Nintendo sold 405,000 Wii units in January, compared with 148,000 PS3s, publisher Enterbrain said.
Wii and PS3, made by two of the biggest players in the $30 billion global video game industry, went on sale late last year in a three-way showdown with Microsoft's Xbox 360.
A wider range of software titles and a lower price tag is helping the Wii, Enterbrain said.
The basic model of the PS3 sells for $416 (49,980 yen) in Japan, double the price of the Wii.
Nintendo has sold a total 1.4 million units of the Wii in Japan, far outpacing the 614,000 PS3s sold, Enterbrain said.
'There could be a price cut for the PS3 by the end of the year, and more software titles will hit the market. I expect the PS3 to be doing better after awhile,' Enterbrain President Hirokazu Hamamura said. 'Of course, the Wii will keep running ahead all the while.' "
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