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naznatips on 31 May 2007
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Equinoxe said:
NJ5 said:
Equinoxe said:
What I think: 1:PS3 2:Wii 3:360 What I hope for: 1:360 2:Wii 3:PS3

So you think that the exact opposite of what you want is what's going to happen. Can you tell us your thinking behind the PS3/Wii/360 ranking? Or are you just a pessimist hehe?


I think most people are waiting for the good games on PS3 and for the price drop. When Final Fantasy will come out then the Japs gonna forget about Wii. It does not matter how good or bad PS3 are cause people just hear the name Playstation and they think it's the one and only. All my friends here are waiting for GTA IV so they can buy PS3. I have a 360 and cause of that I hope it will get most exclusives and so. I don't like Sony to much, Nintendo is ok. But for us in Europe I think it's better to support microsoft. Sony does not care if we get consoles and games several months later than everyone else

Hope you understand all, my english is not to good =)



Actually Final Fantasy is the 3rd most popular JRPG in Japan. The first 2 are Pokemon and Dragon Quest which are BOTH currently on Nintendo systems (The future of Dragon Quest is likely to remain on Nintendo Systems as the art style isn't really for somethign like the PS3). The last Final Fantasy sold only 2.42 million copies in Japan. For reference, Pokemon Diamond and Pear 5.2 million. And that was with a much smaller system user base. The last Dragon Quest sold 3.61 million copies. People often overestimate the importance of Final Fantasy to the Japanese. If we use this as a reference, even if FFXIII boosted PS3 sales by 2.42 million units (which is ridiculous, there is no chance of that happening) the PS3 would still be nowhere near the Wii. The tastes of Japanese gamers have changed. Nintendo holds 83% of the Japanese console market. I really don't think there is any chance of Nintendo ever being dethroned from Japan this generation. Especially by a system that's selling 10K units a week.  And not only is it selling badly, but it also didn't sell during the golden week (in other words no holiday sales increase).  Add to that the fact that it didn't sell with what should have been a HUGE game (Gundam) and a much lower price point than the US ($500 there) and it's unlikely the PS3 will ever stop having dismal Japanese sales.

As far as the actualy question, as Fishamaphone said it's very unlikely that things will change at this point. So I'm going to say Wii/DS with 360 then the PS3 following the Wii in that order.