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BKK2 on 06 November 2008

Yeah, I think this year's Winning Eleven can do 500k LTD on PS3 now that the PS2 version isn't being released until next year.

Last year's did 275k (Famitsu) on a smaller installed base whilst released same day as PS2 version.

Winning Eleven should be far bigger than Last Remnant.



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Mummelmann on 06 November 2008
Avinash_Tyagi said:
DMeisterJ said:
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I would have been surprised if the PS3 had stayed below Wii this week, I mean a week with GTA and LBP, even in Japan would have boosted sales. However what does surprise me is how little PS3 sales were boosted, I mean this only brings them up into the 30K range. It would be like if Animal csrossing for Wii only brings it into the 40K range, very disappointing

Wow.  Too much failure in this post.

 Truth is never failure

Except there was no truth in there, only opinion.  >_>

 Nope, the comment about PS3 being up, but still not being impressively up was perfectly true

Lol.  I'm done.

I forgot how annoying you were.  >_>

 

 And I forgot how much of a blind fanboy you are, when a console underperforms it doesn't matter whether its an improvement over an even worse week, its still underperforming, even with multiple new games out, games that sold well, the PS3 hardware sales underperformed, plain and simple.

 

Yes, an 850% increase in one week at an insane price point is massively bad with two semi anticipated titles releasing. Up to your old tricks I see.



Darc Requiem on 06 November 2008
DOATS1 said:
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Soriku said:
Wow at PS3. Wonder where it'll be at next week.

 

Probably well ahead of the 360 and slightly behind the Wii next week. I think the PS3 will track ahead of the 360 until the 11/16 to 11/23 sales week when the TLR bundle hits. Depending on Wii sales level the 360 may be the number on selling console that week.

what about the resistance 2 release and the pes bundle for the ps3 in japan? i'm pretty sure they will move ps3's.

 

 

Resistance 2 isn't going to move any hardware in Japan and PES isn't going touch The Last Remnant. Infinite Undiscovery moved a lot of hardware and it hasn't gotten near the hype or build up of The Last Remnant. The Last Remnant is the first major Square Enix release for a HD console.

infinite undiscovery didn't move as much hardware as you think. it was released alongside a price drop and pent up demand from stock clearance. and pes isn't going to touch last remnant? do you know how well pes sells in japan? you must be out of your mind if you think pes won't match last remnant in sales. also, resistance is quite popular in japan as well. do you honestly think microsoft are the only ones with big hitters in japan this november?

 

When I said PES isn't going to touch TLR, I was refering to the hardware sales boost. Its not going to sell as many PS3's and TLR will sell 360s. It just isn't. TLR is the first Square Enix project for HD consoles that actually has significant hype and a significant budget. PES titles are released yearly similar to Madden titles in the US. It will sell a lot of software but not a whole lot of hardware because the most diehard fans of the series will have already upgraded for last year's version. As for has Infinite Undiscovery goes, at least half of the 360's hardware spike was due to IU.

 



BKK2 on 06 November 2008

I don't agree that most people upgraded last year, PS2 version sold 670k+ last year compared to 275k for the PS3 version. This year with the PS2 version not being released until next year there is a bigger incentive for them to upgrade to the PS3 version than before. I don't see 360 hardware sales on Last Remnant week being significantly higher than PS3 hardware sales on Winning Eleven week.



Darc Requiem on 06 November 2008

Well we just disagree. In two weeks we'll both find out. Hell, we both could end up being wrong Japan is never easy to predict.



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Vanadium2k8 on 07 November 2008

*Eats crow*



Bet - "PES 2009 (PS3) will sell (closer to) 150k first week in Japan" - Pooperscopper
"It will sell closer to 125k" - Me I agree. ME = OWNED :(

End of '09 Predictions:

Wii: 78 million
X360: 35 million
PS3: 27 million

Xen on 07 November 2008

How's the crow, guys? :)



starcraft on 07 November 2008
kutasek said:

Wow starcraft was almost was right, i guess he was the closest to the Japanese.
Maybe little big planet will have Super mario galaxy syndrome, but on the smaller scale.

A whole bunch of people deliberately undercut their prediction so they could go WOW PS3 SALES ARE AWESOME.

They were the same people that had been saying the PS3 wasn't selling well because consumers were waiting for this week.

In the end, this weeks sales were a little lower than PS3 and HD supporters were reasonably hoping for.

 



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