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Augen on 12 March 2014
Fusioncode said:

I'm confident it can match the sales of the PS3. It's going to be the only console to play FFXV, KH3, MGSV, GTA6, RE7 etc. It's still going to get massive 3rd party games which will be the main system sellers in Japan. And the PS4 launch was much bigger than the PS3 launch. 

Agreed. Even if the entire console markets shrinks in Japan, Sony could concievably garner 60-80% of it in the coming years there making the PS4 a success story in Japan.



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Dunban67 on 12 March 2014
Carl2291 said:
Not sold out, its simply an unattractive option. Why would you buy a PS4, when you can get a cheaper Wii U that has better games?


So that is why 58k+ people bought PS4's in Japan last week and 8k+ bought Wii U's?  

 

My guess is most people don t buy consoles for what htey expect it will offer over a few months but what it will offer over the lifetime of the console-   otherwise no one would buy at launch- 

I bought a Wii U at launch and am both nervous and disapointed in the propspects of the  Wii u over it s lifetime-  I did not expect it to be a 3rd party powerhouse but i did not expect it to be nearly shut off from 3rd parties completely 1.5 years into its lifetime

I also thought Nintendo would be a litttle (or alot) stronger in what it has offered the Wii u)  -

If i could bet money on it, I would bet that the PS4 will have more games and a more diverse library far quicker tahn the Wii U and that the PS4 will outsell the Wii U in Japan over its lifetime and probably by a considerable number-     of all the newer consoles, the PS4 has the least to critisize at this time- 

The Wii U needs every one of its owners and supporters to hold Nintneod accountable for their poor effort to date-   any objective person (including Nintendo) would/has acknowledged the Wii U has performed poorly and been a maor disapointment-  Only Nintendo can change that and trying to redirect the problems of the Wii U and Nintendo to some other console is childish (unesss of course you own a PS4 and are genuinly concened about its direction- which is way to early to be concerend)



orniletter on 12 March 2014
DM235 said:
And I was just beginning to enjoy my PS4, but some random guy on the internet has to tell me that it is doomed. Coupled with the fact that some launch game for it actually has less pixels than how many pixels people thought it had is depressing. I guess I have to destroy it now, since I would be too embarrassed to simply throw it out, as someone driving by may notice the doomed console in my garbage. I mean, we all know that the success and enjoyment of a product is directly proportional to sales in a specific country, or opinions on a forum.

Time to get an Ouya. Some internet ranking had that as the number one selling console...


That is precisely his point.

Hit the nail on the head !

You do know the "XXX is a MAJOR flop !" running gag, don´t you ?



deskpro2k3 on 12 March 2014

Compared to PS3, PSP, and X360 launch in Japan, PS4 is doing a lot better.



vivster on 12 March 2014
tbone51 said:
vivster said:
Yet WiiU will be soon outsold by the PS4.


Nice way to put Nintendo right there -_-

Wait what?

The WiiU is specifically mentioned in the OP. And not only that, it is even said that the PS4 is doing worse than WiiU in direct correlation.

My post was a direct response to the OP so what are you talking about?



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TheGhosts on 12 March 2014
Carl2291 said:
Not sold out, its simply an unattractive option. Why would you buy a PS4, when you can get a cheaper Wii U that has better games?

This!!!



Ashadian on 12 March 2014
RolStoppable said:

Hey guys,

I thought we need to talk about this:

According to Famitsu, the PS4 sold 30,766 units in its third week in Japan. That's approximately 90k units below what the Wii U did during its third week. When we look at launch aligned LTD numbers, the PS4 has already fallen 150k units behind the Wii U. Let's be honest here, this is a MAJOR flop. Not even the typical system-selling power of Knack can turn this console into a success.

Before the PS4 launch many people have said that Sony doesn't really care about consumers. Putting online multiplayer behind a paywall, among other things, indicate that this is the truth.

So can we still say that Sony doesn't care about gamers? Let's take a look:

3DS's third week: 96.463
PSV's third week: 42,648
PS4's third week: 30,766, but probably overtracked.

For further comparison, the Wii U sold 122,356 units in its third week. For Sony that's pretty much the equivalent of being proven to be dumber than an idiot. Now what?


When was the Wii U released? Was it in February? Or was it in the Holidays?

Was the Wii U cheaper at release than PS4????

PS4 will be a success in Japan just like the PS3!

Compare launch PS3 figures to PS4??? Or did u conveniently forget that????

Hasn't the PS4 surpassed worldwide Wii U sales???

All this without any really big super exclusive!

I think you should stick to Nintendo sales



chocoloco on 12 March 2014

There are a lot more important and interesting regions. I guess Japan is the only interesting fall back point for a Nintendo die hard.



vivster on 12 March 2014
softcoregamer82 said:
Porcupeth said:
Is this topic about the Wii U?
crissindahouse said:
They all wait for Xbox One haha
vivster said:
Yet WiiU will be soon outsold by the PS4.

Look at cheap shots like this.  They need to be called out.

The PS4 is almost guaranteed to win the generation, but instead of being happy with that, many Sony fans are mad because they wildly predicted it would outsell the PS2, which won't happen, and heaven forbid, it's performing less than spectacular in one region while still doing great in Europe and the US.  Why can't these people just be happy when times are good?  Why do they take cheap shots at the competition and talk bogus talk about phantom "supply shortages" in Japan?

It's pathetic.  Sore winners are actually losers.

To you too.

The WiiU is specifically mentioned in the OP. And not only that, it is put in direct correleation to the PS4 sales. So I can't compare the same 2 consoles the OP did?

My post was a direct response to the OP so what are you talking about?

It's a simple observation that even though the WiiU did better numbers in the first weeks that the PS4 will still outsell it in the long run.

For the love of god are Nintendo fans defensive about every little thing.



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VitroBahllee on 12 March 2014

"It's supply constraints!" say everybody, ignoring the fact there is plenty of stock in Japan.

Apparently, Sony fans would prefer to think their favorite company is inept at allocation than accept that Japan's interest in consoles is shrinking.