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Media Create Sales 4/2 - 4/8
- Thread starter Cheesemeister
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Agent Icebeezy
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StevieP said:
I got VF5 when it hit stateside. Too bad not to many more people than I did the same.
andthebeatgoeson
Junior Member
Yeah, I think I crossed the line that you can call Japan. I just don't see how Sony can perform so poorly for 14 months (nothing big til 08? seriously?) and turn it around significantly. I worry by September, Nintendo can roll out the 'Battle for 2nd place' powerpoint. Funny how that turns out. Pride before the fall and all that.Agent Icebeezy said:
imastalker co.
Banned
remember when the first few post after hardware numbers would consist of "sell your ds"
Phife Dawg
Member
Hot Shots Golf will still sell well, regardless of DQS. Will PS3 rise from it's slumber because of one game? I don't think so but it'll still sell some hardware. I guess the effect will be a bit higher than the Gundabump.schuelma said:
You have one irritating agenda.CoolTrick said:
That's true, I see the PS3 in almost the same vein as the PSP. It'll find it's niche (albeit a smaller one). But then again we are talking GC level of "success" here.hydragonwarrior said:
imastalker co.
Banned
looks like it's gonna be either Wii or DS at this point.Ruas said:
When the DS started to dominate, everybody said that it would have no bearing on the wii's success or failure.. The theory was that consoles and handhelds were two seperate markets and one wouldn't effect the other... I think that was sound logic at the time, but nintendo have changed the rules..
By making a console that mirrors the unique philosophy behind the DS, they've finally been able to leverage their handheld dominance and use it to help them in the console market. DS owners know that the wii is the same kind of product and they want it.
By making a console that mirrors the unique philosophy behind the DS, they've finally been able to leverage their handheld dominance and use it to help them in the console market. DS owners know that the wii is the same kind of product and they want it.
Cheesemeister
Member
You can really tell they're excited.
vanguardian1
poor, homeless and tasteless
I think they'll wait to decide when they see how DQIX sells, rather than announce what platform the next one will be on. That would be the best way to decide if DQX is a Wii or DS title.
Just like mj1108 said, I don't think it'll sell well. All the things needed for a huge failure are there:vanguardian1 said:
-small user-base
-uncool hw
-unpopular game series
-the fact that DQ is an un-non-game which we all know won't do well
-also the fact that Nintendo platform + 3rd party game = 100% failure
Pureauthor
Member
mj1108 said:
:lol :lol :lol
Agent Icebeezy
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Phife Dawg said:
This reminds me of the quote when it said that the Japanese are leaving the PS3 development area at a rate faster than Gamecube era.
norinrad21
Banned
Nintendo 
Holy shit. It should go up during Golden Week, but that's just nasty.
JoshuaJSlone does.Rocksteady33 said:
BrodiemanTTR
Member
vanguardian1 said:
I think part of the reason DQIX went to DS is not just the incredible sales, but the lack of a real fit in the console marketplace. With PS2 on the way out, and what looked to be a close PS3/Wii fight looming ahead, S-E was uncertain where to put the next DQ, so they just threw it on the cash cow DS. There is no longer any uncertainty.
Cheesemeister
Member
Early-morning brain fart. Time to replace the HW chart border. GAF visual artists, PM me with a link to a 639x415 image of your own creation -- signed by you somewhere in the visible region -- and I'll use one of my choosing, perhaps a new one every week. Just make sure it follows TOS and isn't blatantly troll-ish in terms of system wars. Timely art would be good, too.
Just a thought.
Just a thought.
Smiles and Cries
Member
we don't get sales charts the week after Golden Week until a week later right?
Cheesemeister
Member
Smiles and Cries said:
Looks like you're right.
Media Create Sales 4/24/06 - 4/30/06 was posted on 5/9, after Golden Week.
Media Create Sales 5/1/06 - 5/7/06 was posted on 5/10 per normal.
Ruas said:
You shouldn't get ahead of yourself here. X will be on the platform with the largest installed base and probably won't make light of day until 2009/2010 at the earliest.
There are more immediate bellweather indicators for S-E support, mainly the performance of DQ Swords, new projects announced by S-E for the Wii this year and how S-E weasels out of its mainline FF exclusivity with Sony if the chips are indeed falling where we think they are headed.
Well last week PS2 outsold PS3 by a thousand units or so...castle007 said:
2 million YTD, so 2 million in a slight bit above 3 months, without any big release and with average (for the DS, which means none) availability.castle007 said:
If they keep up the pace, they're on track to sell between 6 and 8 million this year
This doesn't bode well for the PS3 does it?Cheesemeister said:
The next two months are going to be slightly frightening...
Now check the populations.Mrbob said:
USA: 300 million inhabitants, or 1 PS2 per 8 persons
EU: 494 million inhabitants, or 1 PS2 per 14 persons
Japan: 128 million inhabitants, or 1 PS2 per 6.5 persons
So in numbers relative to the population, Japan is the best PS2 market.
