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windbane on 09 April 2007
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Quantum-Tarantino said:
PS360N64PSXBOX said:
Quantum-Tarantino said:

Doesn't Matter hus, SONY has died this generation, they will have a few diehards, who wont let go (IE, less than the Gamecube last GEN) and developers will port thier PS3 titles to the 360, and start developing for the wii.

 

Godfather for Wii is MUCH greater than Godfather for PS3, as one example.


 

Not even close. Sony is far from dead and will survive. I know you want it dead, but the PS3 is fine and will find it's legs later this year and has some ULTRAMEGATONBOMBS coming this year and next in GTA4, MGS, RE5 and FFXIII.


GTA4 is huge, and will be cross platform for all 3. Look at the success of the godfather on wii, GTA4 on wii is a no brainer. Sure it will look prettier on the other consoles, but pretty isnt a deciding factor.

MGS is NOT a AAA title in Japan, and is mainly a seller in the USA. 800K for MGS3 is nothing.

FF is not he premiere JRPG franchise, granted, the FF franchise will sell consoles in USA, but it is dragon quest that gets the numbers in japan, with DQ9 announced for DS (it will sell 5m easy) and Square Enix about to announce DQ10 for the Wii, FF13 for PS3 suddenly seems less relevant.

For the record, DQ8 sold 2,267,827 copies in its first WEEK, FF12 sold 2,328,910 to DATE. Thats a HUGE discrepancy.

RE5 again, RE is not a AAA franchise, selling only 450k copies of 4 in japan, not a good sign, RE5 isnt going to be a HUGE seller.

 


 GTA4 is not a "no-brainer" on the Wii.  Why completely downgrade/remake a game?  If anything I hope the Wii gets its own GTA.

Although I'm not worried too much about Japan considering the 360 is the main competition (because I think the Wii is going to flourish no matter what at this point), any exclusive the PS3 has that sells close to a million will help. 

Just looking at Japan, Final Fantasy games have sold 34 million and Dragon Quest games 31 million.  Just looking at the last 8 RPGS (since dragon quest has 8 main ones), Final Fantasy is only down a few million (about 23.4 to 25).  Final Fantasy is very important in Japan, even if it's not quite as important as Dragon Quest (the totals that the FF franchise has includes more games).