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I've just checked: I took them from Kotaku, they took them from Enterbrain, and I can't follow that trail any further than that (I'm limited in what I can and can't access).
X360 still beating the PS3 in japan?
Maybe the annoucement of FF being multiplatform changed the tides?
Maybe the annoucement of FF being multiplatform changed the tides?
Except Japan's the only place it's not multiplatform -- MS has repeatedly stated they have no plans to release FFXIII in Japan, and even if they do it'll be about a year late.
Apparently it's a combination of a library better suited to Japanese tastes on the 360, really slim pickings on the PS3 plus the people waiting for the new console, announced for the 30th.
djskribbles
Legend
Wasn't there 2 JRPG's released on 360, including one by SE? I think once the new bundles come out, the PS3 will be back on top, but things will be very close now. Once FFXIII comes out though, I think the PS3 will see a nice bump.
Software, taken from GAF, which took it from here.
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Week NDS Wii PS3 PS2 PSP X360
07/21 - 27/07 548.601 193.392 78.778 188.894 170.080 19.081
07/28 - 08/03 684.905 184.940 115.983 142.526 485.664 37.602
08/04 - 08/10 753.875 148.064 56.654 121.214 231.491 122.421
08/11 - 08/17 683.148 228.693 55.536 140.651 224.715 36.505
08/18 - 08/24 471.057 116.471 34.819 194.485 119.839 17.166
08/25 - 08/31 464.969 119.749 89.201 137.961 147.798 26.540
09/01 - 09/07 378.177 111.082 49.293 99.123 89.218 16.507
09/08 - 09/14 1.359.677 130.488 38.811 105.876 76.479 110.550
09/15 - 09/21 728.370 100.698 75.242 121.620 111.545 32.785
09/22 - 09/28 638.127 111.983 85.866 539.344 103.562 23.384
09/29 - 10/05 398.829 84.433 39.985 266.162 96.254 18.359
10/06 - 10/12 332.218 72.096 27.116 142.586 164.111 14.269
10/13 - 10/19 374.464 178.352 24.346 148.501 161.044 12.818
10/20 - 10/26 438.583 126.851 27.601 184.565 134.428 12.579 UPDATE
Total 8.255.000 1.907.292 799.231 2.533.508 2.316.228 500.566Mintmaster
Veteran
Ahh, I see. So the reign will probably end at 6 weeks. Still, it's pretty surprising that MS was able to be ahead for this long.
I wonder how sustained the sales for the new PS3 bundles will be. I think there's still a chance for 360 to climb back a few weeks later.
Well, it's a guess. The new bundle dropped on the Oct 30 and it was announced during GC, wasn't it? We should see some different results next week. The PS3 still will have a pretty poor software library for Japan, I'm somewhat baffled that it actually sold so 'well' for so long -- what are Japanese people playing? As I understood, even as a BluRay player the Japanese have better choices. In fact, I wonder if the lack of BC will hurt the PS3 sales -- PS2 games still sell incredibly well, according to the chart I posted.
Well, the 360 has one more timed exclusive coming: Last Remnant. After that it's fairly slim pickings for the 360. (Edit: completely forgot about Star Ocean 4, out in Feb, which should give the 360 another boost.) The PS3 has the Naruto game which is already out, or out next week, White Knight Chronicles in December, and then the FFXIII demo in March 2009. After that I don't think there's anything particularly noteworthy, either.
I think it'll fluctuate, but I think that for 2009 we'll see what we saw for the most of this year. Both consoles doing horribly, the PS3 slightly ahead. I mean, the 360 is selling more than the PS3, but it's still selling only 7k. It's only slightly better than it was at the beginning of the year, the PS3 is just much worse.
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I agree with this sentiment. Having a "winner" with these sort of numbers is like fighting over stale crusts. Japan has chosen where they want the future of gaming, regardless of what MS or Sony would like.
New PSP model 2 weeks ago. Just coming off the high. But so far this year, the PSP has done well against the DS, in Japan.
I also believe these are the first week of sales after the DSI announcment. Unlike the USA and Europe japan is getting that in a couple of weeks. I'm scared to guess the numbers for DSi when it releases.
Actually, the DSi is out this week. This is probably just people waiting for it.
Really ? I thought it launched in Nov.
DuckThor Evil
Legend
Home consoles are selling quite poorly in Japan even the Wii whereas everywhere else Wii is flying at a ridiculous pace! I don't know how accurate those Vgchartz numbers are, but according to them Wii sold on the week ending 25th about 25k in japan, 183k in others! and 260k!! in NA. Those differences are quite odd if you look at the LTD numbers from all these territories, which are much closer to each other. Maybe the japanese market is getting saturated of the Wii?
470k in one week is pretty good in October...
470k in one week is pretty good in October...
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Sorry, not this week, this weekend. I think it's out on Sunday.
I don't have the numbers, but I've read that the Wii hasn't really grown (maybe shrunk slightly) YoY in Japan. It certainly hasn't succeeded in selling upmarket games there; the easy (maybe incorrect?) conclusion is that Japan has moved onto portables -- or maybe they're just not ready to abandon the PS2.
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