PSP software outperforming PS3 software in Japan

[Xyrax]

Riot Of The Blood said:
The Playstation 3 is dead in Japan. It's a miracle it moved as much software as the PSP did. It tells us that the attach rate is there, and there's potential for the PS3 to be a software moving platform.

 I have to disagree with you here mate. On the attach ratio stuff. NeoGaf uses the Famitsu and Media Create releases as well as the end year top 500 releases etc to help the community keep track of Japanese game sales and attach rates. This information is updated on a regular basis. You can view it here but I will include the data below for easy viewing.

 

Sony PS3:

Hardware = 1,900,664 Through Feb 17/08 (MC)
Tie Ratio = 2.02

372,895 Minna no Golf 5 (Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds) (Sony) (7/26/07) – through Dec 30/07
346,601 Shin Sangoku Musou 5 (Dynasty Warriors 6) (Koei) (11/11/07) – through Jan 13/08
306,114 Gundam Musou (Dynasty Warriors: GUNDAM) (Bandai) (3/1/07) – through Dec 30/07
259,037 World Soccer Winning Eleven 2008 (Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2008) (Konami) (11/22/07) – through Jan 13/08
255,209 Devil May Cry 4 (Capcom) (1/31/08) – through Feb 17/08 (MC)
196,082 Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (Sony) (12/13/07) – through Jan 27/08
149,648 Ridge Racer 7 (Namco) (11/11/06) – through Dec 30/07
146,199 Mobile Suit Gundam: Target in Sight (Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire) (Bandai) (11/11/06) – through Dec 30/07
136,492 Resistance: Jinrui Botsuraku no Hi (Resistance: Fall of Man) (Sony) (11/11/06) – through Dec 30/07
118,079 Blade Storm: Hyakunen Sensou (Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War) (Koei) (8/30/07) – through Dec 30/07
97,321 Virtua Fighter 5 (Sega) (2/8/07) – through Dec 30/07
86,200 Armored Core 4 (+The Best Collection) (From) (12/21/06) / (1/10/08) – rounded off through Nov 11/07 / Jan 13/08 (84,849 + 1,400)
79,000 Ninja Gaiden Sigma (Tecmo) (6/14/07) – rounded off through Nov 11/07 (MC)
76,869 Boku no Natsuyasumi 3 (Sony) (7/5/07) – through Dec 30/07
68,831 Pro Yakyuu Spirits 4 (Konami) (4/1/07) – through Dec 30/07
68,171 Makai Senki Disgaea 3 (Disgaea 3) (Nippon Ichi) (1/31/08) – through Feb 10/08
67,000 Motor Storm (Sony) (12/14/06) – rounded off through Nov 11/07 (MC)
65,231 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision) (12/27/07) – through Jan 27/08
58,000 Genji: Kamui Souran (Genji: Days of the Blade) (Sony) (11/11/06) – rounded off through Nov 11/07 (MC)
51,792 Rise from Lair (Lair) (Sony) (10/11/07) – through Dec 30/07
51,057 Assassin's Creed (Ubisoft) (1/31/08) – through Feb 10/08
51,000 The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Spike) (9/27/07) – rounded off through Nov 11/07 (MC)
44,141 Time Crisis 4 (Namco) (12/20/07) – through Jan 13/08
39,806 Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (Sony) (11/11/07) – through Dec 30/07
39,299 Imabikisou (Sega) (10/25/07) – through Dec 30/07
38,703 Enchant Arm (Enchanted Arms) (From) (1/25/07) – through Dec 30/07
38,305 FolksSoul: Ushinawareta Denshou (Folklore) (Sony) (6/21/07) – through Dec 30/07
