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the_dengle on 02 April 2014

3DS bump? I thought we were expecting Vita on top this week. Funny, because it wound up winning (or maybe tying) last week unexpectedly.

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justiceiro on 02 April 2014

outlawauron said:

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DQ is bigger than FF in Japan, but FF MMOs have a much more solid following than DQ MMOs. FF11 was able to keep a fanbase for years, and FF14 is extremely successful.

Let's be fair though, the DQ MMO came out on the Wii at the end of its life, and then the Wii U. I'm not saying FF MMOs wouldn't still be stronger, but to date it hasn't exactly been a fair fight!

I don't disagree. There plenty of reasons why DQX did as it did.

Did you and spurge read what I was responding to? He was using DQX to justify his point of view that FF14 isn't going to do well on PS4. I just said the FF MMOs have a stronger following. That's all.

Unlike DQX, FF14 will have a free upgrade from old console to new console. So, I imagine physical sales will be pretty low.

Well, yeah, but it had a upgrade program that offered the game at the half of the price, so some could argue that this happended there too.

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outlawauron on 02 April 2014

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I don't disagree. There plenty of reasons why DQX did as it did.

Did you and spurge read what I was responding to? He was using DQX to justify his point of view that FF14 isn't going to do well on PS4. I just said the FF MMOs have a stronger following. That's all.

Unlike DQX, FF14 will have a free upgrade from old console to new console. So, I imagine physical sales will be pretty low.

Well, yeah, but it had a upgrade program that offered the game at the half of the price, so some could argue that this happended there too.

Completely free download tied to your PSN account >>> Half price DQX.

I'm sure there were people who did the DQX upgrade program, but you can see why the FF14 one is more enticing. Especially considering the number of digital users PS3 vs. Wii.

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AshKetchum1992 on 02 April 2014

Max King of the Wild said:

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The best that could happen to the PS4 is if its numbers sit around 20k.

Ps3 was able to accomplish that. Ps4 can (and will in my opinion) easily improve upon ps3s figures. So how is that the best that could happen to the ps4?

It's already near 20k so it will be good if it doesn't drop lower than that.

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Soundwave said:
Console wars in Japan ... did someone say cripple fight?

LOL, Japan is becoming no.1 a smartphone gaming country and no.2 handheld oriented.

Consoles are a niche no.3, no one gives a crap about them.

Editors don't care about them not people

PS4 - over 100 millions let's say 120m
Xbox One - 70m
Wii U - 25m

Vita - 15m if it will not get Final Fantasy Kingdoms Heart and Monster Hunter 20m otherwise
3DS - 80m

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Max King of the Wild on 02 April 2014

AshKetchum1992 said:

It's already near 20k so it will be good if it doesn't drop lower than that.

If it doesnt drop lower than that expect ps4 to outsell Wii in Japan. Wii sold about 50% of its sales after a year And a half. Ps3 sold about 15% after a year

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I'm actually a little bit impressed by the Vita, it had held pretty well in Japan so far this year.

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Zero999 on 02 April 2014

Max King of the Wild said:

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If ps4 keeps this pace, it will be tracking bellow ps3 soon enough. also , how do you expect it to ever close the gap with no relevant release till 2015 and with wii u having mk 8, smash, zelda, X, hyrule warriors, smt x fe, bayonetta 2...?

You is used the same logic to support 10m by last years end for Wii U... then lowered it to 8. Then lowered it to 6... "wii u will take off with WWHD then mario the DKC." Besides, wii had majority of those games as well and Wii U is traking behind it by a large margin. Guess what, ps4 will get MGSV, RE7, FF15, KH3 and other games the ps3 got. However, unlike the Wii U, ps4 is tracking way ahead of Ps3 even though ps3 launched in holiday period.

Guess what the ps3 vs Wii gap will settle at in Japan... about 2m. Considering the Wii U being generally unwanted and the ps4 outpacing the ps3 then a 2m swing is easily accomplishable.

Heres a hint for your first question, if Ps3 kept its pace then it would have never crossed 5m

PS4 doesn't have anything that we know of to actually boost it's sales untill 2015 and will be bellow ps3 in a few weeks with all these drops.

"Considering the Wii U being generally unwanted" what an amazing "argument", doesn't it make ps4 even more unwanted? The fact is that wii u has a huge lead that ps4 would take more than a year to cover if wii u were to stop selling right now. and with the game swii u has coming in 2014 vs the ps4's empty lineup, the gap will increase A LOT and will keep that way. and with ps4 doing bad, don't take for granted that those saviour third party games will come to ps4 and not wii u.