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c0rd on 11 February 2009
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BMaker11 said:

Why should you take out the first party? I dunno...because despite the Wii "selling the most software", isn't it like 60% of the TOTAL sales come from the first party?

And because the 360 has a shitty userbase in Japan, you want to draw conclusions? Ok, what about the PS3? If you want to talk about, say, Eternal Sonata.....well, that's a year old port. Valkyria and Disagaea are the definition of niche. The one big JRPG that's on the PS3 is WKC right now....and it's at 330k on VGC, but reported to be upwards of 500k....in Japan ALONE. So if you want to use proper titles, and not ones with a year in between releases, then go with that one.

And where does the Wii dominate in Japanese game sales? The only "Japanese" game that's over a million on the Wii is Pokemon....and that's because for some reason Pokemon is still popular. Everything else has Mario in it, or is Carnival Games (-esque). So, I don't know where you get that the Wii is even selling Japanese games.

I don't see why people can't see this game as being like FFvXIII. I mean, Nomura even said the battle system would be similar in that game.

 

Here, I'll repeat your ridiculous post from the opposing angle:

Why should you take out the western games? I dunno...because despite the HD consoles "selling the most core software", isn't it like 85% of the TOTAL sales come from non-Japanese games?

And because the Wii has shitty third party support, you want to draw conclusions? If you want to talk about, say, Tales of Symphonia:DotNW .....well, that's a spinoff. Zack & Wiki and No More Heroes are the definition of niche. One big core franchise that's on the Wii is RE4... and it's at 1.67m on VGC. So if you want to use proper titles, and not niche / budget games, then go with that one.

And where does the Wii dominate in Japanese game sales?
Answer: You kidding me? You do realize, that Nintendo (that includes Mario, Zelda, Pokemon and the Wii Series) are Japanese, right? They alone seem to sell as much software as the PS3 does.


To clarify, I don't agree with the above. I'm just pointing out why that whole removal of first party argument doesn't make sense. You can't group the games in huge, often unrelated brackets like "third party games" or "Japanese games" to extrapolate the sales so easily.

As for the game not being like FFvXIII - simple. That game was planned for the PS3 long before everyone knew it'd be the one struggling to get out of last place. For that reason, there are doubts about any major game being a PS3 exclusive. FFvXIII is the exception, not the rule.