38,242 Uncharted: El Dorado no Hihou (Uncharted: Drake's Fortune) (Sony) (12/6/07) – through Dec 30/07
35,000 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas (Ubisoft) (6/28/07) – rounded off through Nov 11/07 (MC)
34,921 Need for Speed Carbon (EA) (12/21/06) – through Mar 25/07
33,849 Formula One Championship Edition (Sony) (12/28/06) – through Mar 25/07
32,000 Call of Duty 3 (Spike) (6/14/07) – rounded off through Nov 11/07 (MC)
31,000 Wangan Midnight (Genki) (7/26/07) – rounded off through Nov 11/07 (MC)
30,390 Sonic The Hedgehog (Sega) (12/21/06) – through Mar 25/07
28,000 Power Smash 3 (Virtua Tennis 3) (Sega) (3/8/07) – rounded off through Nov 11/07 (MC)
25,694 Need for Speed ProStreet (EA) (1/31/08) – through Feb 10/08
25,036 Mahjong Fight Club: Zenkoku Taisenban (Konami) (11/16/06) – through Mar 25/07
24,240 Heavenly Sword (Sony) (11/15/07) – through Nov 25/07
23,000 Agarest Senki (Compile Heart) (9/27/07) – rounded off through Nov 11/07 (MC)
20,000 Winning Post 7 Maximum 2007 (Koei) (3/29/07) – rounded off through Nov 11/07 (MC)]
16,000 Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom (Spike) (2/22/07) – rounded off through Nov 11/07 (MC)
14,000 Mist of Chaos (Idea Factory) (3/22/07) - rounded off through Nov 11/07 (MC)
14,000 Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII (D3) (7/5/07) – rounded off through Nov 11/07 (MC)
13,978 Miyasato Miyoshi Kyoudai Naizou: Sega Golf Club (Sega) (11/11/06) – through Mar 25/07
11,000 NBA 07 (Sony) (1/11/07) - rounded off through Nov 11/07 (MC)
9,869 Railfan (Ongakukan) (12/21/06) – through Mar 25/07
9,163 Mahjong Taikai IV (Koei) (11/22/06) – through Mar 25/07
8,056 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 (Ubisoft) (11/8/07) – through Nov 11/07
7,900 Medal of Honor: Airborne (EA) (12/20/07) – rounded off through Dec 23/07
7,531 The Eye of Judgment: Bioloth Rebellion – Set.1 (Sony) (10/25/07) – through Oct 28/07
5,000 Drift Nights: Juiced 2 (Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights) (THQ) (1/24/08) – rounded off through Jan 27/08
5,000 Spider-Man 3 (Activision) (10/17/07) – rounded off through Oct 21/07
4,900 FIFA 08: World Class Soccer (FIFA Soccer 08) (EA) (12/20/07) – rounded off through Dec 23/07
4,500 G1 Jockey 4 2007 (Koei) (11/1/07) – rounded off through Nov 4/07
3,800 NBA Live 08 (EA) (11/8/07) – rounded off through Nov 11/07
3,700 Sega Rally Revo (Sega) (1/31/08) – rounded off through Feb 3/08
3,600 Transformers: The Game (Activision) (2/7/08) – rounded off through Feb 10/08
3,415 Fight Night Round 3 (EA) (3/15/07) – through Mar 25/07
2,900 The Godfather: The Don's Edition (EA) (10/11/07) – rounded off through Oct 14/07
1,800 Tony Hawk's Project 8 (Spike) (11/29/07) – rounded off through Dec 2/07
1,500 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Disney) (12/6/07) – rounded off through Dec 9/07
1,400 Conan (THQ) (12/6/07) – rounded off through Dec 9/07
1,300 Yamasa Digi World SP: Pachi-Slot Sengoku Musou (Yamasa) (9/6/07) – rounded off through Sept 9/07
1,100 Megazone 23: Aoi Garland (Compile Heart) (9/13/07) – rounded off through Sept 16/07
600 Railfan: Taiwan Takatetsu (Ongakukan) (11/1/07) – rounded off through Nov 4/07 

