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AshKetchum1992 on 29 December 2013

I think we have to wait until the PS4 is released in Japan to make that kind of conclusions.



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Multishanks on 29 December 2013
psrock said:
disastorm said:
im really interested in seeing how Wii u does this gen. I think that at least in the US and Japan, it really has a chance to do well, maybe even doing better than the Xbone, although I don't know what the deal with Europe is, is the culture over there really that much different than both the US and Japan (which already have incredibly different cultures to begin with).


Seriously people, stop. No, the WiiU will not outsell the xbox in the US. The WiiU will do fine in Japan, but Dominateit will not. 


I disagree about it not dominating in Japan. Sony has pretty much sacrifice it's position in Japan to perform a deathstroke on MS in the west. Nintendo already has begun to capitalize on it by making and building up partnerships with the likes of Sega Atlus tecmo and Capcom. And for a country that is so handheld focused the ps4 has a serious disadvantage. PS4 will do fairly well in the long run though.



Slarvax on 29 December 2013
benji232 said:
Slarvax said:
benji232 said:
Mummelmann said:

Right.

GameCube, 2002:
Week 49, 39,849
Week 50, 44,902
Week 51, 66,410
Week 52, 60,290

Wii U, 2013:
Week 49, 46,773
Week 50, 72,982
Week 51, 119,159

Where do you get those numbers? And could you get the LTD numbers for GCN at that time?

I got them from gaf from this thread: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=740203. I don't know what were the LTD numbers for GCN at that specific time. Sorry. However, in that specific thread, you can find some Media create/famitsu threads dating up to 2004.

Thanks! I'll start some research, I guess.



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benji232 on 29 December 2013
Slarvax said:
benji232 said:
Slarvax said:
benji232 said:
Mummelmann said:

Right.

GameCube, 2002:
Week 49, 39,849
Week 50, 44,902
Week 51, 66,410
Week 52, 60,290

Wii U, 2013:
Week 49, 46,773
Week 50, 72,982
Week 51, 119,159

Where do you get those numbers? And could you get the LTD numbers for GCN at that time?

I got them from gaf from this thread: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=740203. I don't know what were the LTD numbers for GCN at that specific time. Sorry. However, in that specific thread, you can find some Media create/famitsu threads dating up to 2004.

Thanks! I'll start some research, I guess.

No problem!:). Gl with it. If you find some interesting data, please share it with us :P



Predictions for LT console sales:

PS4: 120M

XB1: 70M

WiiU: 14M

3DS: 60M

Vita: 13M

psrock on 29 December 2013
Multishanks said:
psrock said:
disastorm said:
im really interested in seeing how Wii u does this gen. I think that at least in the US and Japan, it really has a chance to do well, maybe even doing better than the Xbone, although I don't know what the deal with Europe is, is the culture over there really that much different than both the US and Japan (which already have incredibly different cultures to begin with).


Seriously people, stop. No, the WiiU will not outsell the xbox in the US. The WiiU will do fine in Japan, but Dominateit will not. 


I disagree about it not dominating in Japan. Sony has pretty much sacrifice it's position in Japan to perform a deathstroke on MS in the west. Nintendo already has begun to capitalize on it by making and building up partnerships with the likes of Sega Atlus tecmo and Capcom. And for a country that is so handheld focused the ps4 has a serious disadvantage. PS4 will do fairly well in the long run though.

When will this Domination start?



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Multishanks on 29 December 2013
psrock said:
Multishanks said:
psrock said:
disastorm said:
im really interested in seeing how Wii u does this gen. I think that at least in the US and Japan, it really has a chance to do well, maybe even doing better than the Xbone, although I don't know what the deal with Europe is, is the culture over there really that much different than both the US and Japan (which already have incredibly different cultures to begin with).


Seriously people, stop. No, the WiiU will not outsell the xbox in the US. The WiiU will do fine in Japan, but Dominateit will not. 


I disagree about it not dominating in Japan. Sony has pretty much sacrifice it's position in Japan to perform a deathstroke on MS in the west. Nintendo already has begun to capitalize on it by making and building up partnerships with the likes of Sega Atlus tecmo and Capcom. And for a country that is so handheld focused the ps4 has a serious disadvantage. PS4 will do fairly well in the long run though.

When will this Domination start?

I believe that the foundation has already been laid. The strongest bricks being Sony's lack of prioritizing the japanese audience. 



Rafux on 29 December 2013

Remind me again where will japanese people play NEXT GEN Final Fantasy, Metal Gear Solid, Kingdom Hearts, Yakuza, Metal Gear Rising, Devil May Cry, Gran Turismo and Street Fighter series among others? Oh thats right on PS4.

Wii U with one year ahead of games and exclusives can't beat a console with no stock to be found.



jonathanalis on 29 December 2013

Idk, but is probable...
i just think they need a Final fantasy (I dont know if X counts), resident evil, metal gear, Kigdom Hearts, one piece, to know if wii U can crush ps4 in japan.



Urouge on 29 December 2013
Rafux said:
Remind me again where will japanese people play NEXT GEN Final Fantasy, Metal Gear Solid, Kingdom Hearts, Yakuza, Metal Gear Rising, Devil May Cry, Gran Turismo and Street Fighter series among others? Oh thats right on PS4.

Wii U with one year ahead of games and exclusives can't beat a console with no stock to be found.




Mummelmann on 29 December 2013
benji232 said:
Mummelmann said:
A holiday boost, no competition and numbers still below Gamecube levels for christmas equals ruling Japan now? I think this is a very premature statement. That said; I'd be surprised if any home console manages more than 12-15 million in Japan this gen.

Right.

GameCube, 2002:
Week 49, 39,849
Week 50, 44,902
Week 51, 66,410
Week 52, 60,290

Wii U, 2013:
Week 49, 46,773
Week 50, 72,982
Week 51, 119,159


Right. Have you seen the 2003 numbers for GC in Japan for this week? Week 51 was 129k as I recall, these numbers are not overly impressive, especially with no competition. The Wii U is still behind the GC in Japan at this point, GC sold about 1.040.000 units in 2003 in Japan, Wii U still has a ways to go to sell over one million in one year here.

"still below Gamecube levels for christmas" really nothing in there about "christmas 2002", is there? Or christmas 2004 for that matter, which was pretty bad. You might think that it's unfair to compare the GC's best holiday with the Wii U's worst (for now) but then again; the Wii U has no competition, the GC already had the PS2 to battle at this point and still managed a pretty good holiday in 2003, even in the West. There's no way to tell whether next holiday will be better or worse with some actual competition, so it is also way too soon to be calling the Wii U the victor in Japan.

People are so hung up on shooting down One and PS4 predictions based on launch hype (and rightly so) and saying that there is no proper data to draw any conclusion from, but make ridiculous claims like the OP at the same time, it's equally silly since we actually don't have any valid data to go by for now. If the Wii U outsells the PS4 weekly through 2014 after the PS4's launch and then beats it during holidays 2014, then we can start making these claims.

I mean, honestly; are you impressed with what the Wii U has accomplished with its one year head start?