Sales numbers from Japan are is and to no surprise the PS3 has outsold Microsoft’s Xbox 360 7 to 1. Although handing Microsoft a runners up prize always feels good, Sony’s PlayStation 3 did not take top place, it took 4^th with 58,167 units sold.. 

 

First place in sales was the the Nintendo DS Lite with 279,551 units sold, second place goes to the Nintendo Wii with 232,907 units sold and the PSP came in third with 171,804 units sold. On the bright side, the PS2 outsold the Xbox 360 by 12,000 units – 20,391 PS2 units sold compared with Xbox’s embarrassing 7,908 units.