| scottie said: This is true Samus Aran - but then why add "It looks like developers are going to have to rely more on western markets from now on to make huge profits. " When they can simly rely on portables. Anyway, I think the most important thing to say is that this chart is based off the full sales of each gen except the last. The Wii will have many more million sellers in Japan than the PS2 did. It currently has 8 (I'm not sure where you got 7 from) add to that WSR, WF+, Zelda:Wii, SMG2, MH3, NSMB:Wii and it's then only 3 behind the PS2. KH3, FFCC-TCB, Mario Marty 9 and it's equal to the PS2 The PS3 can easily beat the GC's single million seller, just with FFXIII and GT5. This generation represents the biggest increase in the Japanese gaming industry since SMB |
Well you´re right about the portable situation Scottie. I´m just biased towards consoles so I don´t want portables to get the upper hand among developers in Japan. In order for japanese developers to stay faithful to consoles maybe they have to rely more on western markets since in those consoles are huge. That was my point
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Hopefully you´re right about Wii, I´d love if it could score many more millionsellers and most likely we´ll see some more the coming year. According to Famitsu Wii still has 7 millionsellers, Super Mario Galaxy is very close (at 955 k sold) and will hopefully be able to crawl it´s way towards the millionmark in the future.
And yes you´re right, this generation does represent the biggest increase in the gaming industry in Japan IF we include handhelds. That´s for sure.
