Japanese hardware sales, Oct. 8 - Oct. 14: [title] edition

Comment questioning the truthfulness of yours, while wandering slightly on a tangent. Suggestion to avoid this site in the future, and questioning your sexual preference.

(Come on, it's the perfect set-up for comment description wars! http://bash.org/?23396)

Man! That's disgusting! Why did Joystiq allow you to put your avatar as a picture of your 'O' face? Geez...

@Jouten: That's Masi Oka foo'

If the 360 was still getting the Halo effect it wouldn't have been able to go up so much from last week.

The Elite effect. Although a rather small shipment, all Elites sold out in Japan.

Your sarcasm is actually true though.

Here already huh? And already whited out, too.

"Your sarcasm is actually true though."

Yeaaaaaahhhhh...........no.

can you not see the green arrow next to ps3? it means its sales went up...not down

I'm not sure whether the PS3 comment's sarcastic or not, but you're looking at +4616 for 360.

I dunno...

When I was reading it I coulda sworn that the ps2 was on top of the ps3...

Either Joystiq is playing tricks with this article/post and switching numbers around or I need new glasses.

But yeah if those are the RIGHT numbers then I misread it and I apologize.

Lol its funny how you ALWAYS show up in the Japan sales charts yet you mysteriously shut your mouth up when the global sales (you know the ones that REALLY matter?) come out.

As for the sales this week I'll just sum it up for you:

1) The Wii is still beating the ps3.
2) The ps3 still sucks.
3) The ps3 is going to continue to suck

Therefore I don't need to "defend" anything regarding the Wii. I'm perfectly happy with how its doing and how its kicking sony's arrogant ass.

CaptainAmericaX,

I think your points aren't factual, nor anecdotal.

1) The Wii is still beating the ps3.
2) The ps3 still sucks.
3) The ps3 is going to continue to suck

1) Yes, it is, its cheaper, so wth?
2) Have you ever owned one to be able to tell if it sucks or not? or are you basing your opinion on what SOMEONE else said?
3) Are you serious?If you are going to base your comments on that, then the Wii sucks too, because guess what, there are AWFUL games for the Wii, and hell, if I wasnt sleepy I would get you the average rate of the Wii games, which is on the 60s....as of last week, I think the PS3 still had the best average rating out of the 3 consoles...AND IM USING FACTS, go to Metacritic, do a little research and you ll be surprise of the craptastic gaming library or the Wii compared to the PS3...and well, since the Wii has nothing else to offer other than games unlike the PS3, it does KIND OF make the Wii suck, doesn't it?

Sorry to burst your bubble dude, but next time use facts, it makes you AT LEAST look a bit more intelligent

Can you be more stupid? Nintendo has decreased manufacturing of Japanese Wii's to make more North American Wii's, hence, less sales in Japan, and the Wii breaking 500,000 in September while selling out. How about your ps3. They're stacked up high where I live.

Wii360DS FTW!!!!

NDF here to report, sir.

::scans sales data::

::notices that Wii is still outselling the PS3 and the 360 combined::

No trouble here, sir. No explanation necessary, sir.

ok, here facts:

Wii: 92 games, Average rating of 62.71%
360: 274 games, Average rating of 70.01%
PS3: 86 games, Average rating of 72.66%

and just for the hell of it

PS2: 1487 games, Average Rating of 68.45% (take in mind that games are still being released for it, poorly ported tho)
DS: 312 games, Average Rating of 64.31%
PSP: 325 games, Average Rating of 67.47%

I have your brain kept on a backup disk in case something terrible happens.
"HAY GUYZ LOOK AT ME! I'M HATING ON NINTENDO LIKE ALWAYS! I'M SUPER-COOL AND ORIGINAL."
That's you. That's how stupid you sound!

Nice work Noshino, but I don't think average review scores for a system matter much, since you're not required to buy a couple great games, a couple mediocre games, and some shovelware. Most people just want the greatest games, or whatever's tailored to their specific gaming interests. Here are some numbers from Metacritic:

Games 75 and up:
360: 119
PS3: 45
Wii: 15

Games 80 and up:
360: 73
PS3: 29
Wii: 8

Games 85 and up:
360: 27
PS3: 8
Wii: 4

Games 90 and up:
360: 9
PS3: 1
Wii: 3

Games 95 and up:
360: 2
PS3: 0
Wii: 1

So if you like every single mediocre piece of shit game that gets a 75, it's clear that you want a 360. If you like every single game that gets an 80, you want a 360 and maybe a PS3 on the side. Once your tastes are really high, above 90 or 95, you're a Wii60 fan.

And one of those games is the Orange Box, which does me good on my PC. You can get 2 out of the 3 highest rated games with a 360, and you can also get 2 out of 3 with a Wii and a PC. So if you hold out for the 1337est of the 1337 games, Wii's not such a bad idea anymore.

ULTIMATE SPIN FOR THE WIN!

Spin to Win!

