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*mind boggles*

What would be the reasoning that led you to that conclusion?

+ Added Wii Sports Resort to the bundle in the Summer

- 10K yen too high
- Even less third-party support than the terrible 2010
- Even less first-party support than in 2010 (so far)

Really curious what the reasoning would be that led to thinking 2011 in Japan would be better than 2010's horrible year for Wii.

Edit:
On the first party releases, here are the Top 5 1st-party releases in 2010 on Wii through September. Famitsu data from my database.

2010 1st-party Wii releases through Sept
WII Wii Party - 971K (through 20100926, released 7/8)
WII Super Mario Galaxy 2 - 794K (through 20100926, released 5/27)
WII Xenoblade - 120K (through 20100711, released 6/10)
WII Metroid: Other M - 62K (through 20100926, released 9/2)
WII Zangeki no Reginleiv - 38K (through 20100307, released 2/11)

Total: 1.98m


2011 1st-party Wii releases through Sept
WII Minna no Rhythm Tengoku (Everyone's Rhythm Heaven) - 487K (through 20110925, released 7/21)
WII The Last Story - 157K (through 20110911, released 1/27)
WII Goldeneye 007 - 93K (through 20110911, released 6/30)
WII Wii Play: Motion - 88K (through 20110911, released 7/7)
WII Disney Epic Mickey: Mickey Mouse to Mahou no Fude (Mickey and the Magic Brush) - 67K (through 20110911, released 8/4)

Total: 892K

I didn't mean it in that way, Nintendo simply dropped the ball. The PS3 is comparable in its age and managed to get a good first and third party lineup, so it was more stable in its sales, despite its age. Nintendo should have been prepared for this situation, it was not coming out of the blue.

 

[DNF]

so with vita getting released so late in the year
and 3ds getting all these huge games, 2 new colors and like 5(?) hardware bundles, how likely/possible is it that 3ds will have higher YTD than ps3+psp+psv combined ?

 

[BishopLamont]

3DS YTD 2.072.670
PSP YTD 1.582.719

Wasnt there a point this year where the PSP was 1-2 weeks away from topping the 3DS in YTD sales?

Yeah it wasn't too long before the price cut.

PSP was 27k behind the 3DS the week before the price cut happened. The closest its ever been to passing it. It would've happened had the 3DS didn't get the odd 40k weeks in June/July, Starfox and OOT actually helped the 3DS from being beaten YTD, even if it would have been for only a week or two.

 

[test_account]

Dropping the 3DS price with nearly 40% turned out to be a really smart move by Nintendo. It gives people an extra "excuse" to upgrade their current DS at this point. Earlier, many people were probably waiting for a price drop, or they couldnt justify it that easily to spend 25k yen on it. Now that it is 15k yen, it is much easier to justify it

 

[BurntPork]

so with vita getting released so late in the year
and 3ds getting all these huge games, 2 new colors and like 5(?) hardware bundles, how likely/possible is it that 3ds will have higher YTD than ps3+psp+psv combined ?

Impossible. It's 500k behind doing that now, and Vita isn't out yet. 3DS is doing well, but let's not go crazy.

 

[walking fiend]

Impossible. It's 500k behind doing that now, and Vita isn't out yet. 3DS is doing well, but let's not go crazy.

Certainly not impossible.

As we near the holiday, 3DS normally would fill the 500k gap that it has now as Nintendo hardware are affected much more by holiday. But since it's getting MK7+MH very near Vita as well, it totally may outsell Vita during last few weeks of the year. It'll also get like 5 bundles or new colors by the end of year as well (white, pink, MH, NL+, Gundam).

MC is going to be crazy for December, so you should expect crazy results as well.

 

[BishopLamont]

Yeah, colors, bundles, first party software, third party software, low price.

2x Mario and MH alone will push crazy numbers.

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

Of course it's not quite the same as if Ubisoft actually published it, but as far as the period covered in Garaph, Just Dance Wii beats every Ubisoft game's LTD except for Assassin's Creed I & II on PS3.

3DS YTD 2.072.670
PSP YTD 1.582.719

Wasnt there a point this year where the PSP was 1-2 weeks away from topping the 3DS in YTD sales?

