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 Surges Past PS3, Beats Wii in Japan

Buoyed by a new Square Enix roleplaying game and flagging Wii sales, the Xbox 360 outsold both the PlayStation 3 and Wii in Japan last week, according to data provided by publisher and market tracker Enterbain via Famitsu, as...

Nintendo rolls out Wii games, Sony takes to video (Reuters)

Reuters - Riding the success of its popular Wii video game console, Nintendo Co Ltd (7974.OS) on Tuesday unveiled fresh titles for gamers to throw frisbees and rock on, while rival Sony Corp (6758.T) turned to Hollywood with a new video service.

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.

Nintendo wins over outside game publishers with Wii (Reuters)

Reuters - In the video game industry, the spoils of the console wars come in the form of support from third-party software publishers selling games to run on your machine.

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.