PlayStation 3 overtakes Wii in Japan, now about twice in a blue moon

April 07th, 2009 | Category: Gadget Corner

With all the doom and gloom stories we’ve seen about PlayStation 3 getting beat by Nintendo Wii, it’s refreshing to have some good news for a change. For the first instance in 16 months, Sony’s console managed to best its motion-controlled competitor, 146,948 to 99,335 that past March in Japan, according to gaming research group / Famitsu publisher Enterbrain. The sales are undoubtedly helped by PS3 heavy-hitters Yakuza 3 and Resident Evil 5 debuting last month, and at that point we don’t expect the trend

to continue, but for now Sony, enjoy you victory and bask in the knowledge that your still totally kicking Xbox 360’s rear in the country.

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