Going by Media Create, yeah, it came very close:

Though looks like Famitsu thinks less of PSP this year:

 

[M-PG71C]

Kirby Mass Attack for the win, its still drawing in sales. 250K+ is a damn fine way to go! And 3DS hardware sales are interesting. November and December are going to be just slaughter. That's when the games really start showing up. I can imagine shortages happening.

And the PS3 is doing remarkably well too. Good week!

 

[BurntPork]

Certainly not impossible.

As we near the holiday, 3DS normally would fill the 500k gap that it has now as Nintendo hardware are affected much more by holiday. But since it's getting MK7+MH very near Vita as well, it totally may outsell Vita during last few weeks of the year. It'll also get like 5 bundles or new colors by the end of year as well (white, pink, MH, NL+, Gundam).

MC is going to be crazy for December, so you should expect crazy results as well.

It's not like PS3 and PSP will suddenly stop selling. Doesn't PSP have some upcoming titles, too?

 

[walking fiend]

It's not like PS3 and PSP will suddenly stop selling. Doesn't PSP have some upcoming titles, too?

I didn't say they'll stop selling, but the increase in 3DS sales slope normally would be enough to fill the current gap. Both will sell more, but the gap will vanish. Wii did so last year as well; this gap. is larger now, but so is current sales of 3DS and its demand.

PSP upcoming titles are mostly selling to the 18m+ installed base of the system.

FF XIII sold VERY closely to FF XII. Fans of FF didn't skip PS3 only to buy it for the sequel, Or CC to play type-0. The upcoming games for PSP and PS3 are not really important system sellers at this stage of respective systems' life cycle. They sure will have effect, but it would be lost in 3m or 4m sales of them.

 

[frankie_baby]

Impossible. It's 500k behind doing that now, and Vita isn't out yet. 3DS is doing well, but let's not go crazy.

If the 3ds can fill the gap by the end of November then I think it might just do it

 

[AniHawk]

i think after this week, it's clear that the playstation brand is tanking and the nintendo brand is soaring.

 

[BKK]

i think after this week, it's clear that the playstation brand is tanking and the nintendo brand is soaring.

If this week's rate of change continues it won't be long before the Xbox brand finally conquers Japan;

TW / LW / WoW%

Xbox Brand - 1887 / 1346 = +40%
Nintendo Brand - 71977 / 67564 = +7%
Playstation Brand - 55147 / 57541 = -4%

 

[blu]

Going by Media Create, yeah, it came very close:
http://garaph.info/linecompare.php/.../date-0/2011-01-03/tra-0/mc/sys-1/PSP/gr-1/hf
Though looks like Famitsu thinks less of PSP this year:
http://garaph.info/linecompare.php/...date-0/2011-01-03/tra-0/fam/sys-1/PSP/gr-1/hf

Wait, 3DS' first week actually started at PSP's YTD? Mind blown.

 

[Kyoufu]

Wait, 3DS' first week actually started at PSP's YTD? Mind blown.

A system launch blows your mind?

 

[AniHawk]

If this week's rate of change continues it won't be long before the Xbox brand finally conquers Japan;

TW / LW / WoW%

Xbox Brand - 1887 / 1346 = +40%
Nintendo Brand - 71977 / 67564 = +7%
Playstation Brand - 55147 / 57541 = -4%

is there any way to extrapolate this for sales by 2013?

 

[LOCK]

And so last week I predicted that the 3DS would fall below the DS 2005 numbers because of the new color launching. Well boy was I wrong. However this just further solidifies my second prediction in that the 3DS would outsell the DS 2005 numbers for the rest of the year. 600K+ in one week here we come.

The rest of the year is going to be amazing sells wise. Sales-GAF Unite!

 

[Truth101]

I still believe that the Wii has hit a ceiling for home console in Japan, regarding sales. Though, I guess we won't be able to know till the end of next-gen; if there is in fact a ceiling and if there is will it lower again next-gen.

 

[shintoki]

Did not know Dark Souls was 340k on PS3 in Japan alone, when its all said and done. If its sales are equal to what Atlus shipped for Demon's Soul. Dark Souls could be a million+ seller.

Impressive.

 

[blu]

A system launch blows your mind?

According to that graph, 3DS' first week sales pretty much equaled PSP YTD sales up till that same week. Yes, I find it amusing.

 

[test_account]

According to that graph, 3DS' first week sales pretty much equaled PSP YTD sales up till that same week. Yes, I find it amusing.

