| MikeB said: A very good hardware sales revival, about on par as expected. But IMO a slimline PS3 and Final Fantasy willl really start to get the PS3 rolling for Japan. |
This may not be the thread for it, but that is a very misinformed statement. Thats not how console generations work. Generally in this industry, success breeds success, failure or mediocre achievement does not breed success.
Sony's PS3 has been received with lacklustre sales in Japan, has started ceding exclusives to multiplatform arrangements with the Xbox 360 (DMC4) or losing them all together (SO4), and is having fewer and fewer titles announced for it. In contrast, Nintendo's Wii has gone from strength to strength, selling well even in time periods where it lacks strong titles. As a result, new titles are regularly being announced for it, some of them stolen from the PS3 (MH3), and it will maintain a strong price advantage over the PS3 in perpetuity.
Much as you would like it to be so, console's do not start "rolling" relative to other consoles after two years characterised by declining support. The industry is all about momentum. Though the handheld market is somewhat different, I believe the only chance the PS3 has of attaining half the units sold in Japan that the PS2 received is by receiving something akin to the Nintendo saturation consellation prize the PSP is currently receiving. Titles like MGS4 and FFXIII that have a dedicated fanbase come along, and they are guarenteed a certain number of console sales. But other than the month-long burst in sales these titles contribute to, a console like the PS3 with relatively little success or comparitive value compared to the Wii in Japan that is currently facing a relative DECLINE in support simply won't get a sudden, semi-permanant boost this generation, and won't have anything like the tail of its competitor or its predecessor.
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