Article: Japan: Xbox 360 outsells PS3.

Byline: yunus205

MICROSOFT'S Xbox 360 has outsold Sony's PlayStation 3 in Japan for the first time, helped by the popularity of the new role-playing game 'Tales of Vesperia', a recent survey showed.

Microsoft sold 28,116 Xbox 360 consoles in Japan in the week ended August 10, topping Sony's sales of 10,705 PS3s, game publisher Ascii Media Works said in a report dated August 14.

But both companies lagged behind Nintendo, which sold 41,044 Wii consoles, it added.

Sales of the Xbox 360 nearly quadrupled compared with the previous week's sales of 7,448 machines, due to strong demand for the latest games in the 'Tales Of' role-playing ...

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