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[Jonnyram]

Weekend sales for PS3 stuff:
http://eg.nttpub.co.jp/news/20061114_22.html

PS3 hardware 81,639 of which:
60GB version: 45,774
20GB version: 35,865

Ridge Racer 7 - 21,654
Gundam Target in Sight - 21,309
Resistance - 13,545
Genji - 8,766
Sega Golf Club - 1,410

Rinse. Repeat. Discuss.

 

[typhonsentra]

Surprising the two versions were so close.

 

[Calidor]

they did ship 80k after all

 

[Labombadog]

I said "WOW"

Seriously, the software sales is horrible.

 

[Son of Godzilla]

Or there are 19k sitting on a shelf somewhere.

 

[john tv]

Sad that Gundam sold so many copies when it's apparently such garbage.

Sadder that at least 15,000 people bought no games at all! :lol

 

[hyp]

i can only imagine what the US attach rate is going to be like with software... with all the ebay talk, this does not look good.

 

[elektrotal]

ridge racer, gundam, and golf. wouldn't be a japanese console launch without em =)

 

[castle007]

software numbers are terrible (66684)

it shows proves that A LOT of people of who bought the PS3s are planning on selling them again

 

[thestopsign]

BOMBA!!!!!

Let the "horrible" software sales discussion commence.

 

[speedpop]

Ouch @ software sales.

 

[DCharlie]

wow - is the X360 version of Ridge about to lose its title as the worst selling in the series?

 

[wonderfuldays]

So it is 1 day sale or 2?

edit: 11/11~11/12

 

[MobiusPigeon]

bodes well for the US where profiteering is a way of life. 3rd parties are going to have a fit.

 

[Willy Wanka]

Gundam outselling Resistance is just wrong. I know it's Japan we are talking about but it's still SO SO WRONG!

 

[AniHawk]

Sony to Nintendo regarding Japan: Here. You can have it.

 

[Troidal]

I guess Resistance "sold out" due to lower shipment numbers perhaps. It took me four stores to finally find a copy last weekend. RR7 and Gundam had SHITLOADS in stock.

 

[gfdoom]

and look how many this guy bought( 100 in total and reselling them)!!!, how the hell did he manage to get all of those??!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/boxthor/296485520/

 

[Dr. Kitty Muffins]

I am suprised a FPS sold so well in comparison to those other games. This is Japan after all.

 

[castle007]

Gundam outselling Resistance is just wrong. I know it's Japan we are talking about but it's still SO SO WRONG!

:lol :lol :lol :lol your avatar

 

[Dahbomb]

wow - is the X360 version of Ridge about to lose its title as the worst selling in the series?

Not really, RR6 sold pretty shitty on the 360 and from the looks of it RR7 will eclipse it pretty soon.

 

[Dr. Kitty Muffins]

Sony to Nintendo regarding Japan: Here. You can have it. Because we sure as hell know Microsoft hasn't got the brains to take it!

Fixed.


:lol

 

[ShowDog]

Is it wrong to assume people in Japan don't care at all about the Bluray player and that 19k people just bought a system with no software? Because that's what I'm assuming. But it sounds fishy.

 

[gutter_trash]

the Yakuza selling PS3s on Ebay or the back alley confirmed

 

[Lee N]

heh. Judging by those software numbers ~18.3% of the people who bought PS3 didn't buy any game whatsoever.

 

[Ashodin]

Sad that Gundam sold so many copies when it's apparently such garbage.

Sadder that at least 15,000 people bought no games at all! :lol

AGREED

 

[Dr. Kitty Muffins]

heh. Judging by those software numbers ~18.3% of the people who bought PS3 didn't buy any game whatsoever.

Hardware hackers. Arrrrrrrrrr matey!

 

[gfdoom]

heh. Judging by those software numbers ~18.3% of the people who bought PS3 didn't buy any game whatsoever.

i also think its people starting to realize they don't have to buy a launch game just because it's the new "next-gen" games.

