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Darc Requiem on 15 May 2008
DMeisterJ said:

The Japanese data is up:

PSP - 75,710
WII - 72,366
DS - 51,010
PS3 - 8,223
360 - 1,534

Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G effect is starting to wear off, PSP sales are slipping, next week, it will be below Wii for the first time in a few months, but still ahead of DS. Also the PS3 and 360 are still dead


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Falcon095 on 15 May 2008

The same as always..
The only changes that could be named are the little drop of the PSP and the Wii's staying at the "70k range" :P not a big deal..



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DMeisterJ on 15 May 2008
Darc Requiem said:
DMeisterJ said:

The Japanese data is up:

PSP - 75,710
WII - 72,366
DS - 51,010
PS3 - 8,223
360 - 1,534

PS3 is doing horribly.  Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G effect is starting to wear off, PSP sales are slipping, next week, it will be below Wii for the first time in a few months, but still ahead of DS. Also 360 are still dead


Fixed.


Well, PS3 isnt' dead since it's moved 2 million units, but 360 has been out longer and moved less.

But it is doing horribly, which I did state in the O.P.  

Re-fix'd.



MANUELF on 15 May 2008

Amazing to Wii, PS3 and Xbox360 still dead.



Blacksaber on 15 May 2008
Darc Requiem said:
DMeisterJ said:

The Japanese data is up:

PSP - 75,710
WII - 72,366
DS - 51,010
PS3 - 8,223
360 - 1,534

Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G effect is starting to wear off, PSP sales are slipping, next week, it will be below Wii for the first time in a few months, but still ahead of DS. Also the PS3 and 360 are still dead


Fixed.


 Nah its right now on life support just for a bit waiting for some games to give it a fighting chance.



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Darc Requiem on 15 May 2008
DMeisterJ said:
Darc Requiem said:
DMeisterJ said:

The Japanese data is up:

PSP - 75,710
WII - 72,366
DS - 51,010
PS3 - 8,223
360 - 1,534

PS3 is doing horribly. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G effect is starting to wear off, PSP sales are slipping, next week, it will be below Wii for the first time in a few months, but still ahead of DS. Also 360 are still dead


Fixed.


Well, PS3 isnt' dead since it's moved 2 million units, but 360 has been out longer and moved less.

But it is doing horribly, which I did state in the O.P.

Re-fix'd.


No selling 8k when your opposition sells 72k qualifies as dead. As bad as the 360 is doing the in comparison to the PS3 and the PS3 is doing worse in comparison to the Wii. Wii vs PS3 equal 9 to 1. PS3 to 360 equal 6 to 1.



FinalEvangelion on 15 May 2008
*~Onna76~* said:
Munkeh111 said:
Indeed, as far as I can see, MGS 4 is going to be the only thing shaking it up for a little while. That is until the jRPGs come in the summer....

 

JRPG's in the summer? You know something I don't know? And indeed veeeeery boring. Am fan of both, okay more of Playstation lately, I'm honest about that. The console figures mostly in Japan are no fun anymore. And I stick with my opinion, Japan has gone casual and you can really see that from the sales. Even a fool can see that.

 Yeah.  I'm starting to think jRPGs and hardcore Japanese games is going to be the big loss this generation.  The younger generation wants cooking, housekeeping, pet, and various daily routine simulators, while the older generation that likes jRPGs is waning off.



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jheco05 on 15 May 2008

I am impressed with Wii hardware. Usually the average is around 40,000 units



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pichu_pichu on 15 May 2008

^ Yeah me too,
but overall the same as always for other consoles



Sullla on 15 May 2008
FinalEvangelion said:

 Yeah.  I'm starting to think jRPGs and hardcore Japanese games is going to be the big loss this generation.  The younger generation wants cooking, housekeeping, pet, and various daily routine simulators, while the older generation that likes jRPGs is waning off.


Or... maybe the publishers of JRPGs should try putting them on the platform that's selling like hotcakes before crying over terrible sales. There's been two RPGs of any note on the Wii: Super Paper Mario and Dragon Quest Swords. Neither one really fits the mold of a traditional RPG, and neither one was exactly top quality. Both sold more than 500k copies (in Japan only) - more than any game released on the PS3 so far.

I mean, the Gamecube didn't exactly sell RPGs too well last generation either in Japan (unless you count Animal Crossing, which is really a stretch). Paper Mario was the best at 458k, and the next-best after that is FF: Crystal Chronicles (358k) and Tales of Symphonia (314k).

The second-place console in Japan just doesn't sell much software, period. It's not a genre thing. (Another quick example: the DS and PSP seem to be selling RPGs just fine.)



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End of 2008 totals: Wii 42m, 360 24m, PS3 18.5m (made Jan. 4, 2008)