Xbox 360 outsells PS3 in Japan

Nintendo outsells both with its Wii console

By Mark Schilling of Variety -- Video Business, 8/19/2008

AUG. 19 | FROM VARIETY: Microsoft's Xbox 360 has outsold the PlayStation 3 console for the first time in the Japanese market, game publisher Ascii Media Works has revealed.

According to an Ascii survey, Xbox 360 moved 28,116 units in the week ended Aug. 10, compared with 10,705 for PS3.

Both, however, were left in the dust by Nintendo, which sold 41,044 Wii consoles in the same period.

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