 

[MobiusPigeon]

Is it wrong to assume people in Japan don't care at all about the Bluray player and that 19k people just bought a system with no software? Because that's what I'm assuming. But it sounds fishy.

ebay says hello. thats less than 1 game per system. expect the repeat for the US to be even worse.

 

[VultureDude]

heh. Judging by those software numbers ~18.3% of the people who bought PS3 didn't buy any game whatsoever.

i guess they wanted a cheap blue-ray player..

 

[medrew]

heh. Judging by those software numbers ~18.3% of the people who bought PS3 didn't buy any game whatsoever.

It's probably a lot more than that as you would expect many people to have picked up more than one game.

 

[Zombie James]

If i were to get a PS3 at launch i wouldn't buy any games either. Downloadable demos FTW.

 

[dirtmonkey37]

meh.


What happened to the original thread?

 

[Red Blaster]

Hey, it's just like them buying PS2s for the DVD playback.

 

[Lee N]

It's probably a lot more than that as you would expect many people to have picked up more than one game.

This is true. In any case, I don't think less than .8 is the tie ratio Sony was going for... they're obviously not making money on the PS3 itself so they need to sell games.

 

[Soul4ger]

It's really just kinda sad. :\

i also think its people starting to realize they don't have to buy a launch game just because it's the new "next-gen" games.

What the **** is the point of paying full price at hardware launch if you don't want any of the launch games?

 

[Fuzzy]

and look how many this guy bought( 100 in total and reselling them)!!!, how the hell did he manage to get all of those??!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/boxthor/296485520/

He employed a lot of poor Chinese people.

 

[sprsk]

I think the tie ratio is low due to ebay sellers, I mean, there are tons of em. I wonder if ps3 boosted DS sales?

 

[Lee N]

I think the tie ratio is low due to ebay sellers, I mean, there are tons of em. I wonder if ps3 boosted DS sales?

But people buying on ebay still need games, you'd think that people re-selling PS3s on ebay would also have bought games to sell.

 

[Azure Dream]

What the **** is the point of paying full price at hardware launch if you don't want any of the launch games?

Well, let's see...

1. This console could be insanely hard to get in the coming months, and it's not going to price drop any time soon, so it guarantees you have a unit once games you DO want finally come out...

2. Online demos, downloadables, etc? Some people buying the Wii are probably just going to head straight for the "Virtual Console" store channel. A similar thing could happen here.

 

[dyls]

I think the tie ratio is low due to ebay sellers, I mean, there are tons of em. I wonder if ps3 boosted DS sales?

from 99.3% sellthrough to 99.6% sellthrough?

But people buying on ebay still need games, you'd think that people re-selling PS3s on ebay would also have bought games to sell.

I think it's weird as well. Adding games to a console usually gets a proportionally higher selling price as opposed to sellin the console alone. Why leave money on the table?

 

[sprsk]

But people buying on ebay still need games, you'd think that people re-selling PS3s on ebay would also have bought games to sell.

Japanese people can just go to the store to buy the games they want.

 

[Sho Nuff]

Oh god no not Gundam

 

[masud]

It's gonna be pretty interesting around here for the next couple of weeks.

 

[C4Lukins]

With those software numbers, I bet a good 50% of the systems sold are being resold for profit, which is just insane.

 

[J-Rzez]

Resistance = Highest selling FPS ever in Japan? (outside of Metroid?)

 

[pilonv1]

Halo sold about 75k in Japan I thought. Plus some of the Medal of Honors on PS2 sold well.

 

[Lee N]

Japanese people can just go to the store to buy the games they want.

But I'm willing to bet that people buying on ebay are westerners, in general. Japanese people usually stick to Yahoo Auctions.

 

[Striek]

Those software sales are way less than Famitsu's numbers.

Either way they're poor, but its neither unprecedented nor concerning (unless you want it to be, I guess).

 

[cvxfreak]

Man, even with limited supply, I expected decent software sales out of RR7 and Gundam.