Louie on 07 March 2007
HappySqurriel said:
Louie said:
Just 110k DS sold? Oh, demand is getting lower... but pretty funny: Super Robot Tyson sold more copies than the game that should save the PS3...
MikeB said:
Install base of more than 15 million DSes vs less than 800k PS3s!
I thought there were even less than 180k copies of Gundam Musou available, so 170k to me sounds like an excellent figure for this point in time.
Personally I don't think the DS and PS3 are direct competitors though, IMO even smartphone and (touchscreen, etc) PDA games would be more direct competition.
I could be wrong but I suspect his comment is in relation to the posts we were seeing weeks ago stating "PS3 Dominance starts March 2nd with the release of Gundam Musou"
Now 170,000 units in its opening week is a good opening for a game, and it is great for a system that only has 750,000 units "in the wild" but it falls (far) short in being the system seller that people were claiming it was.
Thanks - exactly what I wanted to say 
MikeB: Of course the PS3´s installed base is much lower than the DS Lite´s installed base but Sony expected Gundam to be a millionseller, too.
BTW: the 360 was never expected to sell better than the PS3 - in fact, it was expected to sell as "good" as the old box.
And of course the PS3 doesn´t have to take over the japanese market in one day - but when shell it start? Next year?
