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starcraft on 23 April 2008
*~Onna76~* said:
About time the PS3 strikes back, Australia as well, can't copy links as my PC is broken and type from my WII or PS3 browser, but also in Australia there are more pre orders for the PS3 version than for the 360 version.
The article your referring to is in reference to one retailer that has a TINY share of the Australian market.

 



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*~Onna76~* on 23 April 2008
John_Doe said:
when is the game being released in japan?

They can easily buy an US or EU PS3 version... since the PS3 is regionfree.

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smbu2000 on 23 April 2008
*~Onna76~* said:
John_Doe said:
when is the game being released in japan?

 

They can easily buy an US or EU PS3 version... since the PS3 is regionfree.


Although, I'm sure most Japanese people would prefer to play the game (if they want to play it) in Japanese, maybe? I'm pretty sure the US/EU versions won't have Japanese on them, otherwise it wouldn't take so long to release the game here.

As for the 360 version, I'm not sure if the US version will be region free or NTSC/U (many 360 games are region free), so I ended up pre-ordering the Asia version NTSC/J (it is in English) for my JP 360. Plus it was about $5 cheaper than the US version, hehe




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John_Doe on 23 April 2008

japan version will be released by capcom later this year!



BKK2 on 23 April 2008

PAL version isn't region free, apparently.



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MikeB on 23 April 2008
starcraft said:
*~Onna76~* said:
About time the PS3 strikes back, Australia as well, can't copy links as my PC is broken and type from my WII or PS3 browser, but also in Australia there are more pre orders for the PS3 version than for the 360 version.
The article your referring to is in reference to one retailer that has a TINY share of the Australian market.

 


 "A spokeswoman for EB Games Australia--the largest specialty games retailer in the country--told GameSpot AU that the PS3 version of GTA IV was just ahead of the 360 in terms of presales. "We are happy to tell you it's neck and neck, but at the moment, PlayStation 3 is currently in the lead," EB Games Australia brand and public relations manager Debra McGrath said."

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6189713.html



Naughty Dog: "At Naughty Dog, we're pretty sure we should be able to see leaps between games on the PS3 that are even bigger than they were on the PS2."

PS3 vs 360 sales

MikeB on 23 April 2008

Also:

"The PS3 version was even farther ahead with retailer Gametraders. The company's national marketing manager Chad Polley said "according to the figures we have at the moment, we're [pre-]selling two PS3 versions for every one 360 unit."

http://www.gametraders.com.au/?page=stores

Seems like a pretty big retailer for Australia as well.



Naughty Dog: "At Naughty Dog, we're pretty sure we should be able to see leaps between games on the PS3 that are even bigger than they were on the PS2."

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Dragon007 on 23 April 2008
eliasg said:
Rock_on_2008 said:
Expect huge hardware boost with launch of GTA 4. PS3 will gain more hardware than the 360. PS3 will sell 100k more hardware than 360 for first week of GTA 4 launch and settle down to 80k extra PS3 hardware than 360 and will continue up until MGS 4 launch where PS3 will further increase weekly hardware over its rival 360 by up to 120 k and maintain this weekly lead over its rival for remainder of the year.

 Dont be so sure because Ninja Gaiden 2 is coming and will crash some PS3 hurts...


Ninja Gaiden doesn't sell well, it couldn't break 2 million even with 3 versions of the same game.



krik on 23 April 2008
ioi said:
North American preorders

GTA IV 360: ~2.4m
GTA IV PS3: ~1.6m
Mario Kart Wii: ~350k
Wii Fit: ~250k

 Thanks ioi.

Pretty amazing number for the PS3 with close to 30% of the user base pre-ordering. Hopefully it will translate into some PS3 hardware sales too ;)



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Optimistic predictions for 2008 (Feb 5 2008): Wii = 20M, PS3 = 14M, X360 = 9.5M

 

Issun on 24 April 2008

GTA IV-Vorbestellungen 2:1 für PS3

24.04.08 - Sony gibt bekannt, dass das Orderverhältnis von Grand Theft Auto IV für die PS3-Version bei 2:1 gegenüber der Xbox 360 in Deutschland beim Online-Shop Amazon liegt. Release: 29.04.08 (Europa)

EDIT: source: gamefront.de