Just released Japanese sales figures seem to confirm analysts’ fears that Sony will not meet its PlayStation 3 (PS3) sales target of 11 million consoles this year. The same figures also reveal that the Wii continues to dominate the Japanese console scene.
Look away PlayStation 3 (PS3) fans, what you’re about to read will not bring you joy. The latest sales figures from the NPD Group show that the Nintendo Wii outsold the PS3 four to one in the US market in April.
The president of Microsoft’s Entertainment & Devices Division, Robbie Bach (pictured), has lashed out against Nintendo’s Wii games console, criticizing the console’s weak graphics, lackluster performance and lack of DVD video playback. He also predicted that games developers would not be able to develop hard-core games for the Wii.
A top analyst at Wedbush Morgan Securities, Michael Pachter, has predicted that ultimately the PlayStation 3 (PS3) will be the winner of the console war, taking 36% market share in 2009, ahead of Ninendo’s Wii with 34%, and Microsoft’s Xbox 360 with 30%.
Just released sales figures show that the Nintendo Wii gaming console is continuing its slaughter of the Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3) and Microsoft Xbox 360 in the critical Japanese market.
Nintendo Wii gamers are most inclined to use their consoles to play online games, but Xbox 360 gamers spend the most time online, according to a new study by the NPD Group.
Unit sales of the Nintendo Wii and PlayStation 3 (PS3) were neck and neck in Australia in the quarter ending 31 March 2007.
Despite his imminent “retirement”, the so-called father of the PlayStation, Ken Kutaragi, has already thought about the PS4 and beyond.
With the recent announcement that the father of the PS3, Ken Kutaragi, is set to leave Sony, analysts are speculating that Kutaragi was pushed because the launch of the PS3 didn’t live up to the hype.
Nintendo will boost production of its Wii next-generation console, according to Nintendo president, Satoru Iwata, .
Speaking at a press conderence in Tokyo, Satoru admitted that Nintendo was surprised by the amazing success of the Wii.
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