Mass Effect out this week in Japan...realy hope it does well.
Playing: Borderlands(great co-op,HUGE amount of content),Too Human(better late than never lol),Saints Row 3(Penetrator ftw),Minecraft 360,Harry Potter Lego.
Patiently waiting for: Tomb Raider, Borderlands 2
| alfredofroylan said: Swine flu is getting quite hard in Japan |
But that should encourage people to stay home and play games.
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NJ5 said:
But that should encourage people to stay home and play games.
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which is what they appear to be doing rather than shopping for new games/consoles.
Currently playing on PS3: God of War III
Currently playing on Xbox360: Final Fantasy XIII
Currently playing on NDS: Chrono Trigger
Economic news about japan is dire to say the least. The Japanese economy is in its worst decline since WWII. E.g. Toyota alone is normally responsible for 10% of Japan's corporate tax revenue. Toyota has posted a loss for the first time ever, which means the Japan govt takes a 10% revenue hit, just from that one company.
Given that I expect the Japanese games market to be depressed for quite some time. With major software releases generating HW boosts of a lower peak and shorter duration than would normally be expected.
Wii can afford a price drop and remain profitable, which will help with sales to a certain extent. PS3 can barely afford a price drop, and if it doesn't boost sales much because of the general economic conditions of the time then what's the point? Better to make a meagre profit on ~10K of sales than make a slight loss on ~12K of sales. Ride out the storm then cut the price when people get back into a buying mood.
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Wow depressing numbers, surprised the 360 didnt drop more though. Maybe it can indeed maintain sales between 4-10k for many months now
| madman25 said: Mass Effect out this week in Japan...realy hope it does well. |
Im confident that it can sell quite well, might do 20-30k first week. Heck it may even sell 70-80k lifetime, WRGPGs seem to have been doing extremely well
| binary solo said: Economic news about japan is dire to say the least. The Japanese economy is in its worst decline since WWII. E.g. Toyota alone is normally responsible for 10% of Japan's corporate tax revenue. Toyota has posted a loss for the first time ever, which means the Japan govt takes a 10% revenue hit, just from that one company. Given that I expect the Japanese games market to be depressed for quite some time. With major software releases generating HW boosts of a lower peak and shorter duration than would normally be expected. Wii can afford a price drop and remain profitable, which will help with sales to a certain extent. PS3 can barely afford a price drop, and if it doesn't boost sales much because of the general economic conditions of the time then what's the point? Better to make a meagre profit on ~10K of sales than make a slight loss on ~12K of sales. Ride out the storm then cut the price when people get back into a buying mood. |
Not sure where you got that toyota/japan tax revenue information but it is blatantly false...
Japan 2008-2009 tax revenue : 54 trillion yen
Toyota all time record net profit : 13.7 billion $ ( in 2007). They payed about 5 billion $ of taxes that year.
5 billion $ = 500 billion yens = 1% of Japan tax revenue....
PS3-Xbox360 gap : 1.5 millions and going up in PS3 favor !
PS3-Wii gap : 20 millions and going down !
| Ail said:
Not sure where you got that toyota/japan tax revenue information but it is blatantly false... Japan 2008-2009 tax revenue : 54 trillion yen Toyota all time record net profit : 13.7 billion $ ( in 2007). They payed about 5 billion $ of taxes that year. 5 billion $ = 500 billion yens = 1% of Japan tax revenue....
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I'm not saying you are wrong, but he said corporate tax which is usually only a tiny fraction of total tax revenue.
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