It had a much better start/FW than any Musou game before, so it's all about the end result. And it's the best selling Musou game this generation.
Looks like the 3DS won't struggle to reach the Wii userbase. DS on the other hand...
Only 1 PS3 game has sold over a million copies in Japan
Final Fantasy XIII 1,904,313
Indeed the second screen really enhances an RPG experience.
Three? It may have dropped off massively due to lack of support, but the Wii didn't underperform in the least.Damn, I don't believe I've noticed how awful the three home console systems have all performed in Japan. Handheld gaming indeed.
Well, it *can* . Hasn't really had all that much effect in Tales of the Abyss, though. But then you have Etrian Odyssey, which uses the second screen to devestatingly effective, uh, effect.
Three? It may have dropped off massively due to lack of support, but the Wii didn't underperform in the least.
Wii's userbase is horrible compared to past "lead" consoles. Passing the Wii's LTD is not much of an accomplishment since every major handheld has done so. Even if it doesn't reach DS levels, 3DS would be a great success if it gets into the 25M range. It looks set to do so unless this handheld generation is shorter than the last.
Just having a second screen for inventory management, battle commands, and maps/menus is 1000x better than what one screen offers.
Three? It may have dropped off massively due to lack of support, but the Wii didn't underperform in the least.
Oh no doubt, I was just comparing it to Nintendo's last gen systems.
The way it's been selling I assume it'll also pass PSP which should be the lowest Nintendo should be aiming at IMO.
There will never be another NDS.
3DS will sell extremely well (+25m) but NDS will always remain unreachable.
Will MS even bother to release their console in Japan next time? It's not like Japanese support is a big deal anymore when you consider this output this gen..
too bad for youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuHardware wise I prefer the PSP to DS and Vita to 3DS so I'd rather see the software on those systems too.
Considering the 360 is doing much better than the Xbox in that region, I imagine they not only will release a console there, but will likely have a better strategy for marketing their platform in that region.
So when do we get the whooping top 500/1000? It's that time of year isn't it?