Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3 game console outsold rival Nintendo Co.'s Wii for the first time in Japan since its release in November 2006, a video-game researcher said.

PlayStation 3 sales reached about 183,000 units between Oct. 29 and Nov. 25, while sales of the Wii totaled about 159,000 units, Enterbrain Inc., a Tokyo-based researcher, said in a faxed statement.