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Forums - Sales Discussion - Japan 2009: Wii-PS3 very close sales. Who will take the crown?

invetedlotus123 on 28 December 2009
wholikeswood said:
Soriku said:
Arius Dion said:
Wii easy. I think next year will probably see Wii take an even larger lead due to the sustaining effect of WSR, WF, and NSMB which will probably be the biggest game in Japan this gen. I don't think FFXIII will have an ever green impact (we'll see) and what else does PS3 have in the pipeline for Japan in 2010? PS3 did have a solid year but look at all that had to happen in Japan this year for PS3 to even put up a good fight against a struggling Wii year;

They had RE5, SF4, The Slim remodel/100$ Price cut and FFXIII..Thinking about it, could 2009 be PS3's peak year? Or is it the begining?


Early 2010 is pretty good for PS3. PS3 has a bunch of smaller RPGs, Yakuza 4, GT5, and SO4 port. Second half there's nothing yet but it'd be hard to think 2010 second half will be as strong as 2009 considering the Slim released and FF XIII did too.

Suppose there's a chance of FFXIII Versus next Christmas in Japan.

But you're right - Q3/4 don't have anything solid yet.

It can reach the same results if something like PS3 Rainbow or PS3 Fruits are released. See what the carnival colour made for PSP. Japan is crazy for colours. And they are up to pay 600$ dollars for a bundle with special art when the ps3+game copy is only 360$.



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jarrod on 29 December 2009
wholikeswood said:
Soriku said:
Arius Dion said:
Wii easy. I think next year will probably see Wii take an even larger lead due to the sustaining effect of WSR, WF, and NSMB which will probably be the biggest game in Japan this gen. I don't think FFXIII will have an ever green impact (we'll see) and what else does PS3 have in the pipeline for Japan in 2010? PS3 did have a solid year but look at all that had to happen in Japan this year for PS3 to even put up a good fight against a struggling Wii year;

They had RE5, SF4, The Slim remodel/100$ Price cut and FFXIII..Thinking about it, could 2009 be PS3's peak year? Or is it the begining?


Early 2010 is pretty good for PS3. PS3 has a bunch of smaller RPGs, Yakuza 4, GT5, and SO4 port. Second half there's nothing yet but it'd be hard to think 2010 second half will be as strong as 2009 considering the Slim released and FF XIII did too.

Suppose there's a chance of FFXIII Versus next Christmas in Japan.

But you're right - Q3/4 don't have anything solid yet.

I think Versus could make it... nothing else really big on the horizon though.  That contrasts to Wii, which has 3 big games known for 2010 (Galaxy 2, Zelda M+, Wii Relax) and another even bigger title for later (DQX).  I expect both sides will see more key announcements soonish though (Mingol 6, MH3G, DQVIIr, etc).