washimul on 11 March 2007
TheSource said:
Hardware sales in Japan in 2007
DS 10 million (hello, DQIX)
Wii 5 million (passing GC Lifetime userbase in Sept-Oct, N64 lifetime userbase in December)
PSP 3.5 million (best year so far in Japan)
PS3 1.75 million (assuming large spikes in Nov-Dec, and during Golden Week)
PS2 1.0 million (death...)
360 150,000 (in a coma)
Top 10 Software
1) Dragon Quest IX (DS) 4,000,000
2) Pokemon (DS) 3,500,000
3) Big Brain Academy (Wii) 2,000,000
4) Wii Sports (Wii) 1,700,000
5) Super Smash Brothers Brawl (Wii) 1,600,000
6) Big Brain Training 2 (DS) 1,450,000
7) Monster Hunter Freedom 2 (PSP) 1,300,000
8) Wii Play (Wii) 1,250,000
9) New Super Mario Brothers (DS) 1,000,000
10) Super Paper Mario* (Wii) 850,000
* This game could sell over a million, I see it as having sales of like 500k, then 125k, then 30k, then a very steady 5k-7k for like the rest of the year into 08', perhaps crawling over 1 million a year or so after release
**I have DQ: Swords, Galaxy, MGS4, Heavenly Sword and a few others doing over a million eventually, but not in 2007
lol............MGS 4 and HEAVENLY SWORD wont reach a million in 2007..........hahha ???
Wii 5 million vs 1.75 million for ps3......................what a dreamer?????
wake up wake up.
FF13 and MGS4 would sell at least 2 million in JAPAN...........not to mention ROW.
did you see what happened last week.
ps3 came agonizingly close to Wii in terms of sales. At e3 more JAPAN oriented ps3 games would be announced. and dont Forget GUNDAM MUSOU is still sold out all over in JAPAN.
KOEI took just four months to make GM.....................so you wd be having more GUNDAMS this year.Plus the introduction of PLAYSTATION EDGE + new toold have made development alot easier and faster. MORE GUNDAMS this year.......fingers crossed!!
by the end of 2007 ps3 regains the no1 spot in JAPAN...........followed by DS and PSP/Wii
People want photorealism rather than cartoons. Why do you think BIG LITTLE PLANET is making shockwaves???? it is because of the graphics solely. same goes to CRYSIS.
tht is why ZELDA flopped in JAPAN and RESISTANCE became a super hit .
Blue Dragon also flopped due to similiar reasons.
Why do you think people are not that excited with HALO 3...............cause CRYSIS and KILLZONE 2/GEARS have taken games to new level...
people want gameplay as well as graphics.
This is why MOTORSTORM has created a buzz.
By the end of 2007 ps3 becomes the DOMINATOR all around the world.
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