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megaman79 on 06 April 2009

Rpg's will cement the Wii's continued success in japan for another 3 - 4yrs. Its western support that im worried about.



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Aidman on 06 April 2009

Wii Vs PS3 who will win in Japan LTD?

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after long long long time thinking the anwser is :

and the winner is : The Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

hahaha



Zlejedi on 06 April 2009
outlawauron said:
The Wii "lost" (this isn't a contest) last week, but it should outsell the PS3 this week.

Are we really sure of that ? I don't see anything which would significatly increase sales of Wii, while drop on PS3 should be fairly minimal (or maybe it will already start to feel FF XIII demo effect and there will be no drop) so this will be very close race.

 



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PullusPardus on 06 April 2009

Why are you so butthurt about it?

people here are happy cause the PS3 is not "Dying" and its doing well despite the odds, cause we all want the best for all systems. and seeing as Wii is leading and is kicking ass, no one is worrying about it.



llewdebkram on 06 April 2009
pezus said:
__XBrawlX__ said:
pezus said:
Rei said:
The rabbit thought the same when he took a nap.

 

That's exactly what I was thinking

 

First of all, he was a "HARE", not a rabbit. :(

Second of all, he wasn't a game console with a 4.91mil lead

Hare, rabbit, game console...all the same

 

 

I think you will find this race never took place and it is in fact is a made up story.

I can say with almost certainty that a hare has never said said to a tortoise, 'hey fancy a race' and then gone on to have a  snooze against a tree whilst the tortoise triumphantly crosses the finsh line.

I alos suspect a wolf has never dressed up as a sheep or a grandma with big teeth.



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tuoyo on 06 April 2009
Zlejedi said:
outlawauron said:
The Wii "lost" (this isn't a contest) last week, but it should outsell the PS3 this week.

I don't see anything which would significatly increase sales of Wii 

New colours?  New model with bigger internal drive or some other change from standard Wii?  Price drop?  Bundles?  New killer outbreak title ala Wii Fit or Wii Sports? 

Are you seriously suggesting that there is nothing that can boost Wii sales but there are things that can boost PS3 sales?  It's funny how PS3 fans always think it's only Sony that can drop the price (yet they are in the worst position to price drop) and it's only a PS3 price drop that would have a major impact (how did that 360 Arcade price drop work out by the way?).

 



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Zlejedi on 06 April 2009
tuoyo said:
Zlejedi said:
outlawauron said:
The Wii "lost" (this isn't a contest) last week, but it should outsell the PS3 this week.

I don't see anything which would significatly increase sales of Wii 

New colours?  New model with bigger internal drive or some other change from standard Wii?  Price drop?  Bundles?  New killer outbreak title ala Wii Fit or Wii Sports? 

Are you seriously suggesting that there is nothing that can boost Wii sales but there are things that can boost PS3 sales?  It's funny how PS3 fans always think it's only Sony that can drop the price (yet they are in the worst position to price drop) and it's only a PS3 price drop that would have a major impact (how did that 360 Arcade price drop work out by the way?).

 

How many of those are available in this week ? Becouse that's the timeframe we were talking about :D

 



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outlawauron on 06 April 2009
Zlejedi said:
outlawauron said:
The Wii "lost" (this isn't a contest) last week, but it should outsell the PS3 this week.

Are we really sure of that ? I don't see anything which would significatly increase sales of Wii, while drop on PS3 should be fairly minimal (or maybe it will already start to feel FF XIII demo effect and there will be no drop) so this will be very close race.

 

The Wii is in a plateau. Regardless of releases, it will not fall very much at all. The PS3 has yet to reach a plateau.



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Millennium on 06 April 2009

It's because this always happens around major 360 and PS3 releases: a couple of weeks of elevated sales, followed by a crash and burn back to normal levels. This happens every time, and while the PS3 had a good long run with its latest release -record-setting, in fact- this is inevitable. The HD market simply cannot sustain those kinds of sales on only one console.



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