The article mentions price, and lack of titles for the PS3, but it’s the Wiimote (what an in-bloody-credibly stupid name).

Having to do “rocker switch, left, left, a, b, a” to swing a golf club is simply inferior game play.

Six Wiis sold for every PS3 purchased in Japan
By James Sherwood
Published Tuesday 3rd July 2007 12:24 GMT

Nintendo’s Wii continued to reign supreme in Japan last month, with sales outstripping Sony’s PlayStation 3 by a staggering six to one. The Wii outsold Microsoft’s Xbox 360 by an even greater margin.

According to figures from Japanese market watcher and publisher Enterbrain, some 270,974 Wii consoles were sold in the four weeks to 24 June. This compares to just 41,628 PS3s and a measly 17,616 Xbox 360s, during the same period.

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