| Shane said: Sony don't seem all that concerned. They realize there's still time. Historically, the big guns have come out 1-2 years after the system's release. They never saw the need to launch with a killer app. Every third party game can't be bad, but quality or not, people buy Nintendo systems for Nintendo games. Always have. Always will. Granted, this has been much more pronounced during the past decade. |
Top 10 best selling games in Japan of all time
| Name | Console | Publisher | Japan | America | Others | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Pokemon Red / Blue / Green | Nintendo | 10.23 | 11.44 | 9.70 | 31.37 |
| | Pokemon Gold / Silver | Nintendo | 7.21 | 9.14 | 6.75 | 23.10 |
 | Super Mario Bros | Nintendo | 6.81 | 29.52 | 3.91 | 40.24 |
 | Pokemon Ruby / Sapphire | Nintendo | 5.35 | 5.65 | 4.13 | 15.13 |
 | Pokemon Diamond / Pearl | Nintendo | 5.27 | 1.21 | 0.00 | 6.48 |
| | New Super Mario Bros | Nintendo | 4.63 | 2.70 | 2.23 | 9.56 |
| | More Brain Training | Nintendo | 4.48 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.48 |
| | Animal Crossing: Wild World | Nintendo | 4.38 | 1.38 | 1.76 | 7.52 |
| | Tetris | Nintendo | 4.24 | 23.55 | 2.47 | 30.26 |
| | Super Mario Land | Nintendo | 4.19 | 10.99 | 2.96 | 18.14 |
The 'Big Guns' for Sony has always been Dragon's Quest (now on the DS) and Final Fantasy ...
Generally speaking Sony has never counted on 'Big Guns' to sell systems and focused more on maintaining decent sales year round by releasing a steady stream of good games; this was enabled by their solid base of Japaneese third party publisher support. The fact that Namco-Bandai has said they're supporting the Wii more heavily than the PS3 is a huge blow on the PS3's ability to sell well in Japan; if other publishers take similar stances prior to Sony releasing 'Big Guns' in Japan it will mean that the PS3 has no chance of a comeback.
