Why is PS3 dead in Japan?

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Xiru said:

NJ5 said:

Xiru said:
Thanks for calling me dumb. Personal insults on the net make you so big and strong! Yes, the big influx of Wii sales right now is because of two huge games for the system. PS3 had closed the gap a little bit before those games were released. Wii outsold PS3 like 6 to 1 in June or July then got outsold for a whole month in November and there were no shortages in Japan at this time. I should have said the Wii is having such good sales currently in Japan because of these 2 games.

Are you going to keep ignoring the reasons for that temporary November surge on PS3 sales? Are you going to keep acting as if it was anything more than a temporary spike which always accompanies price cuts and new models (in this case both at the same time, besides all the other stuff I listed above)?

The fact is that the PS3 never had any momentum in Japan.

 

No i'm just saying that PS3 was getting closer to Wii around Nov-Jan and then the big Wii games came out and we are seeing huge Wii sales in Japan and less than average PS3 sales. The price still needs to come down in Japan for it to have "momentum", along with some of the huge exclusives. If they really have to pay $85 bux for games, it will never sell. I wonder how much a Wii game is over there?

Well people are paying that price (or more) for PS3 games in the PAL regions, so...