Diomedes, RR7 and Gundam haven't sold 150k, barely over 100k at this point. You are being a bit wild with some of your numbers. PS2 tie ratio was definitely better than PS3 has been, but with 3-4 times as much hardware sold at the same time. This is a massive difference. Honestly, PS3 has looked more like Gamecube, Dreamcast launch than PS2 / GBA / DS launch - these are the consoles that did big numbers. At this rate you'd struggle to see PS3 doing much over 5-6m numbers in Japan. And as for the games listed, most are sequels!! DMC FOUR, MGS FOUR etc etc. Now this isn't a bad thing in itself but with the console market in decline in Japan and gamers seemingly becoming bored with the same old titles then this won't be enough. Ridge Racer is pretty much dead as a major franchise, Tekken did nothing on PSP and Tekken 4/5 did poorly on PS2, Virtua Fighter hasn't done much better recently, DMC has been declining with each version - DMC 3 only did 250k, MGS will likely do a solid 500-750k, but to be honest only FF XIII looks like doing much over a million at the moment, but I think even that will be down. With a 20m+ userbase and plenty of hype, FF XII "only" did 2.35m in the end, XIII will probably struggle to reach 2m. Everbody said the same with the PSP launch - wait for Gran Turismo (still), Square RPGs (didn't Valkyrie Profile do well - FFIII, DQMJ, FFXII:RW, DQ IX, Seiken Densetsu all head to DS, most likely to feature on Wii), Winning Eleven bombed, Dynasty / Samurai warriors etc. Unfortunately, with the exception of GT and Final Fantasy, Sony doesn't really have any franchises, in Japan at least, capable of single-handedly selling the console. Of course there will be some successes - in the vein of Monster Hunter Portable - but all the traditional big guns (Tekken, Resident Evil, Devil May Cry, Onimusha, Winning Eleven, Dynasty Warriors, Everybodys Golf) are on the decline. 2006 was a poor year for PS2 despite some big games on paper- RPGs especially - but most failed to perform. With an obviously smaller userbase, an uphill struggle, a prohibitive price, no head start and strong competition from Wii this time around, I can only see a massive fall from grace for Sony on their sinking ship...

i think you pretty much summed it all up Dreamscast, sony is clearly walking the way to hell good riddance, sony only caused harm in the game industry

Well the DS-fanboys think that if a game doesnt sell 3 million it is a failure ..... First ,show me a third party game that has sold millions on a NIntendo plattform .Even in the DS the only ones I can think of are FFIII (barely ) and Tamagotchi . Nintendo sells millions of their own games in their systems .Other companies struggle ,thats why ultimately they support Sony and not Nintendo . The numbers for RR7 and Gundam in Japan are in this very page ....look for them .RR7 and Gundam have exceeded 150 000 already in Japan and Resistence 100 000 .Resistence in concret has sold between Japan and NA some 428 000 units by 31 dec ,wich is a very good number taking in count it is only out in Japan and NA and only 1.55 million consoles are sold .It will continue to do strong in January and probably february in NA and then you must add the European launch numbers .It will be close to a million .First game ,million seller . Pretending PS3 will flop is a bit ridiculous .Maybe it is having a slow start ,maybe it will need a price drop sooner than expected ,but for sure it will succeed especially in Japan .Its numbers arent the same ones as the PS2 but they cant be ....9 weeks after launch PS2 had 1.6 million sold ...PS3 hasnt shipped even that many consoles .The low sales of the week ending 14 january are normal ,all the plattforms reduced its sales in the same percentage ,even the Wii and the DS ...sales will pick up in february to a stronger pace . Many people wish the PS3 and PSP to dissappear and Sony abandon this business .I dont know what these people have in their mind but the competency has always been good and Sony provides a very good chance of profitability for this industry .These same people usually argue that Playstation has monopoly (as if they knew what a true monopoly is ...Windows anyone ?) but are happy as hell that the DS wipes out the competition and want to do the Wii to do the same ...others prefer the DS to wipe out in handhelds and X360 in consoles .Some would be happy with a MS monopoly and others with a Nintendo monopoly .In any case both would be happy to see the PS3 failing and while they wait for it support each other .It seems as if some would be happy to see the return of the "Seal of Quality " and "Exclusive contracts " times or would like for some odd reason see MS repeating the control over one industry as in the PC and then have it as a monolithic and unsurmontable opponent for any company who wanted to enter the competition ( want to use DirectX ?XNA ?Windows? ...go talk with me about the license and its conditions ...) .....oh well I suppose thats why they are called fanboys .

it's funny to see how people keep believing in his or her's favorite company, and ofcourse one should support it, cause you bought it right? the thing is, be a bit realistic, the time is upon us, IT IS going to change, and nor you, NOR WE, can stop it, go believe it dammit, how foolish can one be. It's the same with microsoft and windows, there will be a day that their monopoly position will be over, it can be this year, next year or in 10 years, but it WILL happen, that's for sure. you guys just keep forgetting that things can change, especially with sony being even more stupid than jessica simpson, and ignorant like a little child. I mean, come on, they act like they are wanting to lose, like they never heared of marketing whatsoever. Ps3 will not be first, period! maybe your minds will clear when you listen to the bitter sweet symphony, and then you can bring constructive arguments instead of this fanboyish talk. Sony has the same destiny as Sega. EDIT: once again the above poster is too stupid to think why sony is doing harm to the industry, learn to think before you post such a thing

you are forgetting that other companies can do pricedrops aswell, and atleast MS and Nintendo have knowledge about Marketing infact, the Wii will drop to $200 in march, also providing different colors, right, now your turn again. oh and one thing i would like to add; Giant enemy crab. *grabs his anti-flame shield*