PS3 trails behind the Wii in Japan

Some 8 months after its launch, the PlayStation 3 (PS3) has finally reached 1 million units sold in Japan. However, this news is tempered by the fact that it still trails behind the Nintendo Wii’s substantial lead, selling more than double the number of PS3s.

Ever since it came out in November of last year, PS3 sales have been chronically slow due to its high price tag and a seeming lack of good titles. According to the research of game magazine Enterbrain, the Nintendo Wii’s popularity has just been astounding: 2.9 million units sold last July 8 while Sony logs in at 1.01 million PS3s sold as of July 15.

But, the PS3 doesn’t find itself at the bottom of the console race in Japan. Microsoft‘s Xbox 360 comes in last, only selling 420,705 consoles in the country to date. While Sony has been off to a slow start in its home court, we can only hope that with a bit of a bit of repricing and new video games like Final FantasyXIII , Final Fantasy Versus XIII, Mercenaries 2, and other strong titles, this number would climb in the near future.

Some 8 months after its launch, the PlayStation 3 (PS3) has finally reached 1 million units sold in Japan. However, this news is tempered by the fact that it still trails behind the Nintendo Wii’s substantial lead, selling more than double the number of PS3s.

Ever since it came out in November of last year, PS3 sales have been chronically slow due to its high price tag and a seeming lack of good titles. According to the research of game magazine Enterbrain, the Nintendo Wii’s popularity has just been astounding: 2.9 million units sold last July 8 while Sony logs in at 1.01 million PS3s sold as of July 15.

But, the PS3 doesn’t find itself at the bottom of the console race in Japan. Microsoft‘s Xbox 360 comes in last, only selling 420,705 consoles in the country to date. While Sony has been off to a slow start in its home court, we can only hope that with a bit of a bit of repricing and new video games like Final FantasyXIII , Final Fantasy Versus XIII, Mercenaries 2, and other strong titles, this number would climb in the near future.