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[NJ5]

rukusa said:

NJ5 said:

rukusa said:
To me it seems like alot of people are dramatizing the situation of the PS3. As long as software sales are decent I dont see a reason to worry.

But are they decent? I don't think so, in fact I think they're poor. Software which only appeals to Japanese gamers on the PS3 doesn't seem to have much hope for profitability.

Capcom seems to think so too, as they moved Monster Hunter 3 to the Wii, and that's an example of a game which appeals mainly to Japanese gamers.

 

-Better compared to the 360? No question. The PS3 outperforming the most direct competitor.

-Hardcore games still have to to proves themselves on the Wii. Winning Eleven Wii, Zack & Wiki & No More Heroes have for example undeservably suffered in the japanese market.

Honestly Im seeing PS3 software improve at each release. After the debut they do drop bu each time the drop seems to be more and more acceptable.

My worry is that only Nintendo made games seem to sell fantastically on the Wii in Japan. Almost anything else gets ignored or drops out by the next week.

The hardcore Wii crowd may have the right to scold the PS3 for its Hardware sales, but when it comes down to the software sales they stand in the same position where they should focus more on that aspect. After what counts more to the developers and publishers is how much the game sells on the console regardless of how large the userbase is.

I would love to see both the PS3 and Wii flourish on the hardcore market. But so far only former seems to do so.

- Don't make me laugh, did you just bring up the 360 in a comparison regarding Japan? The very fact that you have to compare the PS3 to the 360 only makes your argument weaker. PS3's direct competitor in Japan is the Wii, as that's the console which can effectively compete with it. The Wii has already stolen one big Japanese exclusive from the PS3, now that's what I call competition.

- Winning Eleven Wii was launched very late, all the football maniacs surely bought it for the PS2 and aren't going to buy the same game twice. Konami has itself to blame for that one (if they really care that is). I don't know if Zack & Wiki was supposed to do good in Japan, as I don't know their tastes that well, but it's an unproven franchise unlike most of the ones which have done mediocre to poor on the PS3. The same goes for No More Heroes, which seems like a very niche title.