PSP YTD at that point was only like 7-8 weeks though, so it wasnt really that long.

 

[Madao]

i wonder if we'll have those old "XXX weeks until system X catches up to system Y" stats once again after the vita is out. it was interesting to see the ridiculous numbers that resulted in abnormal weeks and how weak/strong a system looked compared to past gen systems.

 

[frankie_baby]

I still believe that the Wii has hit a ceiling for home console in Japan, regarding sales. Though, I guess we won't be able to know till the end of next-gen; if there is in fact a ceiling and if there is will it lower again next-gen.

I'm not so sure, nintendo's bizare refusal to give Japan a price cut when the rest of the world got one has certainly put a dampner on what it could've sold this year, if ninty drop it next year (probably alongside the gc lacking redesign) then it will probably get another couple of million

 

[blu]

PSP YTD at that point was only like 7-8 weeks though, so it wasnt really that long.

Wait, I think I'm being misunderstood. I'm not implying anything about any of the platforms' sales, whether those were good, bar or neither. The virtual parity at the 3ds launch was the one thing that struck me. How often have we had two competing systems chart at a practically 'even start' (pair-wise) YTD, given one of them was not present at the year's beginning?

 

[jamesinclair]

Yeah it wasn't too long before the price cut.

PSP was 27k behind the 3DS the week before the price cut happened. The closest its ever been to passing it. It would've happened had the 3DS didn't get the odd 40k weeks in June/July, Starfox and OOT actually helped the 3DS from being beaten YTD, even if it would have been for only a week or two.

Its like Nintendo was holding the football, only to pull it away at the very last second.

 

[test_account]

Wait, I think I'm being misunderstood. I'm not implying anything about any of the platforms' sales, whether those were good, bar or neither. The virtual parity at the 3ds launch was the one thing that struck me. How often have we had two competing systems chart at a practically 'even start' (pair-wise) YTD, given one of them was not present at the year's beginning?

Oh, like that. That senario dont happen very often indeed

 

[donny2112]

I didn't mean it in that way, Nintendo simply dropped the ball.

Oh, okay. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

Actually third-party-wise, 2011 is *ahem* "better" than 2010 for Wii, as pathetic as that is. :lol

Top 5 3rd-party for Wii through Sept.: (Famitsu from my database)
2010 Total - 578K (Top game DQM:BRV @ 278K)
2011 Total - 690K (Top game DQAnniversary @ 323K)

How often have we had two competing systems chart at a practically 'even start' (pair-wise) YTD, given one of them was not present at the year's beginning?

PS3 was *thisclose* to passing 360's LTD when Wii launched and passed them both up. Sort of a similar situation there.

 

[blu]

PS3 was *thisclose* to passing 360's LTD when Wii launched and passed them both up. Sort of a similar situation there.

An interesting tidbit, thanks. I was not paying attention to the sales threads back then. So how close exactly were the three systems' LTDs (JP-only, I assume?) when that 'newcomer's alignment' phenomenon occurred?

 

[DGRE]

As usual good 3DS hardware but the software is a wasteland except for the Zelda tumbleweed.

How many times does it have to be said?

Top 20 =/= Total software sold. Maybe to you or people on this board outliers don't mean anything, but we've seen MANY titles end up in the top 500 for YTD software sales that have hovered on the outskirts nearly all year. I'm pretty sure publishers are more than happy to count those sales.

I understand the sentiment but wasteland is a gross exaggeration.

 

[Cygnus X-1]

Nintendo prepares huge 3DS shipments for holidays in Europe, I don't believe there is the slightest possibility things will be different in Japan. There won't be supply problems this December unless there is demand for more that 1 million units per week.

I find very unlikely to overtake the DS's record of 600k in one week.

 

[test_account]

I find very unlikely to overtake the DS's record of 600k in one week.

Especially if people are buying a 3DS now to avoid potential shortage this holiday season. It depends on how many that doesnt do this though.

 

[BurntPork]

I think it'll definitely cross 400k at least once. Even 500k seems likely.

 

[Kenka]

I think it'll definitely cross 400k at least once. Even 500k seems likely.

