With the price reduction effect, PS3's unit sales are ranked first in the monthly sales volume, and the 250 GB model also starts selling overseas.

On September 3, the new PS3 was released with a thickness of two-thirds that was reduced to a price of less than 30,000 yen,We will sell 150,000 units for 4 days to be releasedAlthough it showed very strong sales, it became clear that it shined first place in the monthly sales volume of game machines.

In addition, it seems that overseas sales of the 250 GB model which realized HDD capacity more than twice have started.

Details are as below.
Preste 3 is the first leader, DSi is eliminated based on sales volume: Economic News: Money · Economy: YOMIURI ONLINE (Yomiuri Shimbun)

According to the Yomiuri Shimbun news report, Sony PS3 which sold 300 thousand 9939 units in the sales volume of home game machines in September got the first place in the market.

This is more than 261,363 units, which is the sales volume of Nintendo's handheld game console "Nintendo DSi", which is showing strong sales, and the sales volume of the stationary game machine "Wii" is 61,691 It is much larger than the model.

As "FINAL FANTASY XIII LIGHTNING EDITION"The special specification PS3 of the 250 GB model that shipped "FINAL FANTASY XIII (FF 13)" will be released on December 17It is said that some retail outlets in Europe have already begun sales of PS3, a 250 GB model.

By the way, details are clarified by the following link, but PS3 of the 250 GB model is different from the 120 GB model, the color of the outer box has been changed from white to gray.

250GB PS3 Slim spotted at retail in dapper gray box