Japan Sales: Wii Trounces PS3 in January

The next-gen console wars are in full swing. In most countries, Microsoft's 360 and Nintendo's Wii are dominating, but in Japan - where Microsoft is not a factor - there really doesn't seem to be much of a contest at all. Nintendo's Wii is dominating the market.

The Japanese love the Nintendo DS and it's starting to look like that love may be translating nicely to Nintendo's new console as well. According to the latest data from Enterbrain, publisher of Japanese magazine Famitsu, the Wii has outsold the PlayStation 3 by a margin of nearly three-to-one in the month of January. Enterbrain's figures show that Nintendo sold about 405,000 Wii units last month, while Sony sold around 148,000 units of the PS3.

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