Didn't the PS3 slim release without a pricecut? 

Interesting. But the PS3 had some amazing final years on Japan, it was really a late bloomer, so let's hope the PS4 can keep this advantage for some time!

And the title of the article is that the PS4 passed the PS3 aligned launch.  So you decided to pit this against Life Time sales?  You should probably save that for the end of the gen and instead show me something relevant to the convo.

Yeah it did, but unlike the ps3 the ps4 price isnt holding back sales so I cant see a ps4 slim doing what the ps3 slim did for the line. It's all up to the games at this point id say.

And the big hitters are still on the way. Ps3 never got s dragon quest title, the top selling game on the ps2 in Japan was dragon quest.

Still will be 10 million less than the previous gen, and half of the previous 2 before that.  There's no getting around that.  Software sales are even more ugly of a comparison.

I don't get your orignal point then. Did I miss something?

I'm well aware of what the title is but look at ur previous post, "they told me consoles were dying in Japan" u were talking about the console market as a whole and unless these consoles have a extra 20 million sales left in them (they dont) than the console market will decline this generation.

The Xbox One is not making a case by selling less than a Thousand Units weekly over there tho.

Weekly Hardware Chart 09th January 2016

Platform	N. America	Europe	Japan	Global
	95,837	98,738	37,474	278,250
	21,893	22,960	54,990	105,533
	50,301	26,528	216	86,305
	3,834	21,523	34,528	74,935
	17,126	14,415	25,458	61,036
	2,238	5,710	3,292	15,905
	4,236	2,419	7	7,793

Microsoft: 223 Consoles Sold between Xbox 360 and Xbox One in a whole week.

Pretty difficult to shatter any records when the responsability rest on just one (maybe two) console shoulders.

AEGRO said: zorg1000 said: CosmicSex said: They told me consoles where dying in Japan. This was supposed to explain Xbox One's lackluster numbers as even the PS4 was down. But alas, now its just the Xbox that is down. Almost everything that every analyst said has been proven wrong.   PS1+N64+Saturn=roughly 30 million PS2+GC+XB+DC=roughly 30 million PS3+Wii+360=roughly 25 million PS4+Wii U+XB1=currently under 5.5 million   The Xbox One is not making a case by selling less than a Thousand Units weekly over there tho. Weekly Hardware Chart 09th January 2016   Platform N. America Europe Japan Global 95,837 98,738 37,474 278,250 21,893 22,960 54,990 105,533 50,301 26,528 216 86,305 3,834 21,523 34,528 74,935 17,126 14,415 25,458 61,036 2,238 5,710 3,292 15,905 4,236 2,419 7 7,793 Microsoft: 223 Consoles Sold between Xbox 360 and Xbox One in a whole week. Pretty difficult to shatter any records when the responsability rest on just one (maybe two) console shoulders.

Even if we make this comparison just Playstation+Nintendo, the numbers don't look good.

PS1+N64=25 million

PS2+GC=27 million

PS3+Wii=23 million

So the last 3 generations have sold roughly 25 million for Playstation+Nintendo. PS4+Wii U won't even hit 20 million (probably a few million below), the Japanese market is in decline, it's not even a debate. Is it dead? No, not even close but certainly declining.