Thunder Monkey
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Japan WII/PS3/X360 Sales Charts
- Thread starter Dalthien
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Souldriver
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So wait, Nintendo has sold more than 50% off all software sold on all 3 next-gen systems combined? In other words: they own more than 50% of the software market?
It shouldn't come as a surprise, but I'm speechless non the less.
I'm still pissed so many good quality software on all three consoles get ignored for crappy games. i hope, once the console market of this generation matures, the situation will become more healthy.
It shouldn't come as a surprise, but I'm speechless non the less.
I'm still pissed so many good quality software on all three consoles get ignored for crappy games. i hope, once the console market of this generation matures, the situation will become more healthy.
nextgeneration
Member
Souldriver said:
Yeah, insane. Here's another insane statistic. Nearly 71% of all the current generation console software sold in Japan belong on Wii.
perfectchaos007
Member
Souldriver said:
I did the math, and, if Sonic at the olympics was considered third party, everything changes! and nintendo just owns 49.9% of the software market.
DeathWasHere
Banned
Nice job Wii! Your a console that can take a hit and keep on coming! Solid online, great graphics have proved nothing when it comes to innovative controls! Waggle is the future of gaming! I bet you the next Porsche will have waggle. Waggle the keys around to start the car. Waggle your leg around to accelerate. WAGGLE IS THE FUTURE!
If what Crushed did is what passes for humor around here... damn, are you guys starved for a laugh. Hold on, I'm sure I've got a kindergarten level knock-knock joke I could tell ya...
And it's really no big shock to see Nintendo dominate software. Aside from having the country's best-selling console, they have ALWAYS been able to market their products to the Japanese. Their marketing over there is almost always well-directed and plentiful. And when it isn't, (see: bored-as-the-day-is-long girl playing Fire Emblem in a commercial) it shows in sales.
And it's really no big shock to see Nintendo dominate software. Aside from having the country's best-selling console, they have ALWAYS been able to market their products to the Japanese. Their marketing over there is almost always well-directed and plentiful. And when it isn't, (see: bored-as-the-day-is-long girl playing Fire Emblem in a commercial) it shows in sales.
nah, I see the controller having very little to no effect in its success. nobody buys a system for the controls. same goes for DS; it's not the stylus that's selling it.
still wondering how good will Wii sales will keep up. they show no signs of slowing down, AFAIK. I'll be interesting in mid and end of 08 sales to see if there is any difference. I don't care for weekly or even monthly sales per say. I am also very interested in how PS3 does in Japan in 08 as well. it took off everywhere else except for the homeland.
still wondering how good will Wii sales will keep up. they show no signs of slowing down, AFAIK. I'll be interesting in mid and end of 08 sales to see if there is any difference. I don't care for weekly or even monthly sales per say. I am also very interested in how PS3 does in Japan in 08 as well. it took off everywhere else except for the homeland.
Thunder Monkey
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...Terrell said:
I'm waiting...
mr_bishiuk
Banned
Seeings as the manufacturers make their money on the software does this mean MS have lost less money in Japan with the 360 than Sony have with the PS3?
Phife Dawg
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I don't get the funny either.
Apart from that Dalthien provides these threads and goes through compiling the data for all the current consoles. It was clear he wanted to get the first posts to break them all apart since he updates these threads.
Oh well. Go along with spamming lols and giving Crushed the attention he desperately tries to attract.
On topic:
Interesting to see that Sony published almost as many titles on PS3 as Nintendo did on Wii. I had the feeling it was far less. Just goes to show how a good deal of the releases were aimed for a western market and those that were aimed at the japanese market mostly failed (Boku No Natsu Yasumi, Folk Lore).
Apart from that Dalthien provides these threads and goes through compiling the data for all the current consoles. It was clear he wanted to get the first posts to break them all apart since he updates these threads.
Oh well. Go along with spamming lols and giving Crushed the attention he desperately tries to attract.
On topic:
Interesting to see that Sony published almost as many titles on PS3 as Nintendo did on Wii. I had the feeling it was far less. Just goes to show how a good deal of the releases were aimed for a western market and those that were aimed at the japanese market mostly failed (Boku No Natsu Yasumi, Folk Lore).
BlackNMild2k1
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I might be wrong here, but doesn't Nintendo publish M&S in Japan, making it a 1st(or 2nd) party game?perfectchaos007 said:
Aggelos
Member
DeathWasHere said:
Probably we have a radical tendency on the videogames' market.
Gamers want innovative controls and fun games for all the family. But above everything, they want a "wallet-friendly" system, depsite being hardware-wise significantly inferior to the cutting-edge PS360.
But how long will this tendency last I wonder?....
Souldriver
Member
So is it safe to conclude that nintendo is doomed then? I think so.perfectchaos007 said:
Truly amazing. But that's partly due to the overall lackluster sales of console games (except for the "WiiSomething" titles). I hope overall sales go up for every platform.
