Japan and WW up 1st Jan

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KillerMan said:

samho said:

palancas7 said:

Wah? We have PS3 ahead in Japan?

Actually, one particular thing interest me the most is the ps3 hardware sale in japan -- the ps3 software doesn't looks like matching how their hardware sold at this week( based from the top 20 software list, PS3 hw > sw with a 11k margin, until we bring the no.24 title into comparsion which make the ps3 SW barely match the HW number).

Not saying vgc's number is off (mediacreate give similar ps3 hw number so there's no complaint), but how come the ps3 software sold poorly when the hardware top the home console chart? Is people in Japan buy their PS3 solely for blu-ray watching or something else? Just curious

Sony systems usually see boost in Japan during this week even though everything else goes down. PSP didn't this year as it was already selling so much and it had some shortages. Maybe during holidays parents tend to buy more Wii and DS for kids but when they also get some money as present especially teens go to buy more hardcore system as PS3.

Makes sense.