| Reject said: But surely games released a few years after a console still moves systems, FFXIII will be huge for PS3 in Japan and that releases next year, that alone would negate any steps forward the 360 has made in Japan....or I am over exaggerating the popularity of FF? |
Let's put this in perspective. Tales of Vesperia (A major iteration in an established JRPG series from Namco) moved about 24,700 Xbox 360's in Japan the week it launched. Infinite Undiscovery (An unestablished new IP from Square Enix) sold 28,700 Xbox 360's in Japan the week it launched. Mind you that some of the increase is due to the price-cut as well as the replenished stock after Tales of Vesperia's week, but the point is that Square Enix is like a religion in Japan. Even a new IP from the company sells about as much as an established franchise from another company. Now imagine if it was a major iteration of the Final Fantasy series, which is practically a religion on its own. Basically, expect PS3 to outsell the Wii for quite a few weeks when Final Fantasy XIII launches in Japan and don't expect 360 to overtake it in weekly sales again until it gets an exclusive Dragon Quest game.
sh7272 said:
If GT5 will be realesed in 2010 it will be too late. Until then PS3 doesnt have any console sellers so thats going to be very hard.
If you bothered to read the entire topic, you'd have noticed that it was just said two days ago that Gran Turismo 5's development was moving along quicker than expected and that it would be released in 2009. Also, saying that PS3 doesn't have any console sellers outside of Gran Turismo 5 is laughable. Unless, of course, your definition of a console seller is +500,000 systems sold due to the release of the game. However, if that's the case, then you must think that 360 doesn't have ANY system sellers left.
kowenicki said:
won't gt5 fans already have a ps3 for gt prologue? just asking... i would imagine lots will.
Mostly hardcore Gran Turismo fans bought Prologue. Most casual fans of the series, the huge majority, will wait until the full release.
