It,s probably still too early to tell?

@ kowenicki
True enough.

Seems about right to me.

Id like to point out, as i have on the japan chart, that ps3 games have almost comical drop offs in Japan. First Tears to Tiara, now Siren. Great openings, and then they just collapse.

Sony have issues

I agree with Tears to Tiara, Siren has drop-offs, like MOST other games.
All PS3 games (besides Hot Shots Golf) had enormous drop offs. It seems to have improved slightly. The drops of MGS 4 aren't that big anymore (they were in the second and third weeks), Dragonball Z is selling 5k units for some weeks now and Valkyria Chronicles went up last week!

The PS3 and its software are tracking pretty similarly to the Gamecube, with the PS3's third party taking the helm of the Gamecube's first party. Pointing out that Sony is a failure for not matching the last generation, while also pointing out that Sony's competitors are successful for outdoing the last generation, is something that could have been pointed out ever since the PS3 launched. If the Wii tracks almost the same as the PS2, and the PS3 tracks alongside the Gamecube, than the only growth we've seen this generation for the home consoles is an extra 1 million or so from the Xbox brand.

Simply astounding, and I mean that with the utmost pessimism.

The home consoles mean nothing this generation save for the Wii. The DS and PSP will carry this generation until their successors come out. You could point out that the PS3 did worse than the PS2 in the other two regions and that its competitors improved as well. Again, it's what we've already heard.

oh well, for da PS3 and Sony. maybe next time.
good job nintendo even though i never liked u.
watever, at da 360 and microsoft.

Japan is now in love with handhelds. This market will grow only with the PSP/DS sales. So It's:

Nintendo: Hourra
Sony: Wow
Microsoft: We should have launched a handheld too.

Presenting Japan with only home consoles does not give a complete overview.

For the year, yes, I think.

Thats a ridiculous thing to suggest. Sony ain't going to quit the console wars for a long time.