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Yes, yes it will. I say the lifetime sale in japan is 30 million



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ameratsu said:
maybe masterzack means it will outsell it on a weekly basis, not life to date. if he thinks the latter then he's clueless.

 

 Well, that would be part of "completely uninformed", as he didn't read the thread.



http://www.vgchartz.com/games/userreviewdisp.php?id=261

That is VGChartz LONGEST review. And it's NOT Cute Kitten DS

MontanaHatchet said:
The Ghost of RubangB said:
Yes, the Wii will pass the PSP in Japan.

Align their launches and see for yourself:

http://vgchartz.com/hwlaunch.php?cons1=Wii&reg1=Japan&cons2=PSP&reg2=Japan&cons3=PSP&reg3=Japan&weeks=225

If the PSP were to win, then the PSP would have to sell this well forever, and the Wii would have to have this drought forever. Both are possible, but I highly doubt that's what will happen.

The PS3 is selling better than the 360 when you align launches, so...

It won't happen. Japan is very handheld oriented now and even big games like Monster Hunter or Dragon Quest couldn't fill a gap that large.

The difference is the PS3 will never get that year back.  Both being next generation systems... the next generation will appear at the same time for them.

The real question is how many years will the PSP last before it's replaced and will it last longer then the Wii in terms of total years on the market.

If the PSP2 comes out within the next couple years the Wii should definitly do it.  The only way it shouldn't would be if the PSP has a longer lifespan as the "Main" sony handheld.

Even then the Wii has a good chance to leg it out.



Wow, I go away for two days and this thread turns to shit. I blame you entirely Rol.



*Gratuitous falme-bait signature that mocks two or more consoles while praising another*


Could be close simply because Japan is more into handhelds, but I'm leaning yes.




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It won't.



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Handhelds really tend to sell much more than the consoles. The trend is usually one handheld per gamer and one console per household (with several gamers). Given this, it will be hard for the Wii to outsell the PSP.



Give it time. I say it will surpass Ps2 in Japan sales by the end of 2009 then sell 30 million in japan life time.



YesWiiCan said:
Give it time. I say it will surpass Ps2 in Japan sales by the end of 2009 then sell 30 million in japan life time.

 

Code:
Hardware | This Week | Last Week | YTD | LTD
NDS | 43,342 | 47,601 | 822,759 | 25,942,402
PSP | 59,568 | 35,588 | 536,490 | 11,900,509
WII | 16,560 | 17,876 | 336,426 | 7,815,327
PS3 | 39,835 | 36,513 | 271,836 | 2,894,264
360 | 14,994 | 11,795 | 125,861 | 956,401
PS2 | 4,954 | 5,099 | 60,850 | 21,460,374
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DSi | 32,102 | 35,827 | 643,255 | 1,874,622
DSL | 11,240 | 11,774 | 179,504 |


Star Scream said:
YesWiiCan said:
Give it time. I say it will surpass Ps2 in Japan sales by the end of 2009 then sell 30 million in japan life time.

 

Code:
Hardware | This Week | Last Week | YTD | LTD
NDS | 43,342 | 47,601 | 822,759 | 25,942,402
PSP | 59,568 | 35,588 | 536,490 | 11,900,509
WII | 16,560 | 17,876 | 336,426 | 7,815,327
PS3 | 39,835 | 36,513 | 271,836 | 2,894,264
360 | 14,994 | 11,795 | 125,861 | 956,401
PS2 | 4,954 | 5,099 | 60,850 | 21,460,374
--------------------------------------------------------
DSi | 32,102 | 35,827 | 643,255 | 1,874,622
DSL | 11,240 | 11,774 | 179,504 |

I ment the Wii will beat the Ps2 in the same time amount of time it took for the Ps2 to sell 21 million.