The Wii and PSP triple its sales in Japan after rebates

Sales of Nintendo's Wii console and Sony's PlayStation Portable tripled in Japan last week, thanks to price cuts and the launch game titles, according to a research firm.
Desiring to encourage demand asleep before the crucial holiday shopping season, Nintendo cut the price of the Wii at 20 percent and Sony cut the price of the PSP by 15 percent last Oct. 1.
Sales also were encouraged by last week's launch of the PSP version of the popular game "Great Tourism" and "Wii Fit Plus", the second installment of the popular home exercise game "Wii Fit".
Sony sold 49,000 units of its PSP in the week ended Sunday, compared with 15,000 the previous week, while Wii sales were around 32,000, compared with the 10,500 machines that were sold last week, said Ascii Media Works.