In The Land of the Rising Sun, Sony has a hit with the PS3 Slim. A really, really big one.
In its first three days on sale, the newly redesigned console sold 150,252 units. Not bad for a platform that was originally released in November 2006! What's more, this is the biggest weekly sales figures for the PS3 console. Because of shortage issues at launch, only* 88,000 PS3s were sold in its first two days on the market. (*only is a relative term here!)
Just think how the console could have done if launch conditions were more ideal.
According to Famitsu publisher Enterbrain, the PS3 (Slim and original) sold 150,832 units combined during the period from August 31 to September 6. The new life-to-date sales figures for the PS3 in Japan are 3,431,964 units as of September 6.
新型PS3国内初週販売台数は約15万台−エンターブレイン調べ [ファミ通.com]