Nintendo sold about 3.63 million Wii consoles in its home market in 2007 while Sony sold 1.21 million PS3s, according to magazine publisher Enterbrain.
The Wii also trounced the PS3 more than three-fold in the key year-end sales period between November 25 and December 30, selling 774 123 Wii consoles against Sony's sales of 232 421 PS3s, the survey showed.
Nintendo won back its lead after the two rivals briefly traded places in November, when the PS3 outsold the Wii in Japan for the first time, helped by a price cut and a stronger line-up of games, according to Enterbrain.
Monday, January 7, 2008
Wii trounces PS3, Xbox
(Fin24) - Nintendo's Wii outsold rival Sony's PlayStation 3 three-fold in Japan last year, helping the country's multi-billion dollar video game market to notch up its best ever year, a survey showed on Monday.
Electronics makers keep eye on U.S. economy
(Reuters) - Electronics makers considering the strain on the U.S. economy are hoping consumers will cut other expenses first, but many see some worrying signs ahead.
Gathered in Las Vegas this week for the Consumer Electronics Show, gadget, cell phone and television makers are placing their bets on whether U.S. economic troubles from rising unemployment to mortgage market problems will stop consumer spending.
"We need to watch just how cold sentiment is getting," Toshihiko Fujimoto, chief executive of Sharp Corp's (6753.T: Quote, Profile, Research) Sharp Electronics, said on Sunday. "We can't say business is especially good."
Sony Corp's (6758.T: Quote, Profile, Research) Sony Electronics President Stan Glasgow, who oversees the U.S. electronics business, told Reuters the company had strong sales in recent months, boosted by demand for its Bravia line of televisions.
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