Yakuza 3 and the Playstation 3 in Japan

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shams on 03 March 2008

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

80k PS3 sales? That's like... a joke, right?

25k PS3 (maybe) - and around 200k for sales week#1.

The typical existing PS3 owner, is also the typical person who would buy this game. Its not selling to a different audience.

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CrazzyMan on 03 March 2008

200-250k first week.
30-40k PS3.
1 mln LTD.

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2009.04.30 - PS3 will OUTSELL x360 atleast by the middle of 2010. Japan+Europe > NA.

Gran Turismo 3 - 1,06 mln. in 3 weeks with around 4 mln. PS2 on the launch.
Gran Turismo 4 - 1,16 mln. with 18 mln. PS2 on the launch.

Final Fantasy X - around 2 mln. with 5 mln. PS2 on the launch.
Final Fantasy X-2 - 2.4 mln. with 12 mln. PS2 on the launch.

1.8 mln. PS3 today(2008.01.17) in Japan. Now(2009.04.30) 3.16 mln. PS3 were sold in Japan.
PS3 will reach 4 mln. in Japan by the end of 2009 with average weekly sales 25k.

PS3 may reach 5 mln. in Japan by the end of 2009 with average weekly sales 50k.
PS2 2001 vs PS3 2008 sales numbers =) + New games released in Japan by 2009 that passed 100k so far

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Skeeuk on 03 March 2008

this title will sell well especially if its released worldwide later on.

funny how some ppl think ps3 will stay like it is now forever lol

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Skeeuk said:

this title will sell well especially if its released worldwide later on.

funny how some ppl think ps3 will stay like it is now forever lol

But one make prediction based on past history.. and so far the history of PS3 is from partial to total failure for software in Japan except for couple of very rare incidents where it did better than expectation... or the expectation are now lowered somewhat

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Bagaren85 on 03 March 2008

Yakuza, what?
Ah, that game.

Well, 150-250 first week. PS3, 40 k.
2008 - 450-550 k.

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Diomedes1976 on 03 March 2008

I think it will sell some 180-200K units first week in Japan .Hardware will go to 40-42K units again .

And the PS3 isnt a failure in Japan software wise .Big games have sold well ,middle-budget games have sold decent (Disgaea 3,Bladestorm ) etc .Some games have bombed as Folklore and a couple more but nothing drastic theres always games that bomb .I think sales for GT5 Prologue ,DMC4,Disgaea 3,Dynasty Warriors 6,Bladestorm,Everybodys Golf 5,Pro Evolution Soccer2008 have been really good .Occidental games as Uncharted ,Assasins Creed ,Ratchet and Clank ,Lair ,Oblivion ,Call of Duty 4 ,Heavenly Sword have been worse but still decent numbers and an improvement over these non-japanese games in the past.

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Diomedes1976 on 03 March 2008

LTD in Japan I think it will surpass 350K units .

And if it receives a worlwide release it can sell 1 million units .

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hunter_alien on 03 March 2008

It will definatly do over 100k , maybe even 200k in Japan . I dont see this game being bigger than DMC , maybe it will be = with all the hype its getting . Also , DMC4 had a 360 version to , that took away small chunk of sales ...

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