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trestres on 07 January 2013

We still got no numbers for 2013, those Famitsu figures are for the last week of 2012. They are still to come this week probably on wednesday.



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F0X on 07 January 2013

Dominate? Maybe not. Outsell? Very much so.



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Somini on 07 January 2013

It will dominate the 360 and the Wii, although the Wii doesn't really count as the WiiU is a successor to it. It will outsell the PS3 by 20% maybe.



TheLastStarFighter on 07 January 2013

It's sales lead is about 50%... if it goes up from there I would call it domination. Certainly 2-1 would be. I would say there is a significant chance of domination. I'll say a proper lead for the first half of the year, then domination in the second half.



Boutros on 07 January 2013
spurgeonryan said:
I know there are no numbers, but that Was still a non-holiday and far enough away from launch week to get a nice glimpse.

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That week is still the Holidays in Japan.



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daveJ on 07 January 2013

Its going to be close, this is nintendo's best chance of outselling the PS3 in any of the 3 regions. But I still think the PS3 will outsell it in all 3 regions. Hard to say, since Japan is so different to NA or Europe but since everyone is picking the wii U I'll go the opposite



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brendude13 on 07 January 2013

I have a feeling it wont outsell the PS3 in Japan, they might end up giving it the Vita treatment.



*Sound Of Rain on 07 January 2013

Wii U will be huge in Japan but I don't know if it will start dominating until the 2nd half of 2013



Vinniegambini on 07 January 2013
*Sound Of Rain said:
Wii U will be huge in Japan but I don't know if it will start dominating until the 2nd half of 2013

I'm thinking the same. Sony's market dominance in Japan is but a shadow of the past. I'm fearing the same treatment as the Vita for the PS4 unfortunately, Coming late is not good and Nintendo will have a respectable foothold, much like the 3DS. Third party support will be slim by Japanese publishers, but will most likely be offset to some extent by western third party support. I'm saying it, people may not like it but I think either the next Final Fantasy or Kingdom Hearts will be on Wii U.



*Sound Of Rain on 07 January 2013
Vinniegambini said:
*Sound Of Rain said:
Wii U will be huge in Japan but I don't know if it will start dominating until the 2nd half of 2013

I'm thinking the same. Sony's market dominance in Japan is but a shadow of the past. I'm fearing the same treatment as the Vita for the PS4 unfortunately, Coming late is not good and Nintendo will have a respectable foothold, much like the 3DS. Third party support will be slim by Japanese publishers, but will most likely be offset to some extent by western third party support. I'm saying it, people may not like it but I think either the next Final Fantasy or Kingdom Hearts will be on Wii U.

I agree, as I said in another thread, I think Wii U will dominate Japan and it will be very similar to the 3DS V.S PSV there. Nintendo seems to have officially attracted the Japanese 3rd Party's too. They already have Monster Hunter & Dragon Quest. I can definitely see the next Final Fantasy & Kingdom Hearts being on Wii U too. Maybe exclusive, maybe not but they should be there.