Wii Outsells PS3, Blue-ray Outsells HD DVD

njkid1, a regular contributor of GameDaily articles, passed us word that the Wii is handily outselling the PS3 in Japan. Famitsu parent company Enterbrain has figures showing that Nintendo sold 405,000 Wii units last month, while Sony sold 148,000 units of the PS3. While this is probably not something the folks at Sony are overjoyed about, they did have reason to crow this week. They've now announced that cumulative Blu-ray sales have passed the HD DVD format for the first time. Gamasutra has the word, from Sony itself, with some interesting supporting information. Most PS3 owners, it seems, have used their system to watch HD movies. Some full 80 percent plan to buy further HD titles in the future. This is further support for the VideoScan sales figures we discussed last week.

Re:and...

[theStorminMormon]

I, for one, am shocked.

-stormin

Re:Wow?

[Weedlekin]

"analysts still anticipated the Wii would only sell (slightly) more than the Gamecube did and the PS3 would control 75% of the market"

That's because analysts have demonstrated an ability to be wrong so often that it cannot be explained by probability alone, and must therefore be due to some sort of supernatural power that they posses.

Re:Dear Wii Fanbois

[fo0bar]

Can someone please name ONE game that the Wii has that is worth playing?

There's that "Wii" game where you go out and try to buy a Wii. It was relatively easy for the first level (I beat the game in one overnight sitting, didn't even take a week or anything), but the game got WAY harder the longer you played. I've heard there are people out there that have STILL not beat the end boss.

The "PS3" game on the other hand is the opposite. For those who could afford triple the game price, the first few levels were EXTREMELY hard. Then it got incredibly easy, but by those levels people realized the gameplay was crap and stopped playing altogether.