units sold, it is becoming clear that Sony's machine is beginning to appeal to Japan's gamers but also hardcore videophiles, since the more significant reduction in price combined with the arrival of solid titles and the continued offers of included Blu-ray movies.
What's strange though, is that Nintendo's Wii hasn't been able to rise above Sony's machine, despite having three games in the top ten of the Japanese software chart. Games such as Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles (over 83,000 copies sold to date) and Super Mario Galaxy didn't do much to help the Wii sell better. Naturally, there are more Wiis going around than PS3s these days, but hey, that doesn't mean that we can't say some good stuff about Sony's PS3 every once in a while.
As for the handheld market, Sony has done well there too, shifting a total of 66,000 PSPs, but not better than Nintendo this time, as the ever most popular dual-screened handheld has smashed its rival again, selling some 81,000 units, during the week ending November 18th.
The CVG report also informs on the PS2's current status, which is at 8,800 units sold in the upper mentioned time frame, much better than Microsoft's Xbox 360, which, although on the market for quite some time now, doesn't have an excuse for shipping no more than 5,000 units.