Wow Rubang...I don't think I've seen someone take down the "lack of games/poor game quality" argument with such well-documented and rational logic.

well played, sir!

Wow so that means that there are only 3 games for the Wii that I'd buy... two of them being a GameCube titles.

Which narrows it down to MP3. If only there was a Blockbuster that rented you consoles :/

Seriously, only one original title for the Wii above 90? Shameful, even with SMG and SSBB undoubtedly making that number go up to 3, it doesn't warrant a buy from me. I guess I'll be borrowing a Wii from a friend and playing SMG and MP3, then just playing SSBB at his house.

Rubang, out of curiosity, which Wii titles do you own? I think some of them are those "75 pieces of shit" you mentioned earlier ;)

Slaziman, here are lists of the

Games I paid full price for:
Elebits
Kororinpa: Marble Mania
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Metal Slug Anthology
Red Steel
(Wii Sports)

Game I bought used:
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz

Games I received as gifts:
Rayman: Raving Rabbids
Trauma Center: Second Opinion

Games I've rented:
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2
Marvel Ultimate Alliance
Sonic and the Secret Rings
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07

Games I've borrowed from friends or played at their houses:
Cooking Mama: Cook-Off
Excite Truck
Super Swing Golf
WarioWare: Smooth Moves

"Others":
Alien Syndrome
Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree
Bust-a-Move Bash
Godfather: Black Hand Edition
Madden 2007
Mario Strikers: Charged
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Prince of Persia: Rival Swords
Rampage: Total Destruction
SSX Blur
Super Paper Mario
TMNT
Wii Play

Games I'm getting by the end of the month:
Guitar Hero 2
Manhunt 2

i hope you mean guitar hero 3 for the wii... I didn't know they were releasing 2 for it. bit dated if you ask me =P

What is "others"? Don't mess with my brain... YAaaaRrgH

Anyway, I see you have either a low standard or a very different taste in games than your average reviewer. which is it?

Oops yeah I meant Guitar Hero 3. Man I've been up all night writing this damn mid-term on Buddhism and it's rotting my brain.

If I had to describe myself, I'd say my standards are very high but my tastes are very weird, and I admit I'll lower my standards for nostalgia (Rampage, Bust-a-Move, Alien Syndrome), or to try out weirder games with weirder controls (Elebits, Kororinpa, Trauma Center).

I also almost never pay attention to reviewers. I think reviewers (who get paid to play games) are by definition all hardcore, and a majority of them are anti-Wii due to "weird controls" that they feel threaten traditional gaming, and due to the lack of HD. I think every single Wii game is underscored due to this, and I think every single PS3 game is scored too highly because reviewers desperately WANT the platform to succeed. Over half of the PS3 games are in the green at metacritic, and I refuse to believe that half of a system's games are worth even a minute of my gaming time. I seriously believe over 90% of all games are shit, no matter the platform.

But hey, I didn't list which games I actually liked yet.

I was most surprisingly impressed with (not listing the obvious good ones like Metroid/Zelda/Paper Mario, etc.):
Elebits
Excite Truck
Godfather
Kororinpa
Sonic and the Secret Rings
Super Swing Golf

I was most disappointed with (not listing obvious sucktitute like Cooking Mama/Rampage/Wii Play):
Alien Syndrome (haven't tried it sober yet though)
Big Brain Academy (weak-ass 2p multiplayer)
Marvel Ultimate Alliance (totally nerfed version of X-Men Legends)
Tiger Woods (by comparison with Super Swing Golf)
TMNT (not even multiplayer, wtf?)

Bonus:
I played Red Steel all the way through and liked it. But I'll never touch it again. No replay value, and the multiplayer sucks. For comparison, I didn't even play all the way through Doom 3 'cuz it got so damn boring. I'm really really jaded when it comes to shooters. And I still call them all "Doom clones."

And I think Metal Slug Anthology was the best deal of this generation until the Orange Box came out.

-takes notes-

One step closer to solving the mystery of incredible Wii sales despite having very little critically acclaimed games.

I feel the same way as Rubang.

I find the review scores given out during this generation particularly puzzling. Many of the critics seem to have lost sight of "enjoyment" and focus on technicalities. They can't see the forest for the trees (or, in this case, they can't see the gameplay for the pixels). Some extremely generic but very pretty games have gotten excellent scores, but I'm bored to death playing them. Some innovative and fun games with a few rough corners have gotten horrible scores, but I enjoy these games very much.

Why can't Phattie get the banhammer too? That way he can join his buddy Fernando Rocker...

I concur, why hasn't phattie been banned yet?

Wait, Fernando was banned? NOEZZ.

You thought "kill Self" meant suicide, but it's made apparent that Self is actually a person, and after killing Self he is now actually going to "kill self" (suicide)

I thought it was brilliant :D

Just don't kill Will Self.

Don't forget that the Wii sales are decreasing since mid July.
Except for that crazy week of August 13-19.