Xbox Is #2 in Japan -- For a Week

In a potentially historic milestone, the Xbox 360 has outsold the PlayStation 3 for the first time in its history in Japan, according to statistics from Media Create. Sales of Microsoft console shot up some 500 percent on the back of the Bandai release Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation, which debuted at #2 on the Japanese video game charts this week.

The console sold 17,673 units during the week, up from 3,718 in the week previous. This was just enough to place it in the #2 spot ahead of the PS3, which sold 17,434 consoles. This was down week to week from 18,785 units two weeks ago. Nintendo's Wii is still outselling both by far, with 37,617 consoles sold. "Kiss your loved ones, hug your friends, because if this keeps up we've reached the end of days," Alexander Sliwinski wrote for Joystiq in reporting the news.