Sony PS3 catching up to Wii in Japanese sales

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Impulsivity said:
if you look at the way it was for the PS2 it really didn't take off in sales either in Japan or worldwide until it dropped to the 199 price point (which, given inflation, is probably about 250 today). Of course the Wii, being very cheap to produce started at that price and so has a lot more sales. Yes, some only want a Wii and would never buy anything not Nintendo but as Gamecube vs PS2 (or N64 vs PS1) sales show thats a decided minority.

The Wii is outselling the PS3 for two reasons, first in much of the world its about half the price (if you look at actual dollars of product sold instead of number of consoles sold its pretty close to dead even) and second many of the Japan sellers have been delayed for years upon years (most importantly FFXIII, that or a new Dragon Quest game would immediately work wonders on the sales gap) If you think that the world is all fine with kids games and bad graphics thats just not the reality, if it was the Gamecube and N64 would have won; Sony made a far larger then ever before investment in technology (the PS2 was able to hit 299 at release and 199 within a year and some change) and so is having a much harder time with price then it has in the past. If, when the PS3 slims down and hits a 250 price point its still behind the Wii I'd be very surprised.

I mean even you Wii fanboy types have to admit that the fact millions of people are willing to pony up twice the cash for a PS3 (almost 3 times the cash at launch) says something about the market for a high quality console existing. I don't really begrudge you your fanboyism, I used to be a Nintendo Fanboy, would taunt Genesis owners endlessly with my "superior" SNES and even got an N64 instead of the PS1....then of course I played Final Fantasy VII when it came out and from that day on I never for even a second understood why anyone would pick Nintendo systems over cutting edge games like that ever again. Maybe a lot of you Wii fans are kids and weren't old enough in 97 to remember just how much better FFVII was then any console game that had ever been made up to that point and so never had the full conversion, but I have to say, once you find an HD game you like, you'll never go back to full time kid stuff again (unless you can't afford the HD console of course)

Wow!!! Benga could you when you finally get round to doing the Week that Was give this post an honourary mention.