Japan Sales - Media Create,Famitsu, & dengeki: week 47 ( Nov. 18 - Nov. 24 ) Bomba everywhere!!

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Rogerioandrade said:

pezus said:

the_dengle said:

pezus said:

You're not seeing anything that the PS3 didn't have? Uhm, how about a game you just mentioned...KH3. And PS3 didn't launch with strong Japanese franchises, but PS4 will. This is basically what everyone against the PS4 said about Western sales as well. It has no big games, who will buy it over PS360 etc. First of all, the system will sell on its own merits, second of all it is way cheaper than PS3 was, and lastly it has bigger games coming out sooner. You're forgetting that MS and Nintendo stole much of Sony's potential last gen in Japan (MS by stealing JRPGs early on and Nintendo by selling well).

Wii U launched with Monster Hunter, Mario, and Dragon Quest, and was cheaper than the PS4. What makes the PS4 special?

WiiU was also cheaper than PS4 in the west and launched with a bigger library, including 2D Mario. PS4 didn't launch with any big or huge system selling exclusive franchise. We know how that turned out.

Ask the consumers. Like I said, PS4 will sell on its own merits as well as for the guarantee of future great 3rd party titles like KH, FF and basically everything else (that Nintendo hasn't made or paid for).

Still the WiiU sold more than 3 million worlwide in just one month. The real problem started after the holidays.

PS4 in now riding the waves of fans hype and CoD players in the West. How long this hype will last? Will it be able to bring new consumers to the market?

CoD doesn´t drive console sales in Japan as it does in the west, you know, and FF is a fading trade even in Japan.

I honestly don't see PS4 or XboxOne having the same problem that the Wii-u did. PS4 looks like it could easily do 5-6 million by March, and XboxOne should be able to easily do 3-4 Million, which would be better than what Wii-u did in that time frame. 

Wii-u isnt dead, but it's going to struggle to do 30 million. I always said this would be its problem, 1 year too late a launch, too weak specs when compared to 7th gen, poor software support, poor 3rd support, Years PR all about next gen consoles. It was inevitable.

Nintendo can bring it back, but that means some massive software support, or spending money on 3rd parties like Sony/MS will do in the next two/three years. I don't mean, lets do another Donkey Kong or another Mario.. they need games that are new or are old franchises brought back. I really believe this is what Sony are doing, and I think it will work very well for them... but we shall see, many predicted that the PS3 wouldnt survive, and look at how well it's currently doing.