saicho said:
Carl2291 said:
saicho said:
Carl2291 said:
jarrod said:
Carl2291 said:
It got close this year despite basicly abysmal sales earlier in the year... And Wii is on a downwards trend in Japan, with AFAIK... No big games in Q1/Q2.
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I think Galaxy 2 is going to be their Golden Week game. It's an easy 800k+, which may rival PS3's biggest games for the year (GT5, Versus).
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Maybe. Maybe not... The question is, does another 3D Mario game have system selling potential in Japan?
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The same thing can be said about Yakuza 4 and Versus. GT5 is an unknown but would it really lift PS3 more than FFXIII + redesign plus price cut?
PS3 has a good first half last year with some big releases (RE5, Yakuza 3) then build the momentum in the fall with redesign and pricecut and keep it going til the end of the year with FFXIII. Assuming Yakuza 4 and GT5 (plus all the smaller games) would help PS3 in the first half of 2010, and Versus (if released) would keep PS3 going at the end of the year. What can Sony do in the fall 2010 that would have the same effect as redesign plus pricecut in 2009? I don't see any game that can do it. I don't think another price cut would be as effective. Another redesign?
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True it can. While Yakuza 4, Versus 13 and even as you say, Gran Turismo 5 are very much in the same boat as SMG2... The fact is there are 3 of them to 1 SMG2... That's the point im making about lineup.
As for later in the year... Japan very much like new colours. And Q4 2010 would IMO be the perfect time to release PS3 colours.
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no matter how much Japanese love new colours, it will not have the same impact as a resign plus pricecut. GEM could be a factor, but right now we have not seen an original game that uses it. Is RE5:AE really enough to get more people to buy PS3?
Also, even without big releases in Q1, Wii will do better than Q1 last year in Japan. Possiblely Q2 as well. I'm not sure what "downward trend" you are seeing.
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It still provides a boost though. Even if it isn't as big as the redesign/cut... Make it with some exclusive bundles of certain games, and they are onto a winner.
Probably. But by how much is unknown.
Downward trend = 2007 > 2008 > 2009... > 2010?
