Whether it be in real life, or on the interwebz, people seem to boast about PS3 sales in Japan. Usually in effort to knock the 360.

Just for the record, are people aware how PS3 is actually doing in comparison to past consoles? I mean the lets look at Japan numbers over the years I found here at VGChartz.

SNES - 16,701,578

Sega Saturn - 5,718,628

PS1 - 19,362,986

Nintendo 64 - 5,377,174

Dreamcast - 2,232,028

PS2 - 22,998,282

Gamecube - 4,024,279

Xbox - 477,809


Now I remember from reading old articles the Sega Saturn was considered somewhat of a hit in Japan. Too bad it had far less success outside of Japan. The N64 was financially successful, but it didn't recieve the past success previous Nintendo consoles did in Japan for various reasons. The N64 didn't even manage to outsell the Saturn.

The PS3 is struggliing to catch up with the likes of the Gamecube, Saturn, and N64. None of which were huge in Japan nor did they lose billions in the process. Saturn was the only financial failure with $267.9 million lost according to Wikipedia.

Also, if you look at the Japanese software sales on this site of the Saturn, Dreamcast, N64, and Gamecube. They're considerably better than the PS3 has been getting so far.

Now I didn't make this thread just to bash the PS3. I'm just a little tired of hearing how great the PS3 is doing in Japan. When in reality there isn't much to boast about. Granted the 360 is doing poorly in Japan. Nevertheless, software sales aren't bad considering the tiny userbase. And ofcourse MS consoles have never had much of following in Japan. Sony on the otherhand has had epic sales in the past.

But teh Japanese are xenophobic, and won't buy great (

Give it some time.

(^_^)v

Why are people so bitter lately?

Yes you made this thread to bash the PS3, but it makes no sense.

People never boasted about PS3 sales in JAPAN until recently for good reason. It got a price cut and got slimmer and is currently outselling the Wii.

This is not going to turn out right, i feel bad for you.

the saturn was a hit in japan, but it died off early kinda like the dreamcast. It sold quite well for a while, so the overall numebers could have been much higher if they would have continued to support it for longer. They stopped supporting it because of the failure in the west.
PS3 will probably sell around where the saturn is, somewhere between 5-7 million.

@OP
are you gebx by any chance ? you seem to hate the PS3 more than anything else.

Btw, struggling to catch the game cube ? ROFL ! This gen isn't over yet !

PS3 is going to be the most successful 2nd place console in Japan.

It will be the 5th most successful console in Japan behind Wii,PS2,PS1,SNES.

Well, now is probably a bad time for this thread. PS3 sales are surging, which is why it's getting all the praise. I imagine many people think it will continue to sell like this for a while (close to PSP levels), though I'm pretty sure it'll be coming down shortly after the holidays.

As for the software, I haven't looked at it, but are you considering how long the PS3 has been on the market? It takes time to buy software (after getting the hardware), and the PS3 has at least a couple years left in it.

@post above me: 6th. The NES did well in Japan, 19-20mil.

Wii, PS2, PS1, SNES,

Those consoles won their Generation, PS3 will outsell every other console.

Again, you fail so badly at trolling.

Include the NES and its sixth. Eitherway, I'm sure more manufacturers could do the same if they're willing to piss away billions.

Yeah. He is a FAIL at trolling.

In the Forza 3 game page - "why do everyone bring GT into Forza 3 sales arguments" Same reason why you bring Halo into Uncharted arguments. 

In the ODST game page - "don't worry guys, at least this didn't sell like Uncharted 2"

R-O-F-L

Edit: Bringing Halo or GT into relatively low selling game's sales argument is not a good thing imo.Just wanted to show the OP's hypocriticism.