Has Europe sales saved PS3 this Christmas from an embarrasment?

[Mountie]

Avinash_Tyagi said:

Mountie said:

Avinash_Tyagi said:

Sorair said:

Spectrumglr said:

jhlennon1 said:
Final Fantasy XIII will fix the Japan problem, so I am not too concerned about that.

short term...isn't it?

No there is no short term once FFXIII finishes releasing right after FFXIII, then you have Final Fantasy versus XIII and White Knight Story, The Last Renament, which is going to sell better on the PS3 than on the 360 in Japan.., 

 Yup it'll help the PS3 sell 1 or 2 million more consoles, Woo, so instead of being behind the GCN it'll be a little ahead, woo

Its pretty obvious from his writing that he doesn't think 2 consoles can co-exist in Japan.

I was a GC and PS2 owner, but obviously Avinash has some deep-seated hatred towards Sony for crushing his precious GamCube. I can't see any other reason for such ramblings and blatant fanboyism. This gen he thinks the same thing will happen but in reverse.

 Avinash, the PS3 will smash the 4 million or so GC's sold in Japan. That I can guarantee. I'd put it in my sig for your benefit, but I think I'd get made fun of for making such an easy prediction.

You'll notice my comment was intended to be sarcastic, PS3 may beat the GCN, but the fact is it won't climb much above it, maybe 5-6 million total, I was pointing out its current relative position to the GCN and how much these games will actually help it, not much, i'm just interjecting some reality into the discussion.

Of course your comment was sarcastic, haven't you heard that sarcasm is the lowest form of wit? You could have rationally come in to the topic and said "I don't think these games will give much of a boost, I see PS3 selling 5-6 million consoles in Japan." and civil discussion would follow. But instead you drop flamebait. Yes, the GC was a failure and clearly you think the PS3 will be as well.

I'll predict the PS3 will sell at least 8 million in Japan and have added it to my sig. That's a realistic prediction unlike all of yours (well except for 50% marketshare, that's possible).