The runaway success of the video game console market has been the Nintendo Wii, the game console that a few years ago almost nobody thought would amount to much but, thanks to an innovative controller and accessible games, has consistently outsold the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3…often by embarrassing margins. However, the citadel of Wii sales figures may not be unassailable: Japanese game magazine Enterbrain, which monitors retail sales of video games and game consoles in Japan, reports that the PlayStation 3 outsold the Nintendo Wii for the first time ever in Japan during March 2009. The reason? Two hot new titles for the PS3: Sega Sammy’s Ryu Ga Gotoku 3 and Capcom’s

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Source: Digital Trends – Video Games