In it's native market, Japan, The Nintendo Wii can seemingly do no wrong. Last month's sales figures show 270,974 Wii consoles sold versus 41,628 PS3's and a meager 17,616 Xbox 360's. Can you say 6:1 in favor of Wii? Worldwide it's still a one horse race, with the Wii outselling the PS3 by a factor of 3. The BBC Reports...

Nintendo's Wii console outsold Sony's PlayStation 3 in Japan last month by six to one, says research.

Nintendo sold 270,974 Wii consoles last month while Sony sold 41,628 PS3s, according to Enterbrain, a Japanese publisher that tracks console sales.

Nintendo has sold about 2.76m Wii consoles in Japan since the launch last December, while Sony has sold 970,270 PS3s since it debuted last November. About 17,616 Xbox 360 consoles were sold in June.

Last week, Phil Harrison, PlayStation's head of worldwide studios, told US Game Informer magazine that pundits should not judge the success of the console based on the launch software line-up.

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