I don't think the 360 will break 1 Million units in Japan myself. It needs more than a GameCube-style strategy for sales to remain consistently high. I think 2008 will be the Japanese 360's highlight year, if it hasn't already happened, unless Microsoft introduces something fairly drastic to capture Japanese gamers' interest. I think Sony has a far better chance at that happening than MS does, though.
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Media Create Sales: 7/21 - 7/27
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AFreak said:
I think PS3 sales will rise considerably over the next year myself. It may not be reflected in average weekly sales right away, but I think it's inevitable for interest in the PS3 to build in Japan. It's outlook isn't nearly as static-looking as the 360's. (I think the DS is probably the best example of a static platform at the moment).
Biohazard 5 and FFXIII will be huge for the PS3, while their 360 versions will go relatively ignored.
The MGS4 bump seems to have subsided now, and didn't really elevate the sales level.
So when all is said and done, will the PS3 finish 2008 in Japan with a YTD below 2007, extremely close or above 2007? I'm in the below boat. Price drops or slim revisions notwithstanding (neither seems particularly likely to me for now).
So when all is said and done, will the PS3 finish 2008 in Japan with a YTD below 2007, extremely close or above 2007? I'm in the below boat. Price drops or slim revisions notwithstanding (neither seems particularly likely to me for now).
bcn-ron said:
Actually, I see it falling below 2007 over the summer and fall, but eking out a win for the bump at the end of the year. I also expect it to have a much higher holiday season for New Year's 2009 than it did for 2008. I think, in Japan, 2009 will turn out to be the year of the PS3 (getting handily beaten by the Wii notwithstanding).
Vinci said:
Well, that's good at least.
Notorious_Roy
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Good work! Is there such a thing for Final Fantasy? I can't find itPantherLotus said:
Psychotext
Member
We've heard this since launch, but it's going the other way.cvxfreak said:
That said... I don't think building on 10k sales a week should be particularly difficult. For the moment however, HD gaming is dead in Japan.
Dash Kappei
Not actually that important
Wow, that's some big differences with Famitsu numbers.
Ps3>Ps2 not so much but the PSP numbers discrepancy is BIG. (Famistu had it a 81k iirc).
Ps3>Ps2 not so much but the PSP numbers discrepancy is BIG. (Famistu had it a 81k iirc).
Paracelsus
Member
Psychotext said:
No. Actually, it's going the same way each year.
Shitty sales for most of the year, then a decent improvement during the October-December period.
Psychotext
Member
Umm... that's how games console sales work. It's not just the PS3 - Everything gets a bump in the holiday months. The problem is that even the high points are too low (if you compare to what the Wii is selling and the PS2 sold).Paracelsus said:
Dash Kappei
Not actually that important
Spiegel said:
Oh.
Thanks!
(damn chans)
Paracelsus
Member
Psychotext said:
There's no "coexist" in Japan, as concerning home console hardware sales. The dominating system sells, the other don't.
Wii is the new PS2. PS3 can only try to gather as many crumbs as it can.
Psychotext
Member
They're both real. One is Media Create, one is Famitsu.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Notorious_Roy said:Good work! Is there such a thing for Final Fantasy? I can't find it
Edit: At some point I'm going to go back and verify all this data. At least some of these are partially rounded and while FFVII and FFVIII and several others both include rereleases, FFXII does not.
test_account
XP-39C²
I wonder how big the split will be between the PS3 and the Xbox 360 version. I think FFXIII is PS3 exclusive in Japan (if you ment in Japan that iscvxfreak said:
) by the way, atleast that is whats been announced so far i think EDIT: Oops, a typo, i ment the PS3 version of course hehe, not the PS2 version
Notorious_Roy
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Thanks! These charts rock!Stumpokapow said:
Edit: At some point I'm going to go back and verify all this data. At least some of these are partially rounded and while FFVII and FFVIII and several others both include rereleases, FFXII does not.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Laguna said:
It's enough to move it a few cardinal order places in those rankings, though.
Paracelsus
Member
test_account said:I wonder how big the split will be between the PS2 and the Xbox 360 version. I think FFXIII is PS3 exclusive in Japan (if you ment in Japan that is
Looking at how the other multiplatform games have performed so far in Japan, I think it will stay like that til the very end.
The split worldwide of RE5? Sort of 1:1, just like DMC4.
test_account
XP-39C²
Ye, i think so as well. I think it should be interesting to see how big the split is thoughParacelsus said:
Ye, i think this too, that the split worldwide between RE5 will be something like Devil May Cry 4 was
jesusraz
Member
The way biohazard 0's going, it could scrape its way to 100,000 eventually. I wonder if its success will make Capcom USA think twice about bringing it over...Seems like easy money, tapping into a large market of people that probably never even touched a GameCube and don't even know about the whole backwards compatibility function.
thestopsign
Member
Thanks for those charts Rock Man, it's interesting to see that the 360 is still putting up a *decent* fight against the PS3 in Japan on the software side. Every month or so it beats it for a week or two, which is better than I previously thought.
Stormbringer
Member
Phantasy Star Portable - 217k (90% of shipment)
Rhythm Tengoku Gold - 150k (50%)
SC4 PS3 - 56k
SC4 360 - 35k (80%)
Fatal Frame Wii - 21k (60%)
Doki Doki 2 - 10k
http://ameblo.jp/sinobi/
Rhythm Tengoku Gold - 150k (50%)
SC4 PS3 - 56k
SC4 360 - 35k (80%)
Fatal Frame Wii - 21k (60%)
Doki Doki 2 - 10k
http://ameblo.jp/sinobi/
The Innocent X
Banned
360 SC4 punching above it's weight.
Cosmonaut X
Member
Stormbringer said:
Wow, that's a tiny shipment for Fatal Frame - around 35k total? - but good to see it chew through 60% on the first day.
test_account
XP-39C²
Thanks for the numbers!Stormbringer said:
Phantasy Star Portable sold about 90% of its shipment the first day? I wonder if there will be shortage of this game then (shortage until the next shipment comes out that is). How fast does the other shipment usually comes out, does anyone know?
The_lascar
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No, it's SNK echi game :kottila said:
