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PS3 sells over 4 million units in Japan

As Wii tops 9 million sales since launch in 2006

Sony's PlayStation 3 has sold over 4 million units in Japan – 4,020,563 to be exact – since the system was first launched.

And as of December 13 2009, Nintendo's Wii has sold 9,048.012 units to date in the region, according to Enterbrain, as translated by Kotaku.

The PlayStation 3 was first launched in Japan on November 11, 2006, and the Wii on December 2, 2006.

In December last year, sales of the PlayStation 3 stood at 2.6 million units, and the Wii at 7.5 million in the region.

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