It only took Sony three years for it to get its act together! The recent introduction of the PS3 Slim was, as you know, a pretty big success, and today we have another metric: for the first time ever, the PS3 outsold the Wii in Japan last month. Everyone party!
Sony sold 309,939 PS3s last month to Nintendo’s 297,060 Wiis. That’s the first time that has ever happened since the two consoles came out in fall, 2006.
So yeah, good news for Sony. But if I may add this: I’m pretty sure that at this point anyone who wanted a Wii already has one, whereas as plenty of people wanted a PS3 before but couldn’t justify the $40 million it cost. That is to say there’s now a bigger market for potential new PS3 owners than Wii owners. You know what I mean.
$40 million for a PS3? That price seems a bit steep…
Well, I mean, there were at least 297,060 people in Japan alone last month who wanted a Wii, but didn’t have one. And that’s just Japan. So I guess not *everyone* who wants one has one at this point.
Nice to see this for Sony.
Three years, Two revisions and many price cuts later, PS3 manages to outsell the ORIGINAL Wii.
Just wait till Nintendo revises the Wii and it’ll be back to three years ago.
When will the greedy MBA’s learn that if you price your product within reach and treat your customers with respect, not like their thieves, your product will sell well and everyone comes up a winner.
Are you listening Sony?
I’d imagine with the slim launch that this was gaurented, test will be in the months to come