Wii Continues to Dominate PS3 in Japan
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April’s figures showed the Nintendo Wii was outselling the PlayStation 3 4-to-1 in Japan, and last month the gap widened even further, with the cheaper Nintendo console now 5-to-1 ahead! These kind of numbers puts Nintendo in position to possibly take home a remarkable 40%-50% market share of this generations gaming consoles!
The PS3, equipped with the industry’s most powerful gaming chip, is falling further behind the cheaper Wii, undermining Sony’s ability to recoup investments into the machine. Kyoto, Japan-based Nintendo has forecast sales of the new consoles, where gamers swing motion-sensor controllers to play games such as bowling and tennis, will triple this fiscal year.
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