poor ps3.

I don't know how many PS3 games are tailored for the Japanese audience, but the only ones I can think of are Hot Shot Golf 5, Folklore, Virtua Fighter 5, and Gran Turismo: Prologue.

There needs to be more games, and one area that is lacking are the RPGs.

CrazzyMan said: @Parokki, 6 mln.? are you INSANE? =))

Maybe, but at least I ain't crazzy.

Half of your list is stuff Japan couldn't care less about, and the rest is on par with what the Gamecube had. Sorry, but I have no intention of arguing with you futher. I've seen people try it, and it never leads to anything good.

Yup, PS3 is doing much better in Europe and holding its own in America but Japanese sales are bad in that not only the hardware sells less than the Wii on average weeks but it gets killed by it during good weeks (250k->70k ouch) and only can surpass it when doing price cuts/new models/really big games.

DMC is unlikely to help much (not big enough in Japan) in the long term and MGS, while bigger is not all that big either.

The PS3 really needs GT5 (the full one) and FFXIII in Japan as soon as possible or possibly WKS if it is a home run.

@FilaBrasileiro,

so And iPOD. and Coke, and many other stuff. LBP is very creative and made by UK studio. TIME is needed for creating HD games.

@Parokki, you kidding???
Killzone 2, Resistance 2, LittleBigPlanet, Grand Theft Auto 4 - THESE are ONLY 4 games, which not made by Japanese developers. What half? STOP being BLIND.
The rest 20 games are on pair with Camecube? In your DREAMS. These games appeal to MORE people, then just to zelda, mario and pokemon fans on GC, which are most SAME people.

I still think the PS3 is holding its own in Japan, not the best but sales will increase over time.

@DOATS1.
The struggling consoles sales taper off with age, if you take holiday sales into account PS3 is below where the GC was at this point... the GC sold 4 million.

And I am getting tired of lists of games from you Crazzy, the only games that could have a decent effect are GT5 and FFXIII, and DMC but I don't really know what that is, I just hear it is popular in Japan.

So 2-3 games coming some time in the future will help PS3... well good for it as the Wii has 4-5 already [Wii series, SMG and MP8] and 2 more coming soon [SSBB and MK] And isn't Monster Hunter a Wii exclusive too.

The big problem is that much like the PSP, titles might do well for 2-3 weeks then completely fall off the charts. Sure the PSP has MHF2, but the vast majority of titles completely disappear quickly and the PS3 is following the exact same pattern.

The PS3 has *already* had a steller lineup- in Japan, for year#1 - and most of the titles bombed (at least compared to PS2 software sales).

These sales are really terrible (more so when compared to the dev costs) - the PS3 has now had TWO Christmas's already:

http://vgchartz.com/japweekly.php?date=39460&console=PS3&maker=&disp=Japanese+Name&boxartz=1

Dynasty Warriors 5 - under 400k
Time Crisis 4 - under 40k
Gundam Musou - under 300k
Ninja Gaiden - under 100k
Ridge Racer 7- under 150k
FolksSoul - under 50k

Ouch.

I agree completely, that the Japanese market is the biggest challenge for the PS3. It seems to have gone completely casual, and its either handheld or casual console (Wii) games that are doing well now.

I predict that DMC4 will (relatively) bomb, as will MGS4 - once MGS4 (relatively) bombs, there is no going back.

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At the same time, the current charts have 4 million sellers for the Wii - with WiiSpots approaching 3m - (almost) more sales than all the PS3 software titles in the charts added together.

*** Note - just noticed that the Wii has sold more software in Japan than the PSP has (at least that is tracked in the charts)!

@Crazzyman:

Likely sales:

Metal Gear Solid 4 (500k),
Killzone 2 + Resistance 2 (100k),
LittleBigPlanet (500k),
Gran Turismo 5 (750k),
Tekken 6 (300k),
Final Fantasy XIII (1.5m) + Final Fantasy XIII:versus (500k),
White Knight Story (250k),
Devil May Cry 4 (300k),
Last Remnant (150k),
Star Ocean 4 (250k),
Soul Calibur 4 (75k),
Armored Core 4 (125k),
Naruto PS3 project (200k),
Disgaea 3 (150k),
Team ICO games (150k),
Tales of Vesperia (300k),
Resident Evil 5 (250k),
Silent Hill 5 (100k),
Grand Theft Auto 4 (250k),
Yakuza 3 (350k),