Japanese hardware sales, Nov. 19 - Nov. 25: Informative puppeteer edition

Not quite true, the Ps3 still went up.

Right... because the ps3 is irrelevant... get it!!! Sad... but true... whats a girl to do?

AS much as you puppets, hahaha, get it, puppets, hate the PS3, it's not going anywhere...so get used to it.

You're right, it's not going to move from distant third place worldwide. ;)




I had to do that. I'm sorry.

If I understand correctly, all of those week when the wii was out selling the ps3 6:1/5:1 no longer matter, because the ps3 finally beat the ps3 for 2 weeks, and now the wii, despite the fact it is now ontop the ps3 AGAIN, all that as$ wooping it made does not count, because the ps3 was on top for only two weeks, because ps3 is great.

Something about that seems wrong, very wrong.

D@mn, wrong reply.....

Such goodness SMG. Between Super Paper Mario, Metroid Prime 3, Super Mario Bros 3, Super Mario Galaxy, Titan Quest (with expansion) and Crysis i've barely had time to scratch myself lmao.

Talk about stating the obvious...

The PS3 outsells the XBOX360 seven to one.

Where's that headline Joystiq?

The 360 is DEAD in Japan. DEAD. Year 2, and it's DEAD. Stick a fork in it.

Not dead, it'll be dead when hit software doesn't cause a sales spike

Chronically Ill, maybe, but not dead

I'd like to pull her strings...

I wonder how her knees got all chafed...

If I understand correctly, all of those week when the wii was out selling the ps3 6:1/5:1 no longer matter, because the ps3 finally beat the ps3 for 2 weeks, and now the wii, despite the fact it is now ontop the ps3 AGAIN, all that as$ wooping it made does not count, because the ps3 was on top for only two weeks, because ps3 is great.

Something about that seems wrong, very wrong.

God d@mn it wrong one again, ignor this frank, since i have a feeling only you will ever read this, since the story past its 4 hour mark, where everyone stops reading.

The wii still had to increase it's sales by 50% to beat the PS3 though.
I'm sure you were expecting another 30% drop for the PS3 were you not?

It beat the PS3 by 50% here in america... about 350,000 Wii's sold last week and 150,000 PS3, even with the price cut.

That's great, but this is about the Japanese numbers.

"The wii still had to increase it's sales by 50% to beat the PS3 though."

The Wii beats the PS3 by 4000 consoles.

In Jp that may be true with people buying more games for Wii than PS3 but its not in the states. When people see Wii in stores, they rush to buy the hardware and thats it.

Also, this Blu-Ray watcher thing is getting old... Like nobody ever used a PS2 for DVD watching ever. People can buy whatever they want, just beause you dont agree doesnt mean it isnt irrelevant.

Mike

The Wii last week sold about 2,500,000 units of software here in America and the PS3 950,000

http://www.vgchartz.com/aweekly.php


Check the hardware sales too, check the top 50, even the Wii sold more Guitar Hero 3 last week than the 360 version.

Mario reach 1,000,000 in two weeks, Ratchet only 200,000 in 5 weeks... just check the charts.

"The Wii beats the PS3 by 4000 consoles."

Ok it required a 40% increase then.

Vince

I really don't understand what are you talking about?... Are you sure to understand the Joystiq chart?

I really don't know why I'm posting. Fernando, you will willfully remain factually retarded no matter what I say, but I still have to try.

Despite you claim about the PS3 boost being Shin Sangoku Musou 5 bundles, as far as I've been able to find out, there have only been about 20,000 units of that bundle made. Those are obviously gone now but that game still sent on to sell an additional 280,000 copies and counting so far on PS3. So people are buying software on PS3.

PSP's Crisis Core bundle ONLY accounts for 77,777 of the PSP's redesigns success. Just stop mentioning it. It's not a common bundle. In fact, it's quite excessively difficult to find anywhere near it's release price of $223. In fact, only places I've found that DO have it are sporting $400+ price tags. Play-Asia wants $500. This bundle isn't even a factor because during the weeks PSP beat DS, those bundles were already hitting the scalping zones. That arguement is lame and you should but it to bed.

