Japan: PS3 Catches Up to Wii, Xbox 360 on Life Support

In Japan, the Wii's lead over the PS3 shrank from six-to-one in May to just one-point-seven-to-one in June, according to Japanese magazine publisher Enterbrain. According to the publisher, Nintendo sold 235,990 Wii in a five week period ending June...

Xbox 360 outsells PS3 in Japan for first time: survey (AFP)

AFP - Microsoft's Xbox 360 has outsold Sony's PlayStation 3 in Japan for the first time, helped by the popularity of the new role-playing game "Tales of Vesperia," a recent survey showed.

Xbox 360 beats PS3 in Japan (Reuters)

Reuters - Microsoft Corp's Xbox 360 beat Sony Corp's (6758.T) PlayStation 3 in Japan weekly sales for the first time two weeks ago, riding robust demand for a recent Xbox 360 title produced by Namco Bandai Holdings (7832.T), a magazine publisher said.

Sony beefs up PS3 media ability (Reuters)

Reuters - Sony Corp (6758.T) said it would rent and sell movies and TV shows over the Internet for its PlayStation 3 video game console and double the hard drive capacity of its main PS3 model in a bid to better compete with Microsoft Corp and Nintendo Co Ltd (7974.OS).

Sony PS3 catching up to Wii in Japanese sales (Reuters)

Reuters - Nintendo Co Ltd's (7974.OS) Wii game console once again outsold Sony Corp's (6758.T) PlayStation 3 in Japan in June, but its lead is fading, a game magazine publisher said.

Sony Making Play For Its PS3 Console (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - More than two years into the current video game hardware cycle, Sony finds itself in the unusual position of third place behind rivals Microsoft and Nintendo.