What the hell, why do you make even such an assumption (you and the others ?) 600k was something totally unreal. There is no law stating that it must be some season-cyclic stuff. There is 1% chance the 3DS hits such a score. I don't think you guys realize that DS scores in 2005/2006 were totally out of this world. No anecdote, even Chris' graph, allows you to say that the holidays will such a spike in sales.

400k ? Based on what ? Nothing.

 

[Chris1964]

Famitsu Sales: Sep 2011 (Aug 29 - Sep 25)

01./00. [PS3] Tales of Xillia # <RPG> (Bandai Namco) {2011.09.08} (¥8.379) - 590.621 / NEW
02./00. [WII] Dragon Quest 25th Anniversary: Famicom & Super Famicom Dragon Quest I-II-III <RPG> (Square Enix) {2011.09.15} (¥4.440) - 322.881 / NEW
03./00. [PS3] Dark Souls <RPG> (From Software) {2011.09.22} (¥7.800) - 228.872 / NEW
04./00. [PS3] Resident Evil: Revival Selection <ADV> (Capcom) {2011.09.08} (¥4.490) - 113.893 / NEW
05./00. [PSP] Grand Knights History <RPG> (Marvelous Entertainment) {2011.09.01} (¥5.229) - 100.285 / NEW
06./01. [PS3] Monster Hunter Freedom 3 HD Ver. <ACT> (Capcom) {2011.08.25} (¥4.800) - 95.738 / 378.698 (-66%)
07./00. [PS3] The ICO and Shadow of the Colossus Collection <ADV> (SCE) {2011.09.22} (¥6.980) - 90.222 / NEW
08./02. [WII] Rhythm Heaven <ACT> (Nintendo) {2011.07.21} (¥5.800) - 67.358 / 487.296 (-67%)
09./00. [PSP] Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Tag Force 6 <TBL> (Konami) {2011.09.22} (¥5.250) - 66.007 / NEW
10./00. [3DS] Senran Kagura: Shoujotachi no Shinei <ACT> (Marvelous Entertainment) {2011.09.22} (¥5.980) - 53.951 / NEW
11./12. [WII] Wii Sports Resort <SPT> (Nintendo) {2009.06.25} (¥4.800) - 50.073 / 2.511.745 (-27%)
12./13. [3DS] The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D <ACT> (Nintendo) {2011.06.16} (¥4.800) - 49.113 / 405.333 (-23%)
13./00. [360] Gears of War 3 # <ACT> (Microsoft Game Studios) {2011.09.22} (¥7.140) - 45.834 / NEW
14./03. [NDS] Kirby Mass Attack <ACT> (Nintendo) {2011.08.04} (¥3.800) - 42.598 / 212.484 (-75%)
15./11. [PS3] Samurai Warriors 3: Empires # <ACT> (Koei Tecmo) {2011.08.25} (¥6.090) - 39.598 / 110.086 (-44%)
16./06. [3DS] Pokemon Rumble Blast <ACT> (Pokemon Co.) {2011.08.11} (¥4.800) - 38.520 / 182.988 (-73%)
17./04. [PSP] Monster Hunter Diary: Pokapoka Felyne G <ETC> (Capcom) {2011.08.10} (¥3.990) - 35.767 / 198.201 (-78%)
18./00. [PS3] To Heart 2 DX Plus # <ADV> (Aqua Plus) {2011.09.22} (¥8.379) - 31.453 / NEW
19./00. [PSP] Dynasty Warriors 7: Special <ACT> (Koei Tecmo) {2011.08.25} (¥6.090) - 30.257 / 58.855
20./00. [WII] Super Sentai Battle: Ranger Cross <ACT> (Bandai Namco) {2011.09.08} (¥6.090) - 29.102 / NEW
00./00. [NDS] Pokemon Black / White <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2010.09.18} (¥4.800) - 18.345 / 5.309.040 (-43%)
00./00. [NDS] Sweet PreCure: Melody Collection <ETC> (Bandai Namco) {2011.08.25} (¥5.040) - 16.045 / 26.821
00./00. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. <ACT> (Nintendo) {2006.05.25} (¥4.800) - 12.495 / 6.194.665 (-26%)
00./09. [NDS] All Kamen Rider: Rider Generation <ACT> (Bandai Namco) {2011.08.04} (¥5.040) - 11.985 / 91.146 (-85%)
00./00. [NDS] Mario Kart DS <RCE> (Nintendo) {2005.12.08} (¥4.800) - 9.729 / 3.827.101 (-38%)
00./00. [NDS] Battle & Get! Pokemon Typing DS <ACT> (Pokemon Co.) {2011.04.21} (¥5.800) - 9.659 / 165.386 (-34%)
00./00. [NDS] Puyo Puyo! 20th Anniversary # <PZL> (Sega) {2011.07.14} (¥5.040) - 8.173 / 90.941 (-64%)
00./00. [NDS] Winnie the Pooh: 100 Acre Wood Cooking Book <HOB> (Disney Interactive) {2011.09.15} (¥5.040) - 7.699 / NEW
00./00. [NDS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 - Professional <RPG> (Square Enix) {2011.03.31} (¥4.440) - 7.490 / 511.697 (-36%)

