Locked: Looks like Sony is busted in Japan.

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Puppyroach on 01 September 2014

PR spin, every company does it :).

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globalisateur on 01 September 2014

Well, that's true if you count since PS4 launch in Japan, counting the launch PS4s sold.

Also people always forget that Sony sell PS3 and PS4 when Nintendo only sell decently Wii U (number of Wii sold in japan is so low in 2014...) in Japan and that roughly before Mario Kart 8, PS3 + PS4 > Wii U almost every week in Japan.

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DerNebel on 01 September 2014

Of course it was PR spin, but seriously counting the PS3 as part of the current Japanese console market is a lot more sensible than counting the Wii, the Wii is basically done in Japan.

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WhiteEaglePL on 01 September 2014

Backfired PR, no?
http://mynintendonews.com/2014/09/01/sony-claims-it-has-78-market-share-for-home-consoles-in-japan/
More sites catching on....

Also counting the Ps3 but not the Wii makes no sense to me. Of course it's done, Wii U released earlier.....

And to be fair, Ps3 is still last gen, like the wii.

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ethomaz on 01 September 2014

2014... you can listen the conference.

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veritaz on 01 September 2014

cycycychris said:
Sony better be careful about stuff like this. If a competitor catches onto something like this, they can use it against you. Plus, now that you got caught in this lie, you better hope this doen't get big enough to make IGN, Gamespot, and other major sites like those. I know all company do stuff like this, but the worst thing they can do is get bad PR right now. They are seen as the good guys and you don't want to change that. Keep your image good, no point in risking it by stating a fact that really doesn't matter really matter.

But it's not a lie, they said 2014 and that's correct.

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DerNebel on 01 September 2014

WhiteEaglePL said:
Backfired PR, no?
http://mynintendonews.com/2014/09/01/sony-claims-it-has-78-market-share-for-home-consoles-in-japan/
More sites catching on....

Also counting the Ps3 but not the Wii makes no sense to me. Of course it's done, Wii U released earlier.....

And to be fair, Ps3 is still last gen, like the wii.

Just compare each systems 2014 sales in Japan, software and hardware. Also maybe they were talking about 2014, seems a lot more likely than them just adding up PS3+PS4 lifetime sales and putting them against the Wii U only.