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Will the PS3 be able to outsell the Wii in Japan any week this year?

Yes, in more weeks than last year. 706 54.43%
 
Yes, same amount of weeks than last year. 76 5.86%
 
Yes, but less weeks than last year. 161 12.41%
 
Yes, only once. 29 2.24%
 
No, lol? 137 10.56%
 
I like turtles. 188 14.49%
 
Total:1,297
Demotruk on 16 March 2010
trestres said:
Demotruk said:
RolStoppable said:
I hate third parties, just wanted to say this.

Heh. Isn't it surreal that the console with twice the userbase of it's nearest competitor and more than twice the software sales (yes, higher attach rate even) is the one that goes so long without releases in the region.

The only reason Wii has such an attach rate is because of Nintendo's games. And I don't think it will be any different this year.

I'm still waiting for some announcements!! Where the heck are they? lol...

There's nothing magical about Nintendo's games though. They're just better. If third parties put their minds to it they can achieve similar results, like with Taiko Drum Master and Dragon Quest IX.



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trestres on 16 March 2010
Demotruk said:
trestres said:
Demotruk said:
RolStoppable said:
I hate third parties, just wanted to say this.

Heh. Isn't it surreal that the console with twice the userbase of it's nearest competitor and more than twice the software sales (yes, higher attach rate even) is the one that goes so long without releases in the region.

The only reason Wii has such an attach rate is because of Nintendo's games. And I don't think it will be any different this year.

I'm still waiting for some announcements!! Where the heck are they? lol...

There's nothing magical about Nintendo's games though. They're just better. If third parties put their minds to it they can achieve similar results, like with Taiko Drum Master and Dragon Quest IX.

That's it. That and the fact that there's not many high profile or high quality 3rd party Wii games getting released there. Nintendo has to maintain sales all by themselves. A pity really, such a big userbase being ignored.



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postofficebuddy on 16 March 2010
saicho said:
postofficebuddy said:
Next week with Yakuza 4 and Torne it's almost a certainty but this week is too hard to call. PS3 seems to be baselining in the high 20ks but it's hard to say where the Wii's baseline is. I'm guessing somewhere in the low to mid 20ks. I'd say any week where the NSMB sells sub 30k PS3 will probably win. I'd really like to see what longterm effect Torne will have on PS3 sales.

really?


Well considering it's only doing low 30s with NSMB selling 30-40k a week, yeah I'd say so. Hence my NSMB sub-30k comment.



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trestres on 19 March 2010

Wii does it again. This time by 4k.

Any guesses for next week?



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Netyaroze on 19 March 2010

It will definetly probably less then last year. But I think this year will be the best in Japan for PS3. Seems that Slim made a lasting impact. I remeber last year the numbers where horrible (8k-15k). And move is a wildcard.



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trestres on 22 March 2010

OK, big week for the PS3. Torne and Yakuza 4.

I think this one will go to the PS3.



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Stakes: 1 week of avatar control for each one.

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leo-j on 22 March 2010

What I don't understand is how MONSTER HUNTER FRONTIER is 360 exclusive in japan...

what the fuck is capcom even thinking?



 

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trestres on 26 March 2010

PS3 wins this week by quite a wide margin, 19k.

So, guesses for next week? Wii has only 1 new game released, Silent Hill: SM, while the PS3 has quite a few, but Shin Hokuto and God of War 3 stand out the most.

Early reports claim that Shin Hokuto has already shipped 500K units and that retailers are ordering more. My guess is that PS3 will remain on top once again.



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Pandora's Tower will sell less than 100k lifetime in Japan.
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trestres on 26 March 2010

Updated the OP with January data.



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Pandora's Tower will sell less than 100k lifetime in Japan.
Stakes: 1 week of avatar control for each one.

Fullfilled Prophecies

darthdevidem01 on 26 March 2010

@leo-j

$$$$

Besides its not even that "big" since it was on PC already

did FF11 do much for 360 when it released? no

neither will Monster Hunter Frontier.



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