By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close

Forums - Sony - Yakuza 3 and the Playstation 3 in Japan

90,000 first week

350k lifetime.



Around the Network

The thing about Yakuza 2 is that it is still selling.



"We'll toss the dice however they fall,
And snuggle the girls be they short or tall,
Then follow young Mat whenever he calls,
To dance with Jak o' the Shadows."

Check out MyAnimeList and my Game Collection. Owner of the 5 millionth post.

Anyone want to take a stab at hardware numbers for first week? And where you think they will settle?



starcraft - Playing Games = FUN, Talking about Games = SERIOUS

200,000 games and 80,000 PS3s sold in first week. 500,000 lifetime. If it sees a western release, 750,000 lifetime.



My Top 5:

Shadow of the Colossus, Metal Gear Solid 3, Shenmue, Skies of Arcadia, Chrono Trigger

My 2 nex-gen systems: PS3 and Wii

Prediction Aug '08: We see the PSP2 released fall '09. Graphically, it's basically the same as the current system. UMD drive ditched and replaced by 4-8gb on board flash memory. Other upgrades: 2nd analog nub, touchscreen, blutooth, motion sensor. Design: Flip-style or slider. Size: Think Iphone. Cost: $199. Will be profitable on day 1.

Yes a silver bundle.



Around the Network

I am hoping that the reason why we have been seeing lower numbers for PS3 sales in Japan is that people are saving their money to by this bundle. according to Gamespot it is being released March 6 this year. I think it may sell 40K-50K PS3 with 125K-150k in software being moved in the first week of sales



Systems I own (Games)

Sega: Dreamcast (40) , Saturn (25), Genesis (50), Masters System (10), Game Gear (20)

Sony: PS1 (8), PS2 (60) , PS3 (5), PSP (12)

Atari: 2600 (18) , 7800 (10), Lynx (10)

35k hardware and 80k software with Lifetime of around 250k



eh.... i think yakuzas goin sell about 220k on its first week and 40k ps3s will be sold, install bases don't seem that important to me... and i'm pretty sure yakuza will have almost do the same thing that dmc4 did when it was released, except that the 2nd week of sales for yakuza won't drop down as hard as dmc4



Currently Watching - Naruto, One Piece

Waiting For - Skyrim, Mass Effect 3


PS3 Trophies

150 k Yakuza
38 k PS3



jman8 said:
200,000 games and 80,000 PS3s sold in first week. 500,000 lifetime. If it sees a western release, 750,000 lifetime.

Er.....given the PS3 just did about 15,000 this week, and the Yakuza 3 bundle only has 10,000 units, I'm gonna go right ahead and say your a little high with your hardware estimate.

Your first week game sales could be right if it was very frontloaded. 



starcraft - Playing Games = FUN, Talking about Games = SERIOUS