Japan sales: Famitsu & Media create - Week 10 ( Mar 4 - Mar 10 )

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the_dengle said:

M.U.G.E.N said:

Afaik they have not announced a pokemon for the system ..unless you are talking about some spin off mini game like scenario

It already has Mario

DQ X is coming up for sure...when is the release date? Curious to see how it affects the sales

Animal crossing? Again don't think there's a wiiu title yet...but even if it did I doubt it will have a similar effect to the handheld entries

Monster Hunter: This is the interesting one. Is MH 4 announced for wiiU? Late ports don't do much for home consoles when it comes to MonHun

If you only focus on highest sellers vs Highest sellers you will miss the reality that PS3 had a ton of support in Japan..still does. I do think wii U will outsell other home consoles in Japan but I don't see it dominating the market at all

Wii U has a Mario game. It doesn't have 3D Mario, it doesn't have Mario Kart. It's pointless to compare Animal Crossing home console games to Animal Crossing handheld games -- sure, the home versions' sales pale in comparison... but the Wii version still sold over a million in Japan. Wii U has these heavy hitters coming. It's going to do very well in its home country. But again, Japan is irrelevant in the home console market.

 

ethomaz said:

benao87 said:

I was going to say that this week your pac-man post would actually make sense, but then I see this, and ....sigh. SS fell short of being PSV biggest FW on Japan, you must be dissapointed.

Yeap but it is the best new IP FW for handhelds ever in Japan... anyway the best FW for Vita was 150k... 136k was close.

Try harder. Superlatives are strong words.

But 2D mario is THE biggest mario game..and look how much that has helped. Don't think a 3d mario game would do any better. I might be wrong about Animal Crossing tho. Time will tell

My comment however wasn't about the system doing well in JP..it's about how it was going to 'dominate' the market. I definitely think it will do well but I don't see it dominating in the long run. This however can change if Sony fucks up the launch which is more than possible.