RicaneliteWii outsells PS3 6 to 1
Nintendo’s Wii game console outsold Sony’s PlayStation 3 by a ratio of more than 6 to 1 in June in Japan, a game magazine publisher said, solidifying Nintendo’s leading position.
It looks like Nintendo is making a stand in Japan starting with there Handheld device Nintendo DS and now also with there newest console the Nintendo Wii. It says it all you don’t have to the most powerful console in the market to sell. Nintendo has been proving it very so far with there Wii. Time will tell if it could still keep up when developers out there start getting a better understanding of the PS3 console.
The Wii’s strong performance, coupled with continued brisk demand for Nintendo’s portable game gear, the DS, helped the Kyoto-based company shoot past Sony in market capitalization last week and become one of Japan’s 10 most valuable companies.
Shares in Nintendo were up 0.2 percent at 45,200 yen ($366.44) by late morning on Monday, while Sony, a company with sales eight times as big as Nintendo’s, fell 0.3 percent to 6,310 yen.
The Nikkei average was down 0.19 percent.
The Wii has won more customers than its two rivals since its Japanese launch late last year by offering innovative ways of playing console games.
The device features a motion-sensitive controller that allows users to direct on-screen play by swinging it like a baseball bat or wielding it like a sword, opening a new avenue of game playing.
