PS3 Outsells The Wii In Japan 2 Months In A Row By Over 40K!!

[trestres]

Euphoria14 said:

Zucas said:

Well just to comment on the spring of comments to my original first.  No it doesn't mean it will recover 100%.  Actually I used sprained ankle for a reason.  I actually sprained my ankle when I was young and never recovered from it ever.  Went through having surgery and still a piss poor ankle.  Although I know other people who do it and a few weeks later get right back up.  The point was that the sprained ankle could just be a temporary setback or a life full inconveniences and pain.  Right now it looks like Wii is somewhere in the middle.

As trestres said and said later on as well along with myself, Nintendo has had this sprained ankle for awhile.  However, Sony has done nothing to capitalize it.  They have watched the emprie crumble to the ground and instead of executing the builders and supporters they have sat back and watched.  It's only been the 3rd parties, as trestres had pointed out, that has really given PS3 this edge as of late.  Without that, where would PS3 be right about now.  Because it's not doing so much better against a console that is at the bottom of its barrel right now.  Which goes to what trestres says, is how much longer does the luck last. 

But you miss the point.  Wii is still the market brand leaer in the console sector of the Japanese market.  Meaning yes it is guaranteed to come back until someone takes it from them.  Of course not 100%, because no one hurts their ankle that bad and comes back perfect. 

Nintendo and Sony have both been caught dumbfounded by everything that has occurred over the last 4 months in Japan.  Nintendo for some odd reason is unable to respond to an ailing console, even though they absolutely recognize it to be "unhealthy".  While Sony for the same odd reason has been unable to act upon the now unhealthy leader and attempt to come out on top before Wii recovers.  I don't know if it has to do with the current economic situation or lack of care considering the market share in Japan nowadays, but it is silly that both have been completely blindsighted by what has occurred.

So yea we've seen Wii and PS3 get these marginal "victories" and it's nice to celebrate them every now and then.  It's nice that PS3 for the first time in its cycle has outsold the Wii for 2 straight months.  But it has to mean something more to Sony to know that they have a chance to be an even stronger competitor instead of just a sprinter who gets a head for a moment while the other nurses its injuries. 

So as I said congrats to PS3, but shame on Sony and Ninty for not taking the situation seriously.

 

I am sure if they could have Sony would have slashed the PS3 price to go along with all of those big releases so far this year.

 

@trestres

Oh yes, let us undermine their accomplishment because they didn't make those games. So first it Sony's fault for releasing more major titles than Nintendo so far this year in Japan and now it is Sony's fault that those devs decided to release those games on the PS3 and not the Wii.

"If both platforms would have received equal amount of big games, do you think PS3 would still be ahead of the Wii?"

What does that matter? Devs chose to not bring those titles to the Wii and instead bring them to PS3 so your "what if" comment is moot. The current situation is what it is, no point in second guessing now on what "could have happened if".

Sony themselves also have plenty lined up for gamers this year. They are only doing their job. The job I would want them to do anyways because it is the one that benfits me.

 

@trestres

You complain a lot about 3rd parties not supporting the Wii. Why not just get a 2nd system?

I'm not complaining about 3rd party games where I LIVE AND BUY GAMES that's why I own a Wii. It's Japan what we are analyzing here. I don't care what games they get or not personally, I'm only analyzing the reasons by which PS3 was able to outsell the Wii. The reasons are 4 huge 3rd party franchises were launched for the PS3 while the Wii got nothing.

And I'm not undermining the accomplishment, it's you who are saying Sony released those games with their studios, and you are lying. Sony didn't release any major title this year in Japan. Killzone 2 isnt even significant to the japanese market. So it's not Sony's achievement that PS3 is selling better than the Wii, it's 3rd parties that gave the PS3 an edge, added to the fact that there was no 1st party big game released by either side. Also the "if" situation matters, because whenever the Wii gets a game as big as the ones PS3 has been getting, or whenever nintendo decides to launch a big 1st party game things will be back to how they were last year.

Dont mix Japan with the rest of the World, Sony themselves have got next to nothing that is relevant for the Japanese market, so I don't care if it benefits you or not, because we are talking about the Japanese market, not the Western Line up.