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Forums - Sales - Enterbrain expects 500k PS3 JP holiday from FF13, MC - 4.5m CY/ 5m FY

FinalEvangelion on 14 September 2009

With the release of its anticipated ¥29,800 slimline model, PlayStation 3 saw its biggest week ever last week to the tune of over 150,000 units sold. But that could be just a taste of what's to come later this year.

Hirokazu Hamamura, president of Famitsu publisher Enterbrain, said today in a speech with the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan that he expects the PS3 to sell around 500,000 units over the year end sales period. He expects the surge to come both due to the popularity of Final Fantasy XIII, which is due out on December 17, and due to the system's lower price.

As reported at Bloomberg Japan, a 500,000 surge would represent 15% of the PS3's current 3.28 million units.

Joining the FFXIII release on December 17, Sony will be releasing a special hardware bundle combining the new PS3 with the game. Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Kaz Hirai announced this himself at Square Enix's Final Fantasy XIII Premiere Party last week.

Separate from Hamamura's comments, the latest sales analysis report that accompanies Media Create's weekly sales charts mentions the possibility of the PS3 reaching the 4.5 million mark by the end of the calendar year and 5 million mark by the end of the fiscal year. Media Create suggests that in addition to FFXIII, demand for Blu-ray players could help out the system.

http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2009/09/14/ffxiii_ps3_sales_surge/

From last weeks media create report...

12月17日には『ファイナルファンタジーXIII』(Final Fantasy XIII)の発売が予定されていることや、Blu-ray再生機としての需要もあり、年内(Calendar Year)に累計450万台(4.5 million)、2009年度内(Fiscal Year)に累計500万台(5 million)をそれぞれ突破する可能性が考えられる。

http://m-create.com/ranking/

Key translations placed in bold.




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NYANKS on 14 September 2009

Heres hoping.



darthdevidem01 on 14 September 2009

so thats alot in japan right?



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usyk on 14 September 2009

500k only in japan? lol



Carl on 14 September 2009

5Million consoles for the Fiscal year... in Japan alone?

Did i read that right or wrong?



                            

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darthdevidem01 on 14 September 2009

@carl

yeh u did

he means its LTD sales will be 5 million by the end of the fiscal year

which seems impossible to me



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sabby_e17 on 14 September 2009

Alot more than I expected.




saicho on 14 September 2009

"500,000 units over the year end sales period"

how long is this "year end sales period"? The whole December? Last two weeks of December?



MikeB predicts that the PS3 will sell about 140 million units by the end of 2016 and triple the amount of 360s in the long run.

FinalEvangelion on 14 September 2009
Carl2291 said:
5Million consoles for the Fiscal year... in Japan alone?

Did i read that right or wrong?

5 million total install base by the end of the FY, which would be 1.7 million more than right now.  It may or may not happen since Japan is unpredictable at best.

 

@usyk - I think they are implying from Dec. 17th to end of New Year period would be 500k.



"Naturally the common people don't want war: Neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, IT IS THE LEADERS of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is TELL THEM THEY ARE BEING ATTACKED, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. IT WORKS THE SAME IN ANY COUNTRY."  --Hermann Goering, leading Nazi party member, at the Nuremberg War Crime Trials 

 

Conservatives:  Pushing for a small enough government to be a guest in your living room, or even better - your uterus.

 

Carl on 14 September 2009

I see, thanks for clearing that up for me.

Id say its definately possible, FF13 bundle on Christmas week will do amazing thins!