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Forums - Sales Discussion - PSWii both LESS than 30K in Japan....I'm VERY Worried about consoles!

Ail on 14 October 2009
JGarret said:
Why is it Japan has truly embraced handhelds over home consoles?...I mean, in other markets the DS still beats other systems just like in Japan, but it´s not like that has severely stopped people from buying home consoles....it´s more like "hey the DS and/or PSP is a good system to go along with a PS3/Wii/360/whatever"..while in Japan they really see handheld as a complete substitute.

Japanese spend more time commuting in Subways/train than any other nation...



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smbu2000 on 14 October 2009
darthdevidem01 said:
@carl

I have no idea

ioi said Wii could go UP next week

I was confident PS3 would stay over 30K

all hopes are dashed

Well wasn't the Wii ~32k last week? So it wasn't that much of a drop for it down 3K after that initial spike.

Were you really expecting the PS3 to stay above 30k in Japan? I've already Slim PS3's in used game shops over here...




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PullusPardus on 14 October 2009

every japanese person should buy 20 PS3 and play them all at once!



Simulacrum on 14 October 2009

I don't see any problem on Ps3 dropping there since it has had great weeks, but Wii after Wii fit plus and price drop.
Then again Wii fit + unlikely will sell much to new owners of Wii.



 

 

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Garnett on 14 October 2009

I dont think the japanese like gaming anymore.



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johnsobas on 14 October 2009

Are you kidding me? Did you even think about what the number was normally at this time before you posted? Last year wii sold 22k and ps3 sold 8k this week. Back in 04 the ps2 sold 26k and the gc sold 5k. This is about the slowest time of the year in Japan, welcome to reality. In reality this week was really good for consoles.



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JGarret on 14 October 2009

Ail...yeah, but hasn´t this been the case for a very long time?..that didn´t stop the PS2/PS1/SNES, etc...from having major success over there.

But this gen, home consoles took a major hit in the territory.



A_C_E on 14 October 2009

Wasn't everyone expecting the PS3 to fall back down to the 20K's after the third week anyways? I can't see why anyone is worried now when the system is doing MUCH better than everyone had anticipated. The Wii is a different story and if the release of NSMB Wii along with the already released Wii Fit+ don't pent up demand then how would Nintendo go about selling it to a more mature audience?



BoneArk on 14 October 2009

Relax, its only October. When December comes by it'll be a different story.



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

mike_intellivision on 14 October 2009

While it is highly probable that external factors (i.e., the typhoon) affected these numbers, the overall downward trend of console sales in Japan cannot be dismissed.

Furthermore, this trend could cripple Japanese software developers who seem slow to change -- meaning they tend to design some games with only the Japanese audience in mind and don't like to release games outside of Japan.

It is amazing how many games don't leave there, given that it is now less than one-sixth the global market.

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