 

 

Now its not that a 2 game attach ratio is horrible. Its for sure bad, but not horrible itself. Its HORRIBLE because of how low the hardware sales are for the PS3. With the system being out as long as it has, and having a userbase so low, it should be easier for it to maintain a HIGHER attach ratio. Its when your hardware is flying out of the doors at record speed that the software has trouble keeping up attach rate wise. Thats why towards the end of a gen when hardware sales are slowing down, you always see the attach rates for said console start to climb very very swiftly. 

 

For comparison here is the 360's attach rate for Japan:

Microsoft X360:

Hardware = 584,034 through Feb 10/08
Tie Ratio = 4.07 (See note at bottom) 

 203,740 Blue Dragon (Microsoft) (12/7/06) – through Dec 30/07
109,500 Dead or Alive 4 (+Xbox 360 Platinum) (Tecmo) (12/29/05) / (11/1/07) – rounded off through Dec 9/07 / Nov 4/07 (108,618 + 900)
99,061 Lost Odyssey (Microsoft) (12/6/07) – through Jan 13/08
91,274 Ace Combat 6: Kaihou e no Senka (Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation) (Namco) (11/1/07) – through Jan 13/08
91,000 Dead Rising(+ Platinum + Dead Rising/Gears of War Plat)(Capcom)(9/28/06)/(6/14/07)/(11/1/07)–rnd off through Dec 9/07 / Dec 30/07 / Nov 4/07 (68,078+20,828+2,100)
83,502 Halo 3 (Microsoft) (9/27/07) – through Dec 30/07
76,600 Gears of War (+Platinum+ Dead Rising/Gears of War Plat)(Microsoft)(1/18/07)/(11/1/07)/(11/1/07) - rnd off through Dec 30/07 / Nov 18/07 / Nov 4/07 (68,270+6,211+2,100)
73,501 Ridge Racer 6 (Namco) (12/10/05) - through Dec 9/07
72,274 The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Spike) (7/26/07) – through Dec 30/07
71,429 The Idol Master (+Xbox 360 Platinum) (Namco) (1/25/07) / (11/1/07) – through Dec 30/07 / Jan 13/08 (48,695 + 22,734)
70,436 Trusty Bell: Chopin no Yume (Eternal Sonata) (Namco) (6/14/07) – through Dec 30/07
62,300 Lost Planet: Extreme Condition (+Xbox 360 Platinum) (Capcom) (12/21/06) / (11/1/07) – rounded off through Dec 9/07 / Nov 4/07 (61,555 + 700)
61,200 Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 (+Xbox 360 Platinum) (Tecmo) (11/22/06) / (11/1/07) – rounded off through Dec 9/07 / Nov 4/07 (60,544 + 700)
60,678 Ninety-Nine Nights (+Xbox 360 Platinum) (Microsoft) (4/20/06) / (11/2/06) – both through Dec 31/06 (MC) (38,796 + 21,882)
51,823 Assassin's Creed (Ubisoft) (11/29/07) – through Jan 13/08
49,122 Earth Defense Force 3 (+Xbox 360 Platinum) (Earth Defense Force 2017) (D3) (12/14/06) / (11/1/07) – through Dec 9/07 / Jan 13/08 (27,087 + 22,035)
47,219 Shin Sangoku Musou 5 (Dynasty Warriors 6) (Koei) (11/11/07) – through Dec 30/07
47,109 Devil May Cry 4 (Capcom) (1/31/08) – through Feb 10/08
44,085 Project Gotham Racing 3 (+Xbox 360 Platinum) (Microsoft) (1/12/06) / (11/2/06) - through Dec 9/07 / Dec 31/06 (MC) (25,058 + 19,027)
36,492 Rumble Roses XX (+Xbox 360 Platinum) (Konami) (3/30/06) / (11/2/06) - through Dec 9/07 / ? (between Dec 17/06 – July 15/07) (29,187 + 7,305)
35,048 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision) (12/27/07) – through Jan 13/08
31,255 Forza Motorsport 2 (Microsoft) (5/24/07) – through Dec 30/07
28,588 Riot Act (Crackdown) (Microsoft) (2/22/07) – through Dec 30/07
27,960 Culdcept Saga (Bandai) (11/22/06) – through Dec 9/07
27,098 Bullet Witch (+Xbox 360 Platinum) (AQ) (7/27/06) / (6/14/07) – both through Dec 9/07 (16,241 + 10,857)
26,085 Perfect Dark Zero (Microsoft) (12/10/05) - through Dec 9/07
25,788 Test Drive Unlimited (Microsoft) (4/26/07) – through Dec 30/07
