Wii powers past PS3 in Japan

February 29, 2008 Nintendo's Wii game console outsold Sony Corp's PlayStation 3 nearly 4-to-1 in Japan in February as Wii software titles dominated the best-seller list, a game magazine publisher said. Brawl for the Wii became the best-selling software for the month in Japan, with 1.33 million units sold, followed by the Wii Fit home fitness game, which sold 309,311 units in the four weeks, Enterbrain said. The Wii has been leading the three-way game console battle with the PS3 and Microsoft's Xbox 360 as its strategy of offering easy-to-play and innovative games to expand the overall game population has proved a big success.

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