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Well there has been, since Holiday season 08, a continuous talk about Wii games not selling and Wii games going down, while the PS3 sales have stabilized and this week passed its YTD total compared to 2008.
The thing is, PS3 has been getting big games very closely since November 2008, while the Wii barely got any (Taiko, and AC are the ones).

There's no denying that PS3 is doing better than the Wii because of the SW, but the truth is, things will continue like this as long as the PS3 keeps getting more SW and more and more announcements each week. Wii hasn't got any big announcements this year, save for the Gundam game (which is multiplat with PSP) and RE:DSC.

So can the Wii really make up for all the momentum lost with the upcoming games? Can the PS3 keep the lead with its upcoming games? Let's see:


Upcoming Wii games in Japan:

Monster Hunter G + Classic Controller + MH3 Demo
Monster Hunter 3
Tales of Graces
Samurai Warriors 3
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers
Dragon Quest X
Kizuna
Arc Rise Fantasia
Muramasa: Demon Blade
Little King's Story
Valhala Knights
Takt of Magic
SD Gundam G (Announced in 2009)
Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles (Announced in 2009)
Silent Hill: Shattered Dreams (Announced in 2009)
Wii Sports Resort + WiiMotionPlus
Punch Out!
Sin & Punishment 2
Deca Sports 2
PES 09


Upcoming PS3 games in Japan:

160 GB PS3 + Final Fantasy XIII demo + FFVII: ACC Blu Ray movie
Final Fantasy XIII
Final Fantasy Versus XIII
End of Eternity (Announced in 2009)
Rapture
Ni-Oh
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 (Announced in 2009)
Atelier Rorona (Announced in 2009)
Gundam (Announced in 2009)
Quantum Theory
Tales of Vesperia (Announced in 2009)
Gran Turismo 5
God of War 3
Tekken 6
Bayonetta
Agarest Senki Zero (Announced in 2009)
Summon Night 5 (Announced in 2009)
The Last Remnant
Katamary Damarcy Tribute (Announced in 2009)
King of Fighters XII
BlazBlue (Announced in 2009)
Dinasty Warriors 5 Empires
Dead Rising 2 (Announced in 2009)
PES 2010 (Announced in 2009)



What I see is both consoles having big guns ahead, but what's really intriguing is seeing the PS3 get so many more announcements this year than the Wii did. What do you guys think? Can the PS3 keep getting most announcements therefore getting people more interested in it? Or can the Wii get more game announcements? Going by events that happened so far this year, IMO PS3 has the upper hand. Sony is doing something, things like that don't happen by themselves considering PS3's last years performances in Japan. On the other hand Nintendo isn't doing anything to keep the Wii alive there, and this unprecedented YoY drop in Wii console sales (I think it's the worst ever in gaming history) is making people wonder if the Wii has reached its potential in Japan, since not many devs are interested anymore, or at leat they aren't announcing anything, Nintendo included.

Don't take this as an attack to any side, it's just an analysis and you can help me by pointing out my mistakes.



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