bmmb1 said:
Regarding games, maybe I should have said lack of major 3rd party support in Japan, not lack of major games, but the end result is the same, since 1st party by their very nature are always few with large gaps in between and cannot by themselves support a system. It really doesn't matter who if anyone is to blame for the 3rd party situation in Japan, the fact is that was the situation in a glaring way this year, and it obviously had its effect. Regardless of the Wii situation, PS3 sold considerably better than last year, and that was imo on the strength of the same 2 factors - steady stream of games Japanese people has an interest in that came out in Japan in 2010, and Torne. |
I think the situation will get worse if we take a look at the amount of 3rd party games each console is getting in Japan starting from next year and onwards.
PS3:
- Ninokuni: Queen of the White Ash (Level 5)
- Final Fantasy Versus XIII (Square-Enix)
- Metal Gear Solid: Rising (Konami)
- Yakuza: Of the End (Sega)
- Shin Sangoku Musou 6 (Tecmo-Koei)
- New Tales of (Namco-Bandai)
- Winning Eleven 201X (Konami)
- Devil may Cry (Capcom)
- Gundam Musou 3 (Tecmo-Koei)
- Samurai Warriors 3Z (Tecmo-Koei)
- Ni-Oh (Tecmo-Koei)
- Project Dark (From Software)
- Street Fighter vs. Tekken (Capcom/Namco-Bandai)
- Tekken vs. Street Fighter (Namco-Bandai/Capcom)
- Dinasty Warriors Troy (Tecmo-Koei)
- Final Fantasy XIV (Square-Enix)
- Asura's Wrath (Capcom)
- Ace Combat: Assault Horizon (Namco-Bandai)
- Tekken 7 (Namco-Bandai)
- Way of the Samurai 4 (Spike)
- Powerful Pro Baseball 201X (Konami)
- Pro Baseball Spirits 201X (Konami)
- Shadows of the DAMNED (Grasshopper/EA)
- Armored Core 5 (From Software)
- Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of the Two Worlds (Capcom)
- Disgaea 4 (Nippon Ichi Software)
- Catherine (Atlus)
- Rune Factory Oceans (Marvelous)
- Disaster Report 4 (Irem)
- King of Fighters XIII (SNK Playmore)
- Silent Hill (Konami)
- Sega Dreamcast Collection (Sega)
- Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon (D3 Publisher)
- Devil's Third (Valhalla Game Studios/THQ)
- Suzumiya Haruhi no Tsuisou (Namco-Bandai)
- Mind Jack (Square-Enix)
- Wizardry: City of the Captive Spirits (Acquire)
- Virtua Tennis 4 (Sega)
- Arcana Heart 3 (Arc System Works)
- El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron (Ignition Entertainment Japan)
- Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom (Namco-Bandai)
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Square-Enix)
- Dungeon Siege 3 (Square-Enix)
- Arkaham City (Square-Enix)
- NeverDead (Konami)
- Knights Contract (Namco-Bandai)
- Fortune Arterial (Kadokawa Shoten)
- L@ve Once: Mermaid's Tears (Maid Meets Cat)
- Clannad (Prototype)
- Tsuri Tore (Recom)
- Winning Post 201X (Tecmo-Koei)
- Mamorukun wa Nowareteshimatta: Meikai Katsugeki Wide Version (Cyber Front)
- Pachipara Sea Story SLOT (Irem)
Wii:
- Dragon Quest X (Square-Enix)
- Inazuma Eleven Strikers (Level 5)
- Samurai Warriors 3 Xtreme Legends (Tecmo-Koei)
- Earth Seeker (Kadokawa Shoten)
- Rune Factory Oceans (Marvelous)
- Winning Eleven 201X (Konami)
- Write! Move! Catch! Teacher Wii
- Billy's Boot Camp: Enjoy Diet on Wii! (Rocket Company)
- The Monkey King (Starfish)
And I'm not even counting Western games, which would favor the PS3's list.
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Pandora's Tower will have an opening week of less than 37k in Japan. (Won!)
Pandora's Tower will sell less than 100k lifetime in Japan.
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