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Will the PS4 outsell the WiiU in Japan before the NX release?

If the NX releases in 201... 64 33.86%
 
If the NX releases in 201... 38 20.11%
 
No, the WiiU will stay ah... 38 20.11%
 
No, the WiiU will stay ah... 28 14.81%
 
Couldn't they just tie and be friends? 21 11.11%
 
Total:189
97alexk on 18 December 2015
OneKartVita said:
97alexk said:

Well zelda isnt confirmed NX, so we wait there. Also star fox zero is atleast something. Pokemon is huge. Also i think Kingdom hearts, Final fantasy, dragon quest heroes and persona are going to do good in japan. Definetly. But Zelda is huge in japan. Its gonna sell alot there, maybe more than all those other combined

You'll be in for a rude awakening.  See you in 2016 for the weekly media Create threads.  You'll see my point pretty quickly. 

well i do know the ps4 is big in the west. but Nintendo preatty much owns japan lol





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Ruler on 18 December 2015

Isnt it allready?



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COX on 18 December 2015
97alexk said:
Well zelda isnt confirmed NX, so we wait there. Also star fox zero is atleast something. Pokemon is huge. Also i think Kingdom hearts, Final fantasy, dragon quest heroes and persona are going to do good in japan. Definetly. But Zelda is huge in japan. Its gonna sell alot there, maybe more than all those other combined

Zelda is not that huge in japan 





Gourmet on 18 December 2015

I think PS4 is bound to overtake it between NX announcement and release. But it may be a close call if Wii U gets a big price cut or Nintendo announces a handheld first and we count that as "NX release", AND that happens in 2016.



Ali_16x on 18 December 2015
97alexk said:
OneKartVita said:

You'll be in for a rude awakening.  See you in 2016 for the weekly media Create threads.  You'll see my point pretty quickly. 

well i do know the ps4 is big in the west. but Nintendo preatty much owns japan lol

I'm going to rightfully assume that you're talking about consoles and not handhelds since this is a console discussion, that is absolutely false. The PS4 has sold 2x than Wii U in Japan. And honestly the PS4 still hasn't gotten big Japanese games and as others have pointed out, PS4 will sell a lot in Japan next year. 





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WC4Life on 18 December 2015
OneKartVita said:
97alexk said:

Well zelda isnt confirmed NX, so we wait there. Also star fox zero is atleast something. Pokemon is huge. Also i think Kingdom hearts, Final fantasy, dragon quest heroes and persona are going to do good in japan. Definetly. But Zelda is huge in japan. Its gonna sell alot there, maybe more than all those other combined

You'll be in for a rude awakening.  See you in 2016 for the weekly media Create threads.  You'll see my point pretty quickly. 

Lol, gotta learn the hardway....one would think Japan sales are the most straightforward since we get the most accurate data of all regions and there is not much room for speculation/interpretation but no.....





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97alexk on 18 December 2015
Ali_16x said:
97alexk said:

well i do know the ps4 is big in the west. but Nintendo preatty much owns japan lol

I'm going to rightfully assume that you're talking about consoles and not handhelds since this is a console discussion, that is absolutely false. The PS4 has sold 2x than Wii U in Japan. And honestly the PS4 still hasn't gotten big Japanese games and as others have pointed out, PS4 will sell a lot in Japan next year. 

I think Wii U has still sold more consoles sold then ps4 in japan, and im talking both consoles and handhelds





Bofferbrauer on 18 December 2015

The gap is currently at slightly over 700k consoles in favor of the Wii U. The PS4 did outsell Wii U troughout most of the year, but only by less than 500k. And with the holiday season favoring Wii U by quite some margin, I think the gap at year's end will be around 800k again. Unless Wii U stops selling the PS4 will need to strongly ramp up sales to get past that gap in 2016.



uran10 on 18 December 2015
Bofferbrauer said:
The gap is currently at slightly over 700k consoles in favor of the Wii U. The PS4 did outsell Wii U troughout most of the year, but only by less than 500k. And with the holiday season favoring Wii U by quite some margin, I think the gap at year's end will be around 800k again. Unless Wii U stops selling the PS4 will need to strongly ramp up sales to get past that gap in 2016.

 

The only thing I will add is that the Wii U will possibly have its strongest Q1 since 2013 in 2016. To start things off, it will have more momentum coming out of the holiday season which usually determines how well it does in January. Coming off of its holiday launch it took 7 weeks to go under 10k in 2013. Coming off a strong Holiday season in 2013 it took 3 weeks to go under 10k However the 1st week of the year was very strong. In 2015 coming off of a weak Holiday it only took 2 weeks to go under 10k. 2015> 2014 Especially in the Holiday season so I can see the 1st week landing between 30K-51K.

After this the Q1 kicks in and unlike the previous years, Q1 is actually packed with games (for the Wii U standard atleast). The last week of January it gets Mario tennis. 2 weeks after it gets Mighty #9 and the week after Olympic games. In March it gets Both Twilight Princess HD and Pokken with Pokken launchign 1 week after TPHD with a bundle. And Exactly a month after that it Gets Starfox. I'm not saying it will outsell the PS4 but its numbers wont be as low as they were in Previous years for Q1.



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OneKartVita on 18 December 2015
97alexk said:
Ali_16x said:

I'm going to rightfully assume that you're talking about consoles and not handhelds since this is a console discussion, that is absolutely false. The PS4 has sold 2x than Wii U in Japan. And honestly the PS4 still hasn't gotten big Japanese games and as others have pointed out, PS4 will sell a lot in Japan next year. 

I think Wii U has still sold more consoles sold then ps4 in japan, and im talking both consoles and handhelds

 

The Wii U launched 15 months earlier.  You know the ps3 has outsold the Wii U in Japan?  Ah so what if it launched 6 years earlier.  That's your logic.  Fact is launches aligned ps4 is winning and catching up fast.  

And as of right now ps4 has console gaming in Japan on lock.