Will the Wii ever outsell the PSP in Japan?

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makingmusic476 said:

atma998 said:

First of all I completely agree with Smashchu2.

 

Now, if I follow your logic PSP sales will always be > than Wii sales? If you take a look at numbers, the main reason why PSP got a boost in Japan is MH or maybe you prefer to believe it's a coincidence that the boost started the same week of MH release date? Now you're saying that your comparison was not ridiculous by making another even more ridiculous comparison : comparing a remake (FFIII) with the best selling FF. What's your point BTW? Finally the reason why the Wii is so low actually is precisely because there wasnt any big RPG released on this platform. MH3 and DQX are among the biggest franchises in that genre. Plus games like Wii Sports Resort and upcoming big 1st party titles can also give HUGE boost to the console and outsell PSP in the long run.

 

The PSP's boost started when the PSP-2000 (PSP Slim) was released, with Crisis Core helping it along (and funnily enough, Dissidia ended up outselling Crisis Core).  Monster Hunter Portable G 2 (and various other games) just kept it going.

http://www.vgchartz.com/japweekly.php?date=39341&console=&maker=&disp=Japanese+Name&boxartz=1

It was the PSP Slim more than anything else that gave the PSP this boost, much like the DS Lite is what sparked the DS's crazy sales in Japan.  The PSP's sales were averaging ~50k a week between the release of the Slim (Sept. '07) and MHPG2 (March '08), which is actually more than they've been average these past few weeks ( 35-40k, aside from last week when it got a boost from... new colors!  not a game!).

Stop acting like he's an idiot.  Your entire post reeks of condescension.

"If you take a look at numbers"

Maybe YOU should've taken a look at the numbers.

Edit:

Also, Monster Hunter only became popular because of the ad-hoc, on the go multiplayer.  The console versions never enjoyed this, and thus never enjoyed sales anywhere close to the handheld versions.  It is unlikely that Monster Hunter 3 will be able to replicate the success of the (current and future) PSP verions.

IMO, arguing Monster Hunter on a console is like arguing Pokemon on a console. They are quintessential handheld games, and do not translate well to consoles at all. Same reason we don't see a ton of grand, awesome, FPS games on handhelds....They just don't translate well.