Top 20

PS3 - 7
PSP - 4
WII - 4
3DS - 3
360 - 1
NDS - 1

HARDWARE

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|System | This Month | Last Month | Last Year  |     YTD    |  Last YTD  |     LTD     |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  3DS  |    235.086 |    383.911 |            |  1.921.801 |            |   1.921.801 |
|  PS3  |    170.422 |     99.461 |     72.247 |    998.486 |  1.146.238 |   6.948.373 |
| PSP # |    104.386 |    146.831 |    134.614 |  1.466.957 |  1.691.775 |  17.743.888 |
|  WII  |     48.296 |     62.045 |     63.140 |    596.460 |  1.184.927 |  11.826.752 |
| NDS # |     12.278 |     19.586 |    237.636 |    681.396 |  2.044.103 |  32.805.694 |
|  360  |      6.223 |      5.382 |     11.364 |     89.179 |    164.202 |   1.495.842 |
|  PS2  |      3.553 |      4.149 |      5.771 |     48.083 |     72.952 |  21.943.994 |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  ALL  |    580.244 |    721.365 |    524.772 |  5.802.362 |  6.304.197 |  94.686.344 |
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|  DSi  |     11.929 |     18.985 |    214.106 |    654.517 |  1.865.352 |   8.215.390 |
|  DSL  |        349 |        601 |     23.530 |     26.879 |    178.751 |  18.141.098 |
| PSPgo |        162 |        204 |      2.291 |     20.123 |     48.355 |     160.575 |
|  PSP  |    104.224 |    146.627 |    132.323 |  1.446.834 |  1.643.420 |  17.583.313 |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

MARKET VALUE (Millions Yen)

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|       | This Month | Last Month | Last Year  |     YTD    |  Last YTD  |
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|  H-W  |     10.260 |     11.820 |     12.120 |    112.660 |    118.930 |
|  S-W  |     19.460 |     18.170 |     33.460 |    168.730 |    211.630 |
|  TOT  |     29.710 |     29.990 |     45.510 |    281.380 |    330.580 |
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[Orgen]

400k ? Based on what ? Nothing.

His crap-prediction machine ;P

 

[Instro]

What the hell, why do you make even such an assumption (you and the others ?) 600k was something totally unreal. There is no law stating that it must be some season-cyclic stuff. There is 1% chance the 3DS hits such a score. I don't think you guys realize that DS scores in 2005/2006 were totally out of this world. No anecdote, even Chris' graph, allows you to say that the holidays will such a spike in sales.

400k ? Based on what ? Nothing.

Welcome to the world of Burnt Pork.

 

[test_account]

Burkpoint is not the only one who made that type of prediction though. I.e Chris said not that long ago that he belived this holiday season could be similar to the crazy holidy season we saw back in 2005/2006 with the DS.

 

[BurntPork]

What the hell, why do you make even such an assumption (you and the others ?) 600k was something totally unreal. There is no law stating that it must be some season-cyclic stuff. There is 1% chance the 3DS hits such a score. I don't think you guys realize that DS scores in 2005/2006 were totally out of this world. No anecdote, even Chris' graph, allows you to say that the holidays will such a spike in sales.

400k ? Based on what ? Nothing.

Did you really need to get pissed off and explode on me about it? What the fuck?

Fine. How about 300k? Does that damage your pride a little less? Actually, I'll go down to 150k, but no lower than that.

Seriously, what's your problem?

