Nintendo Wii outsells PS3 3-to-1 in Japan in July

Posted by: clickry on: August 25, 2008

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TOKYO (Reuters) – Nintendo Co Ltd’s (7974.OS: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) Wii video game console outsold Sony Corp’s (6758.T: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) PlayStation 3 by more than 3-to-1 in Japan in July, a game magazine publisher said.

Nintendo sold 171,851 units of the Wii in the four weeks ending July 27, compared with 54,823 units of the PS3, Enterbrain said on Friday.

In the handheld game market, Sony sold 256,765 units of its PlayStation Portable in the month, while sales of Nintendo’s DS came to 217,639 units, the publisher said.

(Reporting by Kiyoshi Takenaka)

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