24,776 Oneechanbara vorteX (+Xbox 360 Platinum) (D3) (12/14/06) / (11/1/07) – through Dec 9/07 / Nov 18/07 (18,443 + 6,333)
24,747 Beautiful Katamari Damacy (Beautiful Katamari) (Namco) (10/18/07) – through Dec 30/07
24,033 [eM] -eNCHANT arM- (Enchanted Arms) (From) (1/12/06) - through Dec 31/06 (MC)
23,100 Armored Core 4 (+Xbox 360 Platinum) (From) (3/22/07) / (1/10/08) – rounded off through Dec 30/07 / Jan 13/08 (21,096 + 2,000)
21,904 World Soccer Winning Eleven X (Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2007) (Konami) (12/14/06) – through Dec 9/07
21,875 Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom (Microsoft) (12/13/07) – through Jan 13/08
20,774 Virtua Fighter 5 Live Arena (Virtua Fighter 5 Online) (Sega) (12/6/07) – through Jan 13/08
19,000 Final Fantasy XI: All-In-One Pack 2006 (+ The Vana'diel Collection) (Square Enix) (4/20/06) / (11/22/07) – rounded off through Dec 9/07 / Nov 25/07 (15,754 + 3,200)
18,600 Final Fantasy XI:Altana no Kamihei (+ Vana'diel Coll.)(FFXI:Wings of Goddess)(Sq. Enix)(both 11/22/07)–rnd off thru ? (btwn Dec 23/07-Jan 13/08)/Nov 25/07 (15,379+3,200)
18,593 Saints Row (THQ) (6/21/07) – through Dec 9/07
18,592 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas (Ubisoft) (4/26/07) – through Dec 9/07
17,973 Need for Speed Most Wanted (EA) (12/10/05) – through Dec 9/07
17,530 World Soccer Winning Eleven 2008 (Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2008) (Konami) (11/22/07) – through ? (between Dec 23/07 – Jan 13/08)
16,000 Call of Duty 3 (Spike) (3/29/07) – rounded off through Apr 8/07 (MC)
15,994 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 (Ubisoft) (7/12/07) – through Dec 9/07
14,539 Gundam Musou International (Dynasty Warriors: Gundam) (Bandai) (12/27/07) – through Jan 13/08
13,110 Chromehounds (Sega) (6/29/06) - through Dec 9/07
12,974 Tenchu Senran (Tenchu Z) (From) (10/5/06) – through Dec 9/07
12,900 Project Sylpheed (+Xbox 360 Platinum) (Square Enix) (9/28/06) / (11/1/07) – rounded off through Dec 9/07 / Nov 4/07 (12,283 + 600)
12,237 Project Gotham Racing 4 (Microsoft) (10/11/07) – through Dec 9/07
12,184 Atsumare! Pinata (Viva Pinata) (Microsoft) (1/11/07) – through Dec 9/07
11,670 The Godfather (EA) (1/25/07) – through Dec 9/07
11,083 FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup (EA) (12/10/05) - through June 18/06
11,083 Battlefield 2: Modern Combat (+Xbox 360 Platinum) (EA) (4/27/06) / (3/15/07) - through Dec 31/06 / Apr 15/07 (7,328 +3,755)
10,957 Shin Sangoku Musou 4 Special (Dynasty Warriors 5 Special) (Koei) (12/22/05) - through Dec 9/07
10,525 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (+Xbox 360 Platinum) (Ubisoft) (6/29/06) / (6/14/07) - through Dec 31/06 / June 17/07 (8,903 + 1,622)
10,140 2006 FIFA World Cup (EA) (4/27/06) - through Dec 31/06
9,838 Shutokou Battle X [Import Tuner Challenge] (Genki) (7/27/06) - through Dec 31/06
9,541 Hitman: Blood Money (Spike) (8/30/07) – through Oct 14/07
9,373 Need for Speed Carbon (EA) (12/21/06) – through Jan 14/07
9,207 Senka no Ronde Rev. X (Sega) (7/27/06) - through Dec 31/06
9,145 Blade Storm: Hyakunen Sensou (Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War) (Koei) (10/25/07) – through Nov 18/07
8,664 Call of Duty 2 (Konami) (6/15/06) - through Dec 31/06
7,812 Super Robot Taisen XO (Banpresto) (11/30/06) – through Dec 31/06
7,090 Tomb Raider: Legend (Spike) (10/5/06) – through ? (between Nov 19/06 – July 15/07)
7,062 Guilty Gear 2 Overture (Arc System Works) (11/29/07) – through Dec 16/07
6,647 Sonic The Hedgehog (Sega) (12/21/06) – through Jan 14/07
