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a.l.e.x59 on 29 November 2007

If you align the launch dates of the Playstation 3, Saturn, and Dreamcast, in Japan, you will see that the Saturn, and Dreamcast, marginally outsold the Playstation 3.


Playstation 3: 1,244,056
Dreamcast: 1,251,244
Saturn: 1,270,243

Pretty interesting how closely the Playstation 3 is following the routes of the Saturn, and Dreamcast, in Japan. They are all, virtually in the exact same position, except that the Playstation 3 is doing just a little bit worse.

I'm actually surprised how well the Saturn did in Japan. It actually defeated the Nintendo 64.

The Xbox, and Xbox 360, however, are doing horrible in Japan. Even though the Xbox 360 has outsold the original Xbox, for the same amount of time the Xbox 360 has been out, they are both, far under the Playstation 3. However, apparently, the Xbox, and Xbox 360, have outsold the Sega CD, and NeoGeo Pocket, in Japan which really surprises me. Looks like Microsoft's consoles are not the worst in Japan. Than again, the Sega CD is a console add-on, and the NeoGeo Pocket is a portable console.

Will the Playstation 3 ever outsell the Saturn, and Dreamcast, in Japan? Will the Xbox 360 ever become more popular in Japan?


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cool48 on 29 November 2007

If you compare the PS3 to the PS2 world wide: they are almost exactly the same
but if you compare Japan PS3 to PS2 the PS2 was doing way better...

Which means the PS3 should be doing better in America and Others than the PS2 but when you align those two the PS2 was doing better... Don't know what's going on?



Lost tears of Kain on 29 November 2007

possibly

hopefully Lost odyssey gets some things started for MS



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Avinash_Tyagi on 29 November 2007
cool48 said:
If you compare the PS3 to the PS2 world wide: they are almost exactly the same
but if you compare Japan PS3 to PS2 the PS2 was doing way better...

Which means the PS3 should be doing better in America and Others than the PS2 but when you align those two the PS2 was doing better... Don't know what's going on?

 PS2 was launched much earlier in Japan than in NA and then Europe, PS3 was launched in Japan and NA at about the same time



 

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