If one year from now the situation is still the same, I think we can safely say japan has become Handheld Nation. But I actually am seeing the first signs of Wii following the footsteps of the DS. Great hardware sales, great first party sales, poor third party sales except for the few game developers that "get it", and next year the bigger developers/publishers will see healthy sales on the platform.
Its kind of funny, I see allot of arguing about how 360 won't get *Insert Japanese Game* because of Japan. Yet Wii seems to have made both irrelevant in terms of hardware and software:lol Heck. PS3 has 3x the Hardware but only 50% more software then 360. While Wii has over 2x more Software then both of them combined:lol
What can you say, Japan loves Wii and no one else. They are a one system type of country:lol Best thing about it for Nintendo is, a good chuck of that is 1st party. So they don't have to worry about losing anything
What can you say, Japan loves Wii and no one else. They are a one system type of country:lol Best thing about it for Nintendo is, a good chuck of that is 1st party. So they don't have to worry about losing anything
shintoki said:
Flawed logic, just ask your self this simple question; do you buy games that you aren't interested inn playing? Hopefully the answer is a big no.
Why should the Japanese be any different? Currently both the PS3 and 360 game libraries do not cater to the mainstream Japanese audience especially not compared to the Wii.
Only a fool would buy a gameless console, one will obviously wait for the release of ie FFXIII which has proved to be a smart move considering the price drops and in the PS3's case, the addition of rumble.
Souldriver
Member
This is a masked "wait for game x" post.VonGak! said:
Imho, the PS3 (and 360) already have quite a few games that (should) cater the mainstream gaming audience.
On PS3:
- GT5P
- Virtua fighter
- Musou
- Minna no Golf
- Gundam
No?
Phife Dawg
Member
Just like Souldriver said.VonGak! said:
Put
WE (over 1m on PS2)
RR (over 600k on PS2)
AC (over 200k on PS2)
Boku no Natsu Yasumi (over 300k on PS2)
Pro Yakyuu
on the list for successful franchises already on PS3.
Plus things like
Bladestorm
Folk Lore
Imabikisou
Enchanted Arms
that were catered to the japanese audience.
itxaka said:
X360 Alienates casual gamers confirmed! :lol
Total opposite to Nintendo's strategy, and certain to keep them in business (in the west at least). Sony's wishy-washy middle ground stance will work in the end, but being everyone's 2nd console isn't gonna work at a high price point.
I miss being on a message board where you can vote down posts that are off topic and just +1s. Guess it adds to the ignore list though...
What suprises me about this is how close the PS3 and the 360 are in software sales. I'm getting more uncertain if the the PS3 really has a chance to catch the 360 world-wide. Japan doesn't make much of a difference after all, so Europe would have to cancel out the 360's lead in NA all by itself.
Phife Dawg
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Well 360 also has a year more, plus it has roughly double the amount of titles available.Anth said:
And if you're thinking of the install base software sales don't matter. 1m more PS3s (in comparison to 360) means just that. PS3 will beat 360's LTD in Europe, that's a given and it'll happen next year. Wether or not that puts PS3 up front world wide by the end of next year or so is to be seen. If PS3 continues to underperform in NA and Japan it'll be a very close race.
Stumpokapow
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nofi said:
Through a time period means up until the end of that time period. I thought that was a Queen's English thing, but I'm in Canada so we mostly speak a mangled hybrid of QE and American English.
vanguardian1
poor, homeless and tasteless
Stumpokapow said:
Queenglish?
Seriously though, some of those numbers are downright absurd. 0.o
S
Shepherd
Unconfirmed Member
Phife Dawg said:
Maybe in Hardware. In software it will not be close at all.
Leon S. Kennedy
Member
It seems strange to me that Capcom has 0 titles for the PS3. Do they have anything planned for the PS3 other than Devil May Cry and Biohazard?
KyanMehwulfe
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Beyond the aformentioned PSP Slim, there was also the FF7 Crisis Core pack (and the game itself).RiverBed said:
It never sold quite like Pokemon does but it did move pretty darn well considering the intall base before it released.
I wonder if it broke 1,000,000... Last I saw it on the Top 10 I think it was at... 700,000?
Phife Dawg
Member
May very well be, I thought he was talking about hardware and that's how I worded my reply. I don't think anyone truly believes PS3 software sales will eclipse 360's next year. After all the majority of software that does sell well on PS3 sells better on 360. And I don't think the PS3 exclusives will make up for that.Shepherd said:
I don't think the original release will ever make a million. Although we have seen stranger things happening. But apart from MnG and MH we haven't seen PSP software with those kind of legs.KyanMehwulfe said:
papelnabangka
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I wouldn't be surprised if they integrate the pointer functionality to TVs. Why nobody thought of it in the first place is mindboggling.DeathWasHere said:
twilitesparklemotion
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Are the numbers lifetime or just this month?
And :lol, you're a sick man, Crushed.
And :lol, you're a sick man, Crushed.
biggersmaller
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Dalthien said:
Dalthien said:
Dalthien said:
These are software figures and it's staggering how close PS3 and 360 are.