 

[Alrus]

What the hell, why do you make even such an assumption (you and the others ?) 600k was something totally unreal. There is no law stating that it must be some season-cyclic stuff. There is 1% chance the 3DS hits such a score. I don't think you guys realize that DS scores in 2005/2006 were totally out of this world. No anecdote, even Chris' graph, allows you to say that the holidays will such a spike in sales.

400k ? Based on what ? Nothing.

Based on the fact that in December, the 3DS gets 2 multi-million seller that have system selling qualities (MK7 and MH3G), the sequel a million selling series (IE Go), a few game with decent sales potential/system selling abilities (New Love Plus, SD Gundam). Plus multiple bundles and a new color coming in late November.

400k could be reachable and there's no reason to be so aggressive about it. Heck, last year, the PSP reached 325k in one week with "just" MHP3rd.

 

[Nuclear Muffin]

Rhythm Heaven finally broke 500k! Kirby and 3DS hardware is trucking along nicely as well!

Not a bad start for Just Dance either, it'll be interesting to see if its legs come close to its western counterpart.

 

[pharmboy044]

Did not know Dark Souls was 340k on PS3 in Japan alone, when its all said and done. If its sales are equal to what Atlus shipped for Demon's Soul. Dark Souls could be a million+ seller.

Impressive.

I think this is a forgone conclusion. I'm really glad for From Software.

I really hope they port/remake Demon's/Dark Souls to Vita.

 

[Chris1964]

Burkpoint is not the only one who made that type of prediction though. I.e Chris said not that long ago that he belived this holiday season could be similar to the crazy holidy season we saw back in 2005/2006 with the DS.

I said that 2 months ago and after all the 3DS announcements the surprise will be if it doesn't happen, not if it happens.

 

[test_account]

I said that 2 months ago and after all the 3DS announcements the surprise will be if it doesn't happen, not if it happens.

Yes, that is what i ment You predicted that this holiday season, that the 3DS would match the DS preformance back in 2005/2006. That would mean some weeks around 400k-500k, or at least one week with those types of numbers.

 

[Erethian]

3DS software sales still concerning.

If only software was sold outside the top 20.

And I don't know what is so incredibly surprising about the performance of the 3DS hardware at the moment. Strong anticipation for key holiday titles due to marketing campaigns that are already running, a low price, and a decent catalog of software that is no doubt doing some nice off the chart growth.

 

[noobie]

Seeing 3DS results after the 40% price cut i seriously wander what would be the state of the PS3 hardware had Sony reduced the price after a lack luster launch by 10k

After reading all those surveys in which people said Price is not the main reason for NOT buying 3DS and then the 3DS sales sky rocketting after the price cut, i think its THE PRICE which was the main reason for lack of interest in 3DS after its launch...

and if Sony had played it smartly like Nintendo they would have been in the second place right now... (almost certainly)

 

[BurntPork]

Seeing 3DS results after the 40% price cut i seriously wander what would be the state of the PS3 hardware had Sony reduced the price after a lack luster launch by 10k

After reading all those surveys in which people said Price is not the main reason for NOT buying 3DS and then the 3DS sales sky rocketting after the price cut, i think its THE PRICE which was the main reason for lack of interest in 3DS after its launch...

and if Sony had played it smartly like Nintendo they would have been in the second place right now... (almost certainly)

Sony couldn't cut the price. They were already losing over $200 per console.

 

[Ezduo]

Seeing 3DS results after the 40% price cut i seriously wander what would be the state of the PS3 hardware had Sony reduced the price after a lack luster launch by 10k

After reading all those surveys in which people said Price is not the main reason for NOT buying 3DS and then the 3DS sales sky rocketting after the price cut, i think its THE PRICE which was the main reason for lack of interest in 3DS after its launch...

and if Sony had played it smartly like Nintendo they would have been in the second place right now... (almost certainly)

The PS3? Aren't they in second place in Japan and worldwide? I think they're only behind the 360 in America.

 

[jcm]

The PS3? Aren't they in second place in Japan and worldwide? I think they're only behind the 360 in America.

No, they are in third worldwide. MS reports earnings Thursday. Sony will report November 2, and we'll be able to see if they've made up any ground, but there's no chance they've passed MS yet.

Just for the record, Nintendo's is scheduled for Oct 27.

 

[Basch]

For some reason, Japan always worries me when I see the 10th best selling game of the week scoring no more than 13k.