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HappySqurriel on 13 September 2007
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Hus said:
ckmlb said:
And the PS3 comparisons to dead systems continue. I don't think they'll end until MGS 4 or FF XIII gives it a nice bump worldwide.

The difference between PS3 and 360 now in Japan is about 700,000. This is with the 360's 1 year advantage and very few big Japanese games coming out on PS3.
That difference will rise significantly with big JRPG releases like Final Fantasy XIII or (To a lesser extent) MGS 4, White Knight Story and other games.

 Seeing what crap gundam or HSG did to hardware sales, WKS will be a huge boost while FF will muder the competition.

 hey before it was PS3 is dead MGS FF will come to late, inow its MGS FF are not that big...  i wonder what the next one will be.


Everybodys Golf is  one of Sony's strongest properties in Japan, and typically sells in the 1.5 Million unit range in Japan alone; PS3 fans were saying for months before its release that it would cause PS3 sales to skyrocket and that it would (easily) sell more than 1 Million units before the end of 2007. Currently Everybodys golf 5 has sold 314,311 and sits at (approximately) 1/4 the sales of the worst selling Everybodys Golf game on the Playstation or PS2.

Gundam Musou was considered 'The most important PS3 game in Japan until Final Fantasy 13' by PS3 fans, analysts and reporters alike. The Combination of 2 Million selling games was considered a great way to ensure great sales success; Namco anticipated sales in the 1 Million unit range whilst Koei bosted that it could sell 2 Million units sold in Japan. Currently Gundam Musou sits at 283,698 units far below the expectations of the publisher.

The PS3 has a serious problem, regardless of what game is released it is far too expensive to buy the system for 1 game; Final Fantasy, Gran Turismo and Metal Gear will face the same problem. I'm not saying these games will flop but I would anticipate that their sales will fall far short of the PS2's versions of these games which could (potentially) force developers to focus development away from the PS3. You may not be willing to accept it but publishers have shareholders to keep happy who only care about profit and have little or no interest in ensuring the success of the PS3.