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[AniHawk]

Well if they can sell 25k PS3s a week on average for the rest of the year, then that's a decent 1.3 million for the year. That's good, right?

Right?

 

[Branduil]

Wii 93,708
DSL 89,287
PSP 48,804
PS3 25,531
PS2 22,663
Xbox360 9,035
GBM 1,959
GBASP 1,547
GC 611
GBA 79
DS 41

"Nintendo Gamecube, console. A system barely alive."

"Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the technology. We have the capability to build the world's first waggle console."

"The Wii will be that console. Better than it was before. Better, stronger, waggly-er."

 

[donny2112]

~200K for Wii next week?

 

[TheKingsCrown]

~200K for Wii next week?

Trend analysis is fun. You aren't from Rhode Island are yoU?

 

[KINGMOKU]

25k for the PS3? OH WTF. This is bad. I dont even know what to say really.


The fact that the Wii beat out the DS really tells you something as well, and kind of puts the few previous pages of arguments, squarly in my corner.


Third-party devs, you listening? Get off your dead-asses, and get to work making waggle enhanced games, now.

 

[Galactic Fork]

25k for the PS3? OH WTF. This is bad. I dont even know what to say really.


The fact that the Wii beat out the DS really tells you something as well, and kind of puts the few previous pages of arguments, squarly in my corner.


Third-party devs, you listening? Get off your dead-asses, and get to work making waggle enhanced games, now.

Do you really think the DS and Wii situation is anything but a supply issue?

 

[Avalon]

Third-party devs, you listening? Get off your dead-asses, and get to work making waggle enhanced games, now.

Why do you want the Wii to gain more third party support? If things continue as they are now they will get everything they need from first party titles alone.

 

[xaosslug]

either way, these threads are gonna be fun to go back to a year or two from now...

You know things are really bad when you're being outsold by the PSP.

:lol

 

[Forgotten Ancient]

Well if they can sell 25k PS3s a week on average for the rest of the year, then that's a decent 1.3 million for the year. That's good, right?

Right?

Let's be adults here. These numbers don't include Wal-Mart.

 

[Taurus]

Wow, serious... February might just be the deathblow. Unless people really love their Virtual Fighter 5.

VF4 sold ~560k in Japan so... I don't know if VF5 really is a system-seller, but hey, it wouldn't be the first time I was wrong.

 

[jj984jj]

I just realized that this is the first time DS beat PSP on the 2nd week of Jan.

2005:
PSP: 64,602
DS: 53,527

 

[TheKingsCrown]

Let's be adults here. These numbers don't include Wal-Mart.

What about PS3 Hut?

 

[bgassassin]

I'm not talented enough to do it, but someone should make a pic or gif of Iwata swimming in the money bin.

EDIT:

I just realized that this is the first time DS beat PSP on the 2nd week of Jan.

2005:
PSP: 64,602
DS: 53,527

Better yet, the DS beat all of Sony's hardware combined.

 

[xaosslug]

25k for the PS3? OH WTF. This is bad. I dont even know what to say really.


The fact that the Wii beat out the DS really tells you something as well, and kind of puts the few previous pages of arguments, squarly in my corner.


Third-party devs, you listening? Get off your dead-asses, and get to work making waggle enhanced games, now.

i don't know about that, it seems all Japan wants from the Wii is:

1. (Wii, Nintendo) Wii Sports - 61,399 / 794,118
3. (Wii, Nintendo) Wii Play - 54,578 / 719,089

:/

 

[PhoenixDark]

Let's be adults here. These numbers don't include Wal-Mart.

Or McDonalds

 

[Cheesemeister]

I'm not talented enough to do it, but someone should make a pic or gif of Iwata swimming in the money bin.

 

[Avalon]

VF4 sold ~560k in Japan so... I don't know if VF5 really is a system-seller, but hey, it wouldn't be the first time I was wrong.

I didn't know that. Software is coming out really slowly though... I wonder if Enchant Arm will sell more then the Xbox 360 version.

