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Jandre002 on 27 February 2008
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ZenfoldorVGI said:
finalsquall said:
Ps3 is not dead in Japan. It's just a sleepy giant atm. Ps3 will awaken soon. I'm confident that we will see big changes (good) in the near future.

I got flamed for being a jerk to people who disagreed with me, so I'm gonna try to be as robotic as possible:

 

A. The Japanese have, historically, picked a console and stuck with it, at least until saturation.

B. The Wii is already far ahead in Japan and outselling it abotu 4 to 1 weekly. That's widening the gap significantly each week.

C. Moster Hunter 3 is a Wii exclusive.

 

I can certainly see why you want the PS3 to make a turnaround of legend in Japan, and it just might do so in the US and Others(it's got to beat the Wii first, turnaround doesn't mean beat the second place guy on a weekly basis and be set to pass him in 2 years, in my book). 

 

However, I believe that even if there was a huge turnaround in Others and America, which seems unlikely, I can't see Japan turning around, considering how hugely popular Nintendo is there atm. DS brand name is helping the Wii, Japanese culture is helping the Wii. Nothing the PS3 has tried so far has done even one bit of good for it in Japan, even price cuts. No, there will be no big turnaround in Japan. The sales will flip-flop during price cuts, supply issues on both sides, and big game releases, but the PS3 will never beat the Wii in japan on a overall yearly chart. Its just too late for it to take top spot in that country, no matter how "times they are a changing."

 

I mean, the Wii is getting freakin' close to the PSP in Japan already. I don't see the PS3 being a PSP type success in Japan....ever, do you? 


Yakuza 3, MGS4, GT5. Price drops.  I know you WANT the PS3 to fail, but it dropping this early proves nothing. It doesn't have those games that attract people right now. Simple as that. Final Fantasy still hasnt been released. The JRPG's arent out yet. Shhh man, just shhh. Until the Wii gets all the games that made the PS3 popular, and until you're sure that even being at a low enough price people don't want a PS3, you dont know anything.

 The Wii doesn't have what the PS3 has, and the PS3 doesn't have what the Wii has. To say it will NEVER turn around is just fanboy wishes. To say it won't ever beat it out one year is not true. You're speculating because of Feb sales, when SSBB/ Wii Fit were just released? Naw dawg, iunno about that.