360 big in Japan, but new PS3 could usurp lead

[Jordahn]

crumas2 said:

Seihyouken said:

 

Xbox 360 Japan 2008
November - Agarest Senki: Reappearance, The Last Remnant (Timed)
December - Fable II

Xbox 360 Japan 2009
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, Star Ocean: The Last Hope, Ninety-Nine Nights II, Halo 3: Recon, Forza Motorsport 3, Ninja Blade

PlayStation 3 Japan 2008
October - SOCOM: Confrontation, LittleBigPlanet
November - Resistance 2, MotorStorm: Pacific Rift, Way of the Samurai 3, Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm
December - White Knight Chronicles

PlayStation 3 Japan 2009
Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy Versus XIII, Gran Turismo 5, The Last Remnant, Yakuza 3, Demon's Souls, Killzone 2, Quantum Theory

I think PS3 wins.

The PS3 definitely has a good lineup for 2009, but I keep seeing Gran Turismo 5 mentioned as though it will be a system seller.  Wouldn't most people who are motivated to buy a PS3 for GT5 already have a PS3 and GT5 Prologue?  If I was that crazy about a particular title on the PS3, I would already purchased the "partial" version just to get my hands on it.

 

 

What you're saying I'd normally agree with.  But with as small as the userbase of the PS3 in Japan, it would be feasable to say that some of those GT fans have yet to buy a PS3 for it.  I think that the larger the PS3 userbase, the more probable that you are correct.  The smaller the userbase, not as correct.  But where we'd draw the line between larger and smaller would be sujective at best.