| diegomoroco777 said: Expect about 50k for folksoul next week. Saying it will boost sales for PS3 is saying Opoona is going to boost sales for Wii. Japanese RPGs, yes, but not proven franchises, and not even in Famitsu Most Wanted. We can expect a good fight during July though. EG5 on PS3 vs DQS, Gundam and MP8 on Wii. |
I no longer believe there is a fight, Musou proved what NGS is now proving. People just aren't yet into the ps3 if they are ever going to be. Granted EG5 may be the biggest title yet for the ps3 but I think think it pales into comparison to DQS and DQ for the DS, I just don't see anything really changing Japan's mind anymore on the ps3 or the 360 anymore. Everytime a new game comes out we are surprised by it's failure to sell.
Anything short of the ps3 reinventing itself, lowering the price and dumping tons and tons of games on the market will not help much. And even when these things come, it will have the Wii's Yes the system that sells against it 7:1, that system's biggest Japanese franchises to contend with. Wii Health, Mario Galaxy, Smash Bros. are going to be dancing in the sun while most of the ps3 offerings like Lair and Heavenly Sword will have to stand in their shadow. I'm not saying this to bash the ps3, I was hopeful for the ps3's future in Japan, I'd like to get one sooner or later. But I have a hard time believing any product in any industry can launch a failure and come back strong a year later. I've yet to see people give examples of this, and until they do, I'll bet otherwise.
