Wii dominating home console sales in Japan

Wii News | Outselling PS3 by more then six to one in June.

While it won't be news to anyone who follows sales charts around the world, US news site Reuters has reported on the Japanese sales of home consoles as reported by Japanese tracking firm Enterbrain. In the month of June, Enterbrain reports that Nintendo sold 270,974 Wii machines, far above the 41,628 PS3s sold by Sony and the 17,616 Xbox 360s sold by Microsoft. Japan's other tracking firm, Media Create, has the lifetime totals of each machine (to the 24th of June) at 2,800,576 for Wii, 938,575 for PS3 and 380,131 for the Xbox 360.

The Wii is also leading the pack in software sales, having sold over 6.3 million games since launch, compared to 1.3 million PS3 games for Sony and 1.37 million for Microsoft (via collated Japanese top 50 data on neogaf.com).

Xbox 360 sales were boosted in June by the release of Namco's Trusty Bell (to be re-named Eternal Sonata in the west), while sales of the Wii and PS3 were steady over the previous month, despite the high profile releases of Ninja Gaiden Sigma and Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition. In June the Wii remained supply constrained and essentially sold out, as it has been since launch.

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17 Comments

?oe?oe

4 years ago

And they're making them buy Wii Sports. Tsk tsk.

poweroffarts

4 years ago

how long will wii last without some decent titles?

Eyce

4 years ago

poweroffarts wrote

how long will wii last without some decent titles?

Same could be said for the other consoles right now [[present day releases, not already released games]] to my knowledge.

I strongly suggest before the next time that you post, that you should get your head out of your arse.

SMASHED

4 years ago

Eyce wrote

Lol I love fighting

Hmm it must pain sony when xbox360 outsold in the games factor. I only recall very few times that happened.

I can only dream of what will happen when Wii health Pack/Music comes out. All of Japans population will become hermits.

poweroffarts

4 years ago

Eyce wrote

poweroffarts wrote

how long will wii last without some decent titles?

And I didnt mention present day releases, maybe you should stop changing subject or changing context and get your own head out of your own ass and make a clear point.

Unless you gotta a point to prove or some facts, then it pointless carrying this on and kinda disappointing.

SMASHED

4 years ago

poweroffarts wrote

Brilliant

Alrighty people time to stop fighting lol.

Anyway does anyone have a rough estimate of how much gaming audience resides in Japan?

poweroffarts

4 years ago

2.8 million in Japan.

Cerebral

4 years ago

Eyce wrote

poweroffarts wrote

how long will wii last without some decent titles?

Same could be said for the other consoles right now [[present day releases, not already released games]] to my knowledge.

I disagree, the 360 is hitting its stride at the moment, solid releases leading upto Halo 3, the most solid release of them all!

The Wii on the other hand, has been without many significant titles for ages (for me, it's been since Zelda - yeah, launch Zelda). In this case, it doesn't phase the Japanese, they seem to be very happy with whatever, if this article is any indication, but I'm still waiting on the promise of the same three games everyone else is, largely ignoring the filler, ports and unintentionally amusing shovelware.

poweroffarts

4 years ago

^ Pretty much summed up my opinion. The fact is how long will people buy a wii without decent titles coming ? The trend will die if Nintendo dont start pushing comparetive games to 360 and PS3.

niscool

4 years ago

If anybody is still doubting the WII, then they need to take a cold shower. It is already set for a very bright future. I must agree there arent many good games out for it at the moment. This makes it even more worrying for the PS3 and the 360. Most of the games are PS2 ports or games which were originally intended for the Gamecube. I can only remember 1or2 must have games for the WII, but they are coming. Once games like Metroid, Mario Galaxy, Res Evil, Super Smash Bros etc are released, the WII will flourish. We must also remember that developers are still coming to grips with the control scheme of the WII. It looks like the WII and the PS3 will have a close fight for this generation. I can only see the 360 coming last. Thats my prediction anyway..

Jin66

4 years ago

Wii is selling on hype, which should never be understimated. Soon Wii's will sell based on games and thats when things will start to get even better.

ittekimasu

4 years ago

hmmm this isn't news its been known for awhile that wii has been outselling both the ps3 and 360 in its home land. while i'm patiently waiting for ps3 to start taking this more seriously and giving us something to shield ourselves with, i'm more than happy seeing the wii making such great progress, if they start pumping out games like they do for the ds i might be forced to purchase one of these.

(spasms thinking of snake in smash brawl)

killer1500

4 years ago

I remember when I brought my X360 at launch here, there was no decent games for at least the 6 months.

realitybites

4 years ago

The problem is what is the definition of "decent games"?

Do casual gamers actually care about Zelda or SSMB or Mario Galaxy? My guess is they don't.

In essence these titles are eagerly awaited by Nintendo hard core fans.

This in itself is a paradox that Nintendo have created. Yes they are selling bucket loads of consoles but lookng at the sales charts its the simple games that are selling very well which suggests casual gamers prefer this platfom but also prefer simple games.

Yeah I had a little chuckle about Nintendo making them pay for Wii Sports. But I believe Wii sports was priced appropriately and the Wii console price in Japan was also priced slightly lower.

?oe?oe

4 years ago

It doesn't matter if it has higher selling casual games because when more 'hardcore' games come, it will be in the charts. Well for at least one week in Japan at least, as other games show such as Zelda, SPM, Fire Emblem they were only in top 5 for one week. But it evens itself out in the West where these games will stay in the charts for longer, where Wii is on top also (present sales).

Cerebral

4 years ago

killer1500 wrote

I remember when I brought my X360 at launch here, there was no decent games for at least the 6 months.

If PGR3, Oblivion, DOA4, GRAW, Burnout Revenge, Dead Rising, Crackdown or Lost Planet were not your cup of tea, I'm not sure why you bought a 360.

realitybites

4 years ago

joejoe wrote

Your logic baffles me.

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