Now factor in that Sony is a japanese company (thus homeland) and the number of very important japanese game producers, and I'm sure you can understand the importance of japan for Sony
When FFXIII hits the shelves, I'm not sure it'll still be possible to resell a PS3.Pureauthor said:
More like rent PS3 and rent FFXIII.
It's already worse off than the GC was at this point (much worse), and it supposedly has third party support, which the GC had none of...schuelma said:
I say the Wii (edit: yeah I meant the DS not the Wii, I'll enjoy my ban I guess) passes the PS2 LTD before the christmas holiday boostlinsivvi said:
Hell, I bet a month-long ban on it.
I'm wondering what kind of meltdown we could see if there was no real GW bump...Jokeropia said:
Kurosaki Ichigo
Member
I take the bet lolMasklinn said:
.dmc said:
The PS3's status is terminal in Japan now, not only have the endured their worse ever week, but with 1 (Yes ONE) game out until June, theres nothing new to pull the punters in, expect sub 10k sales before long, Sony have pulled a Gamecube in Japan, and unlike Nintendo, who at least didn't lose a large sum of money because of it, it will send their business model into chaos, in Japan at least, Sony am doomed in 2007 confirmed.
Masklinn said:
Yeah that ain't going to happen. But it's a good, tight battle between those two at the moment and the Wii may well pass the PS2 someday. When one thinks back to hysteria surrounding the PS2 launch and the fact that unlike the Wii it was much more than just a game machine, the fact that the Wii is tracking at very similar levels and perhaps outpacing it wordwide (have to check on that) just goes to show how big the Wii really is.
DS is an altogether different league. It is a phenonemon, Nintendo's first worldwide 100 million seller in the making (Edit - Of course I forgot about the original Gameboy/Colour line).
Kurosaki Ichigo said:
DAMMIT, freudian slip > me.Xzbeat said:
I hate you freud, I hate you :/
I ****ed up of course, I meant to say DS.xabre said:
That'll teach me not to proof my posts...
edit: I think this is appropriate, for both me and my friend the PS3
xabre said:
If somebody had access to Neo-Geo and 3DO stats, i would like to see that comparison...
I mean i'm sure that the ps3 is outperforming those two, but i wonder how close it is.
edit/ meh, i'm sure it's way ahead.. It's got the sony brand name going for it and all that.
viciouskillersquirrel
Member
You make a good point though. Historically, console wars are won and lost in Japan.AniHawk said:
It makes sense: you lose Japan, you lose the Japanese 3rd party devs. You lose the Japanese 3rd party devs, you've lost most of the greatest games of a console generation. You lose out on the greatest games, you fall further behind in the hardware race.
It looks like this is a snowball effect: low hardware sales mean fewer games made for your system. The fewer games are made for you system, the less hardware you sell. Thus the cycle repeats itself until you get a Gamecube.
Nowhere is this principle truer than in Japan. The PS3 hasn't got a hope.
BrodiemanTTR
Member
I know we've already gone through this, but holy shit it's ****ing remarkable how bad Sony have ****ed this up.
MrSardonic
The nerdiest nerd of all the nerds in nerdland
2006 vs 2007. The DSL has been selling at a slower rate than last year but it still up ahead in terms of YTD.
Still selling at a high enough rate to be closing in on the PS2 LTD very quickly.
The Xbox saga.
Still selling at a high enough rate to be closing in on the PS2 LTD very quickly.
The Xbox saga.
Wyndstryker
Member
When golden week comes around, and the PS3 sales don't make a jump. Then the PS3 would pretty much be on life support or worse.
Agent Icebeezy
Welcome beautful toddler, Madison Elizabeth, to the horde!
I think we need to discuss EXACTLY how bad Sony have screwed up.
I mean, everyone always talks about how much the N64 was a screw up for Nintendo. Yet, as it looks like right now, the N64 will be nothing compared to the PS3. As in, the marketshare lost from the SNES to the N64 will pale in insignificance compared to the marketshare lost from the PS2 to the PS3. And, although this is a Japan only sales thread, that's happening on a worldwide scale.
I mean, I wonder if in 10 years people will make "7 Biggest Sony Mistakes" articles and have the inclusion of Blu-Ray as number 1.
I mean, everyone always talks about how much the N64 was a screw up for Nintendo. Yet, as it looks like right now, the N64 will be nothing compared to the PS3. As in, the marketshare lost from the SNES to the N64 will pale in insignificance compared to the marketshare lost from the PS2 to the PS3. And, although this is a Japan only sales thread, that's happening on a worldwide scale.
I mean, I wonder if in 10 years people will make "7 Biggest Sony Mistakes" articles and have the inclusion of Blu-Ray as number 1.