Fiscal first half results see Wii outsell PS3 by nearly four to one
Famitsu publisher Enterbrain has reported that Nintendo Wii has demonstrated firm control of the Japanese home console market for the fiscal first half running from April to September.
In the period Nintendo managed to sell 1.6 million Wii consoles, whereas Sony sold 385, 492 PS3s. Nintendo’s DS sold 3.5 million units, and the PSP one million.
The Japanese market itself expanded by 21.7 per cent year-on-year, raising YEN 292.8 billion.
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