Japan Charts Week 18 (04/27/09 - 05/03/09)

[outlawauron]

BengaBenga said:

FinalEvangelion said:

BengaBenga said:
Extremely low sales for PS3 and Wii. Under 25k during Golden Week is pathetic, nothing else. Which one of the two "wins" a week versus the other has become a completely useless feat as both are underperforming.

Nintendo and Sony must do something or console gaming in Japan might sonn become a thing of the past, which will have severe concequences for those that like Japanese games on consoles.

Sony could probably do it with a price cut or slim to get above 30k regularly. Many people were saying that PS3 development would be dropped in favor of the Wii in Japan. Honestly, that doesn't seem to be happening as much as some were wishing as PS3 is getting quite a few jRPG announcements that could have easily been for the Wii. The PS3 base in Japan seems to be easier to sell jRPGs to even if they are fairly niche.

I think both need to do a price drop of 10,000 yen soon to get back to where they were - for Nintendo to be back to it's former glory and for Sony to do 200% better rather than 100% better than before.

Pricecuts hardly lead to increased sales, they're meant to keep sales at a steady level. A slim version will not have as big an effect on consoles as it has on handhelds. I don't see how 30k regularly is possible. Remember that sequels to most of the PS2 era best sellers are already released on PS3: DMC, Minna no Golf, Winning Eleven, MGS, Yakuza.

And development has definitely shifted to Wii, with Samurai Warriors 3, Tales of Graces, Monster Hunter 3, Dragon Quest X, Crystal Bearers and a lot of small stuff like Arc Rise Fantasia, Muramasa, Valhalla Knights. If PS3 had all these games it would have a much better outlook than now with GT5 and FFXIII as the big ones, but aside from that not too much. I don't see End of Eternity move consoles for more than a week. Kingdom Hearts is the last big title that needs a home and will have a major impact.

Well, PS3 only sold around 10k/week through Golden Week last year so it's all relative.

Yes, relative to itself PS3 is doing fantastic. But compared to PS2 both Wii and PS3 are doing very bad.

Then why is the PS3 getting more or the less the same number of announcements?