Sony PS3 Japan sales hit 1 mln, lags Wii: survey
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Sales of Sony Corp.&#39;s PlayStation 3 game  console surpassed one million units in Japan in about eight  months after its launch, more than four times as long as it  took Nintendo&#39;s hot-selling Wii to reach the same mark.
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Nintendo's Wii console continues to be the surprise success in the next-generation console race, outselling the Sony PlayStation 3 by a two-to-one margin in Japan during the month of January.
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Sony Corp. (6758.T) expects a sharp  increase in the number of games released for the PlayStation 3  this business year, in a move that should help the game  console&#39;s slumping sales, the Nikkei business daily quoted the  head of Sony&#39;s game division as saying in an interview.
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Sony says sales of the PlayStation 3 (PS3) console in the US hit 1.2 million over the Christmas period.
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Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s  Wii game  console outsold Sony Corp.'s  PlayStation 3 (PS3) by  nearly three to one in January, Japan's largest video game  magazine publisher, Enterbrain, said on Tuesday.
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The Nintendo Wii video game console continued its remarkable performance in April, with U.S. sales that far outpaced its next-gen rivals, Microsoft&#39;s Xbox 360 and Sony&#39;s PlayStation 3. According to figures compiled by NPD Group, the Wii sold 360,000 units in April compared to 174,000 Xbox 360s and just 82,000 PlayStation 3s.
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Nintendo Co. Ltd.  sold  476,000 units of its new Wii video game console in the United  States in November, more than twice the number of PlayStation  3s sold by rival Sony Corp. , as the two consoles  debuted mid-month, research group NPD said on Friday.
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Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s Wii game console  outsold Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3 by a ratio of over 6 to 1 in  June in Japan, a game magazine publisher said, solidifying  Nintendo's leading position.
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Nintendo Co Ltd&#39;s Wii game console  outsold Sony Corp&#39;s PS3 by the ratio of 3 to 1 in Japan in  August, but Nintendo&#39;s lead has become smaller over recent  months, industry data showed on Monday.
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Sony Corp. 6758.T shares opened 2.38   percent lower at 4,930 yen on Thursday after it said it would   delay the European launch of its PlayStation 3 (PS3) game   machine to March from November, missing the holiday shopping   season in a key market.
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Sony is to cut the Japanese launch price of its forthcoming PlayStation 3 console by 20%, the firm says.
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Sony Corp. said Monday that PlayStation 3 game machine sales totaled 1.2 million in North America during the key holiday season, boosting the strength of the company's Blu-ray video format because the PlayStation 3 also works as a Blu-ray player.
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Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. said Wednesday it will release its PlayStation Portable game console in Japan on Dec. 12 at a price of 20,790 yen, surprising many who had expected it to cost far more.
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And Wii sales micturate on both For all ex-Microsoft, now EA Sports man Peter Moore's claim that the PS3 isn't doing too well in Japan, the latest sales figures from that country show the Sony has shifted a darn sight more next-gen consoles than Moore managed.â¦
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Sony Corp. (6758.T) will launch its  PlayStation 3 with an 80-gigabyte (GB) hard disk drive on June  16 in South Korea for 518,000 won ($556), offering the upgraded  version of its latest game console for the first time ever, the  Japanese electronics conglomerate said.
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Sony Corp. said Monday that 1.2 million PlayStation 3 game consoles sold in North America during the key holiday season, boosting the strength of the electronics giant's Blu-ray next-generation video format.
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Sony Corp. slashed the planned price of its delay-hit PlayStation 3 by one-fifth in Japan, preparing for a fierce fight against cheaper games consoles from rivals Microsoft and Nintendo.