 

[Forgotten Ancient]

What about PS3 Hut?

Obviously not. Seriously, MC threads are apples and oranges these days. I know like 20 friends that have a PS3 and all think the Wii is totally gay. These numbers are noticeably skewed towards bizzarro world.

I'll wait for Stringer's sales information, thank you.

 

[andthebeatgoeson]

Mostly wow @ PS3. Price does matter. It's too steep a buyin. It may do decently in the US but not expected.

 

[Jokeropia]

i don't know about that, it seems all Japan wants from the Wii is:

1. (Wii, Nintendo) Wii Sports - 61,399 / 794,118
3. (Wii, Nintendo) Wii Play - 54,578 / 719,089

:/

If selling like those games is the criteria, then Japan doesn't want anything at all from the PS3.

 

[thestopsign]

Obviously not. Seriously, MC threads are apples and oranges these days. I know like 20 friends that have a PS3 and all think the Wii is totally gay. These numbers are noticeably skewed towards bizzarro world.

I'll wait for Stringer's sales information, thank you.

And I'm the other way around. Guess it depends on which company you like more.

 

[fresquito]

Well if they can sell 25k PS3s a week on average for the rest of the year, then that's a decent 1.3 million for the year. That's good, right?

Right?

It comes down to your expectations, dude.

 

[TheKingsCrown]

It comes down to your expectations, dude.

i lol'd

 

[AniHawk]

It comes down to your expectations, dude.

And who was expecting the successor to the PS2 to put up more than that. I mean, let's not kid ourselves here.

 

[PhoenixDark]

And who was expecting the successor to the PS2 to put up more than that. I mean, let's not kid ourselves here.

I thought the DS was teh successor to the PS2

 

[The_lascar]

Famitsu Top 30 (1/1 - 1/7)
Nintendogs is back (and Tetris DS, #13 million seller on DS)

 

[AniHawk]

I thought the DS was teh successor to the PS2

No. The DS is just a stopgap solution

 

[Kobun Heat]

No. The DS is just a stopgap solution

I can't wait for GBE. It'll play GameCube discs!

 

[xaosslug]

If selling like those games is the criteria, then Japan doesn't want anything at all from the PS3.

seems so.

 

[chadums90]

Not to reiterate everything that's already been said, but the PS3 is doing ridiculously terrible.

 

[Forgotten Ancient]

And I'm the other way around. Guess it depends on which company you like more.

Fanboy. My Wii is bigger than yours.

Actually, I think it's only an average size and white. Phoenix Dark would be disappointed.

 

[Joe Molotov]

i don't know about that, it seems all Japan wants from next-gen is:

1. (Wii, Nintendo) Wii Sports - 61,399 / 794,118
3. (Wii, Nintendo) Wii Play - 54,578 / 719,089

:/

Fixed.

 

[jj984jj]

So how many games on the DS do you think will sell a million this year?

Undoubtedly:
Dragon Quest Monsters Joker
Dragon Quest IX

Potential:
Kirby
Jump Ultimate Stars
Picross
Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (with the power of DS)

 

[PhoenixDark]

Not to reiterate everything that's already been said, but the PS3 is doing ridiculously terrible.

If there was 10 PS3s in Japan they would all sell out. This week there were 25,531 available and they all sold out.

Selling out is selling out, and selling out is always impressive. Especially at $600. What other console has sold at that price?

 

[Jonnyram]

So how many games on the DS do you think will sell a million this year?

Come on, it's January.
We don't even know half the games that are due out this year.

 

[Galactic Fork]

Better yet, the DS beat all of Sony's hardware combined.

Clooose, but not quite:

PSP + PS2 + PS3 = 97,002
DS = 89,287

(89,328 if you include the original DS).

I remember the days the DS sold multiple times more than all the other systems combined! Seems like so long ago.

 

[xaosslug]

Fixed.

Blue Dragon

 

[jj984jj]

Come on, it's January.
We don't even know half the games that are due out this year.

I was trying to see if I could think of 10 so that it can have the most million sellers in Japan by the end of the year.

