Comparison Charts; East Versus West

[mrstickball]

I promised a chart of east vs. west comparisons for multipliers of various titles. However, I was kind of interested in this:

The fact is, each of the 3 next-gen consoles, in Japan have utterly atrocious attatch ratios. The PS3 is at 1.05, the Wii is at 2.25, and the X36 is at 3.30. This is in comparison to 2.8, 3.85 and 5.8 respectively.

Obviously the hardware is similar for PS3 and Wii. However, I was wondering, if hardware sales and tier ratios remained the same for the given systems, where would the top 10 be for each game?

So I submit this list: Each system's sales are equated to the US/NA numbers for hardware, and the tier ratios as of April (which were given). Sales of the top 10 games are multiplied to this, just to show how different the Japanese market is from the US market in many games.

Nintendo Wii: Hardware Multiplier 1.21 ; Tier Ratio Multiplier 1.71

Japan Chart		American Chart
Wii Sports	3,354,480	Wii Sports	3,119,517
Wii Play	2,718,320	Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	1,640,723
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	986,420	Wii Play	1,187,283
Wario Ware: Smooth Moves	916,830	Wario Ware: Smooth Moves	538,046
Super Paper Mario	795,035	Super Paper Mario	494,869
Pokemon Battle Revolution	567,302	Rayman: Raving Rabbids	476,014
Big Brain Academy	324,563	Red Steel	381,357
Fire Emblem: Goddess of Dawn	307,615	Madden 2007	359,684
Dragon Ball Z	256,160	Super Mokey Ball	305,982
Master of Festivals	191,815	Call of Duty 3	305,377

With the Wii list, it's obvious there is 1 huge discrepancy, in the fact that Wii Sports would easily be over a 1:1 ratio, as well as Wii Play would be near a 95% tier ratio. Aside from this, we see Zelda obviously much lower (about 700k lower than US), SPM much higher, and then a ton of un-released games. Also, the fact that 3rd party games are highlighted at a much stronger rate than Japan.

 

 

Playstation 3: Hardware Multiplier 1.56 ; Software Multiplier 2.66

 

Japanese Charts		American Charts
Gundam Mousou	1,135,392	Resistance: Fall of Man	691,291
Ridge Racer 7	560,468	Madden 2007	386,145
Gundam: Target in Sight	560,050	Motorstorm	283,197
Resistance: Fall of Man	505,280	Call of Duty 3	240,840
Armored Core 4	348,491	Fight Night Round 3	221,109
Virtua Fighter 5	332,416	Need for Speed: Carbon	216,150
Motorstorm	266,939	Spiderman 3: The Movie	154,843
Pro Baseball Spirits	247,029	The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion	141,773
Genji 2	227,140	Virtua Fighter 5	137,690
Enchanted Arms	130,542	Major League Baseball: 2k7	126,021

Totally opposite of the Wii charts - there are only 3 titles that had remotely any similar succuess in both countries. Although Gundam Mousou isn't released in the US, I doubt it'll have similar succuesses, and reach the top 10. I think this shows exactly why the PS3 is failing somewhat: the titles that are doing well in Japan aren't translating to a similar ranking in the US. Likewise, if Japan and/or the purchasers of the PS3 had similar buying prowess, then we'd finally have our first million seller of the PS3 system in one area, but we unfortunately do not.

Xbox 360: Hardware Multiplier: 16.1 ; Software Multiplier: 1.75

 

Japanese Chart		American Chart
Blue Dragon	5,287,376	Gears of War	2,706,170
Dead or Alive 4	2,960,625	Madden NFL 2007	1,602,837
Ridge Racer 7	1,885,301	Call of Duty 2	1,350,000+
Dead Rising	1,799,227	Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter	1,281,123
Dead or Alive Extreme 2	1,799,227	The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion	1,120,792
Gears of War	1,774,236	Fight Night Round 3	937,008
Lost Planet	1,705,911
Nintey Nine Nights	1,521,928	Incomplete Data:	#6-10
The IdolM@ster	1,321,689
Rumble Roses XX	1,096,768

Now, obviously this chart is screwed up vs. Wii and PS3 since it's been out for quite some time. However, like the PS3 it proves a point: if sales were equal (in terms of hardware and software), the Japanese charts would be totally alien to the US, and vice versa. At most, 3 of the games (GOW, LP, and DR) would be in the US/NA top 10, whereas the rest are nowhere near it. RR6 had maybe 100k sales in the US, DOA4 had 250k, DOAX2 had under 80k, N3 had 90k-ish, and RRXX had maybe 50k. The point is the mere fact that just like the PS3, game sales are pretty foreign between both markets.

 So there you have it. I'm not trying to say "oh, 360 software is doing great in Japan" - not in the least. I'm just trying to open up discussion about how different eastern markets vs. western markets, and the huge difference between PS3/360 tastes vs the somewhat more balanced tastes of the Wii.