For a while now, almost everyone who can say Goo-Gaa, has been saying that the PS3 and 360 are dead in Japan, with only a few people still holding their flags and praying for their horse to pull back ahead before they lose their life's savings to a greasy con-man... So I took a close look at the Japan sales for all three home consoles...

-This week (April 19th), the PS3 has reached all time new lows in Japan. This is the least they've ever sold since its launch, and it doesn't look like they'll bounce back any time soon.

-This week (April 19th), 360 sales have dropped below a level that it hasn't been below sine before the launch of the Wii and PS3.

-That the PS3 has been in straight decline over the last 7 weeks, and that the 360 has been in decline (Not including very small boosts in sales) for 8 weeks

The situation look's very grim... And right now, I have to agree with the "HD Consoles are Dead in Japan" People. They don't look like they'll be rising in sales at all. (Exept new Final Fantasy launch)

Since the week after Christmas:*Approx*
PS3 has had a 78% drop in weekly sales.(Down 29 000 units)
360 has had a 70% drop in weekly sales.(Down   3 500 units)
Wii has had a 49% drop in weekly sales.(Down  41 000 units)

Hope you enjoyed.

360 has definitely been rejected while the ps3 has seen some success in the past. I still believe that the ps3 has a chance when ps3 slim comes out and when more japan oriented games start coming out.

xbox 360 is a piece of shit in japan so it really doesn't dissapoint me, but the wii and ps3 are dissapointments. but xbox 360 is the shit for SOFTWARE

Who knows? PS3 has a chance of breaking 20k this week, and wasnt psp is a similar situation, until now?

What Leo-J said and what Prodigy_be said before in a other thread.

There was a time when PSP sold awful in Japan but look to the sales of it now, it is possible that the PS3 will have a time like that too.

Going all over cause it breaks 20k near Golden week is depressing.

Dead is harsh...

Life support and ready to pull plugs is probably a better way to put it.

The 360 is outselling the original xbox in Japan by a large margin. I think Microsoft is definately disappointed but I doubt they are overly shocked.

Sony on the other hand has to be concerned. If someone would have said that Sony would dip below 10,000 units a week in Japan after a year and a half on the market before launch I would have laughed myself to the floor. I doubt there is much laughing at Sony in Japan right now.

you could say, that psp is dead in Japan, some time ago.. but as you can see, now it the best selling HW in Japan. =)

PS3 slim also will sell great. =)

=)

RIP Xbox in Japan, it's gonna sell less than a thousand this week.
I think Sony know what they're doing, they're preparing the slim model, a few RPG's are coming this year along with another price cut. Although I doubt they expected to drop below 10,000.