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Interest surge for PS3 and Wii at Amazon Japan
Interest for next-generation offerings like Sony's Playstation 3 and Nintendo's Wii surged this week at online retail division Amazon Japan.
Both the PS3 and Wii saw a jump in interest as both machines near a holiday launch in the territory. The 60GB PS3 SKU came out a nose ahead of the Wii in Amazon Japan's latest information registration data.
Nintendo announced this week that it will drop Wii to Japan on Dec. 2 for 25,000 yen or $212 U.S. Competitor Sony will launch the PS3 several weeks prior on Nov. 11 starting at 59,800 yen.
Sony slashed forecast shipments from 4 million to 2 million units to the Japan and U.S. after a delay in production for a key machine component. Japan will receive 100,000 PS3 units for launch. The U.S. will receive 400,000 units.
Nintendo maintains that it will ship 4 million Wii units to the U.S., Japan, and Europe by the end of 2006.
Amazon Japan is allowing customers to pre-order an array of software for both the PS3 and Wii. The U.S. division is currently allowing pre-orders for select PS3 and Wii titles
Link: http://news.punchjump.com/article.php?id=2970
You can check the amazon site here:
http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos...ef=amb_right-2_45076906_1/250-5747582-7620246
The 60gb ps3 and Wii are going neck to neck. If we take in consideration the 20gb ps3 model, the ps3 has the advantage.