6,292 Splinter Cell: Nijuu Spy (Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent) (Ubisoft) (2/22/07) – through Mar 11/07
6,265 Over G (Over G Fighters) (Taito) (3/30/06) - through June 18/06
6,059 Musou Orochi (Warriors Orochi) (Koei) (9/13/07) – through Oct 14/07
5,723 Shadowrun (Microsoft) (6/21/07) – through Aug 12/07
5,681 Pro Yakyuu Spirits 3 (Konami) (4/6/06) - through June 18/06
5,623 Vampire Rain (AQ) (1/25/07) – through Feb 11/07
5,448 Rockstar Games presents Table Tennis (Microsoft) (10/12/06) – through Dec 10/06
5,301 Wrestle Kingdom (Yuke's) (12/22/05) - through June 18/06
5,223 Just Cause: Viva Revolution (Just Cause) (EA) (11/8/07) – through Nov 18/07
5,184 Tetris: The Grandmaster Ace (AQ) (12/10/05) - through June 18/06
5,121 Kameo: Elements of Power (Microsoft) (2/2/06) - through June 18/06
4,944 Tengai Makyou Ziria: Harkuanaru Jipang (Far East of Eden Ziria) (Hudson) (3/23/06) - through June 18/06
4,929 Sengoku Musou 2 (Samurai Warriors 2) (Koei) (8/17/06) - through Sept 10/06
4,424 FIFA 08: World Class Soccer (FIFA Soccer 08) (EA) (12/20/07) – through Jan 13/08
3,713 Bomberman: Act Zero (Hudson) (8/3/06) - through Sept 10/06
3,500 Medal of Honor: Airborne (EA) (11/22/07) – rounded off through Nov 25/07
3,422 Kengo Zero (Genki) (9/7/06) - through Oct 15/06
3,408 Shin Sangoku Musou 4 Empires (Dynasty Warriors 5 Empires) (Koei) (3/23/06) - through Apr 16/06
3,254 Zegapain XOR (Bandai) (7/27/06) - through Aug 13/06
3,213 Condemned: Psycho Crime (Condemned: Criminal Origins) (Sega) (8/31/06) - through Sept 10/06
3,074 Shikigami no Shiro 3 (Arc System Works) (12/13/07) – through Dec 16/07
2,818 Operation Darkness (Success) (10/11/07) – through Oct 14/07
2,684 WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2007 (THQ) (1/25/07) – through Feb 11/07
2,532 Spectral Force 3: Innocent Rage (Spectral Force 3) (Idea Factory) (6/29/06) - through July 16/06
2,500 Phantasy Star Universe (Sega) (12/14/06) – rounded off through Dec 17/06
2,468 Burnout Revenge (EA) (3/23/06) - through Apr 16/06
2,357 The Outfit (THQ) (11/2/06) – through Nov 12/06
2,300 Battlestations: Midway (Spike) (2/7/08) – rounded off through Feb 10/08
2,271 Every Party (Microsoft) (12/10/05) - through ? (between Jan 1/06 – Oct 29/06)
2,254 Zoids Infinity EX Neo (Tomy) (3/30/06) - through Apr 16/06
2,064 Absolute: Blazing Infinity (Idea Factory) (3/29/07) – through Apr 15/07
1,900 Sega Rally Revo (Sega) (1/31/08) – rounded off through Feb 3/08
1,844 Def Jam: Icon (EA) (6/21/07) – through July 15/07
1,593 Love Football: Aoki Senshi Tachi no Kiseki (Namco) (5/18/06) - through June 18/06
1,553 Full Auto (Sega) (9/28/06) – through Oct 15/06
1,543 Zoids Alternative (Takara Tomy) (10/18/07) – through Oct 21/07
1,527 Aqua Zone (Frontier Groove) (9/14/06) – through Oct 15/06
1,526 Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie (Ubisoft) (12/22/05) - through Jan 15/06
1,400 Drift Nights: Juiced 2 (Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights) (THQ) (1/17/08) – rounded off through Jan 20/08
1,352 Momotarou Dentetsu 16 Gold (Hudson) (12/6/07) – through Dec 9/07
1,200 Stuntman Ignition (THQ) (12/13/07) – rounded off through Dec 16/07
1,100 Tony Hawk's Project 8 (Spike) (11/29/07) – rounded off through Dec 2/07
1,000 Smash Court Tennis 3 (Namco) (12/13/07) – rounded off through Dec 16/07
740 Conan (THQ) (12/6/07) – rounded off through Dec 9/07
600 NBA Live 08 (EA) (11/8/07) – rounded off through Nov 11/07

Small userbase but the attach rate is easy to keep high because of it, lots more software sold weekly than hardware easily.