yes they have FF13, but do you have any evidence that price is the reason people aren't buying the PS3 in Japan?  Do you have any evidence that a price cut ever caused a huge swing or had a long term effect at all?  Go ahead and dig back 25 years and you won't find anything.  Price has never been the issue in Japan. 

I think one thing's for sure ... if the Wii and PS3 cannot start selling much better in the long term (not just 2-3 week boosts) this year ... it's curtains for the console business in Japan.

If FF13 and NSMB Wii can't do it ... it's over. The console business will never recover there IMO barring a miracle type of new game.

Japanese devs will be forced to focus more on portables in the future. 

Wel i quess, it does push hardware.

I believe you mean Tales of Graces for the wii, they changed the name. Although It could be the name in Japan.

it's already been out on 360 for a while now.  It's gonna sell quite a few copies but I think the release on 360 really limits the console pushing power of ToV.

If this is true, I hope they sell bad. Portable Gaming is much more suited for Japanese games imo. Not only that, but it will take much less time to make the games compared to consoles which are having huge developement costs over many many years. This means more games for me, and in some ways better games. I would love for developers to target handhelds more.

The problem with Animal Crossing Wii is that it didn't have new content, at least in a way that customers considered new content. It was based around the new online features with voice chat and the "city." Nobody rebuys a game that looks the same in content just for new features.

NSMBW looks like new content. New levels, new powerups, Koopa Kids instead of Jr.

It still looks like a rehash visually, and it has to overcome a higher price point, so I don't see it doing 5m+, but in the long term it should beat FF13 sales by a wide margin.

If we're talking Japan-only here, i think the install base disparity alone could keep FFXIII from outselling NSMBWii, unless the latter fizzles badly.

To all these people on this thread stating that x game and y price cut etc. will swing it for Sony in Japan this holiday. I have a question for you. You really think Nintendo will just sit back and let Sony take over at an important time? Not one person has mentioned what a Wii price cut and/ or bundling/ new colours could do for the Wii in Japan this holiday season. I have no doubt that NIntendo will do something other than release NSMBW this holiday season to counter FFx111 and slim etc.

i'm no final fantasy freak, but why would XIII be so huge when XII according to this site has sold 2.42 m. They are both in the same numeral series or whatever not a spinoff like the crystal chronicles games. Also considering that the PS2 had a waaaay larger install base XII only managed 2.42 million. Or am i missing something?

FFXIII demo sold 80k PS3 last April.

Yes the demo, not the real game........