Sales for Sony Corp.'s Playstation 3 beat Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 in Japan in the latest weekly hardware tally.

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But the number is not all good.

Wii Closing In On 7 Million Sold; PS3 May Not Hit 5 Million (ever)....Japan - As Nintendo's two-year anniversary of the Wii launch approaches, lifetime sales for the system are nearing a PS2-like 7 million units early in its life cycle. Weekly market share gains strength (51%) and lifetime market share continues to hover around the 70% mark that it has been flirting with since April of 2007.

In stark contrast, the PS3 has only just crossed the 2.4 million mark in two years. If the trend continues, the PS3 may barely pass 5 million lifetime in the traditional console life cycle of 5 years. Total lifetime market share has held steady between 22% and 27% since January of 2007.

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Did I say it is a big surprise or big news.