The PS3’s sales rush sees the console selling at three times the rate of the Xbox 360, which had in recent weeks narrowed the gap between the two consoles. Microsoft’s box sold 11,423 units, down by 4,000 from last week.
As with the PS3’s sales jump back in early November, compelling software seems to be the single driving force behind sales for the console. This week Konami’s own World Soccer Winning Eleven 2009 sold above 168,000 copies in its debut week.
Yet Winning Eleven 09 wasn’t the biggest-selling game this week in Japan. That distinction goes to Level-5’s riddle-bound adventure game Professor Layton and The Final Time Journey, which moved 347,000 units. The success of this game has helped the Nintendo DS experience a dramatic turnaround in fortunes; the handheld barely moved 3,559 units two weeks ago as the DSi continued to dominate Japan’s interests, yet last week DS sales spiked to 18,580, with the unit growing further still and selling 26,851 units this week.
The DS’s sales jump doesn’t seem to be visibly affecting its successor, however. The DSi continues to outsell its competition by a wide margin; this week moving 87,185 units, a trimming of some 1500 units from last week.
Wii sales too had climbed considerably, reaching 49,848 units sold. That figure puts the console within reaching distance of the PSP (55,090), nearly marking that rare occurrence where a TV console outsells one of Japan’s latest handhelds.
Full list according to Media Create:
Nintendo DSi - 87,185
PSP - 55,090
Wii - 49,848
PlayStation 3 - 34,978
Nintendo DS - 26,851
Xbox 360 - 11,423
PlayStation 2 - 5,628
Via Kotaku.