 

[Kaeru]

:lol :lol

 

[Avalon]

If there was 10 PS3s in Japan they would all sell out. This week there were 25,531 available and they all sold out.

Selling out is selling out, and selling out is always impressive. Especially at $600. What other console has sold at that price?

Didn't Sony ship one million or something?

 

[fresquito]

Didn't Sony ship your sarcasm detector?

fixed for great justice.

 

[PhoenixDark]

Didn't Sony ship one million or something?

Of course not

 

[chadums90]

If there was 10 PS3s in Japan they would all sell out. This week there were 25,531 available and they all sold out.

Selling out is selling out, and selling out is always impressive. Especially at $600. What other console has sold at that price?

It's still terrible - whether it is the consumer's fault or Sony's fault. If that is all Sony is shipping, that is incredibly pathetic.

 

[jarrod]

And maybe I'm blind... but I don't see MP8 on jarrod's list.

No concrete date yet, but it's Q1... other scheduled Q1 games with no solid date yet include...

Xbox 360
-Bladestorm (KOEI)*
-Fatal Inertia (KOEI)
-Kidou Sensei Gundam: Operation TROY (Bandai Namco)
-The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Spike)
-Trusty Bell: Chopin no Yume (Bandai Namco)

PlayStation 3
-Bladestorm (KOEI)*
-Heavenly Sword (SCEI)*
-Lair (SCEI)*
-Monster Kingdom: Unkown Realms (SCEI)*
-Ninja Gaiden Sigma (Tecmo)*
-The Eye of Judgement (SCEI)
-Wangan Midnight (Genki)

Wii
-Bachindaa (Hudson)
-Boku to Sims no Machi (Electronic Arts)*
-Dragon Quest Sword: Kamen no Joou to Kagami no Tou (Square Enix)*
-Mario Party 8 (Nintendo)
-Marvel Ultimate Alliance (Interchannel)
-Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Nintendo)*
-Necro-Nesia (Spike)
-One Piece Unlimited Adventure (Bandai Namco)
-Project H.A.M.M.E.R. (Nintendo)*
-Wii Yawaraka Atamajuku (Nintendo)*


*likely pushed to Q2 or later imo.

VF4 sold ~560k in Japan so... I don't know if VF5 really is a system-seller, but hey, it wouldn't be the first time I was wrong.

Again, 150k retail orders. VF5 may be the worst selling main game in the series for Japan. :/

VF1 (SS)~ 900k
VF2 (SS)~ 1.3m
VF3 (DC)~ 350k
VF4 (PS2)~ 550k
VF5 (PS3)~ 150k?

 

[Jiggy]

I feel like trying to spin the PS3 numbers positively just to be contrarian, but I've got nothing. There's just nothing to work with at all.

It might pick up after it drops whatever the equivalent of $150 is in yen, though. I don't think it's a lost cause or anything in the future, as much as I wish it was.

 

[TheDrowningMan]

It's still terrible - whether it is the consumer's fault or Sony's fault. If that is all Sony is shipping, that is incredibly pathetic.

By most accounts, PS3 is rather easy to find in Japan. It just isn't selling at a great rate.

 

[PhoenixDark]

It's still terrible - whether it is the consumer's fault or Sony's fault. If that is all Sony is shipping, that is incredibly pathetic.

Is this a fact or an opinion

 

[The Faceless Master]

PS3 25,531

i guess almost the people who worked extra hard to afford one got one already.

i can't believe this is happening in japan.

with numbers like these, sony probably could have done the global launch after all.

europe got shafted man!

now how about a pricedrop sony?

i wouldn't mind a $399 Linux box that can play Tekken 5 DR.

 

[Jonnyram]

jarrod, Fatal Inertia got delayyyyyeddddd to "sometime in 2007" on both ps3 and 360.

 

[jarrod]

jarrod, Fatal Inertia got delayyyyyeddddd to "sometime in 2007" on both ps3 and 360.

Waka?! Time to update the hatsubai!