PS3 owners are buying more software than Wii owners. I don't want to talk about sheer numbers because that's a jaded view. We're talking attach rates. For a system where you claim most people are watching BluRay movies (hint: We do that too.... but you're all over Everyone Votes channel as a "feature" so your opinion here means crap) is simple invalid. More PS3 owners are buying software than Wii owners. Now granted, the attach rate difference is small, but it's there. And when software sales on PS3 are generally level but Wii's sales get boosts in the arm every time a Nintendo title drops, which one looks more unstable? Just a thought, just a playful thought.

Wii was boosted by SMG. Fact. But here's another fact. SMG is performing well under expectations in Japan. Whu oh. Twilight Princess suffered from the same problem as well. Wii Fitness is set to be their bread and butter in Japan. Most of their other efforts on the Wii that appeal to western audiences and even some supposed shoe-ins for sales over there have been less than phenominal. I mean, when WiiPlay is the highest selling Wii game, that sets a precedent. A precedent that Nintendo is not likely to ignore. So while SMG is doing well over here (Japan sales of SMG have YET to match the first week of sales alone over here), it sets a bad example for Nintendo. I wouldn't be concerned about this if not for the fact that Nintendo has once again shot down the concept of starting up some western focused games, or for the least part expanding their publishing umbrella. This is the part that worries me. They've officially fostered the "lowest bidder wins" software release scenario on their hardware that killed Atari, adopted the idea of "better games sell better" excuse on a system they are actively targetting non gamers with, and they are refusing to at least look at the possibility that different regions have different buying habits. YAY!

But no, it's all cool in Nintendo land. Wii Fitness is expected to be the hottest Wii game of the year and this isn's supposed to trouble you.

Here's a title for you, "PS3 beats Wii sales for first time in Japan for the month of Nov".

Whoopee...

Blimey Fernando you got me going on like a parrot here.
What I'm saying is Wii sales had to increase by 40% to beat the PS3 this week.
As it happens they increased by 50% and beat it by 4000 units.

...well 3798 to be precise.

Wii sales grew, and PS3 sales grew to match it, but the former still beat the latter

I don't see what the big deal is...

NO JOKES ALLOWED ON THE INTERNET.

(P.S. Your comment appears to be aimed at a blog which actually gives a damn what some sycophantic and schizophrenic forum thinks. Or was that your way of defending Japanese Xbox 360 sales? If so, who do I make this reality check out to?)

... Sigh. The Xbox 360 isn't doing THAT bad in Japan. Support amongst the developers over there is great, and the sales, while not at Wii/PS3 levels, isn't anything to sneeze at. You should go to work at Fox News, dude, you certainly have the bias...

Incredible. It's now an indication of "bias" to point out the dismal sales one system has in comparison to every one of its competitors (including one from the previous generation) in the region? (Never mind that it's done in a joking manner!) This is not a "developer support" chart, nor is it a "sneeze-worthy sales" chart.

In terms of factual numbers, the Xbox 360 is not doing well in the slightest in Japan. I doubt even Microsoft would deny this, as they've repeatedly stated new intentions and strategies to remedy the situation.

Thanks a lot Ludwig. Now everybody has to go over to dictionary.com and look up "sycophantic".

OMG OMG they insulted my console! i'm gonna go CRY

it's pretty sad when i have to copy/paste myself

Damn, was supposed to be to ferrariman

Thats actually pretty interesting. However, it's interesting to note the huge advantage the 360 has over the ps3 in the USA only comparison. Thus far in the ps3's life cycle, it's trailing by over a million units compared to what the 360 was at the same time last year. It's Japan making up most of the difference for the ps3.

That's another thing, Japanese people seem so exclusive to their internally made products and it's actually pretty annoying. I mean, it just seems like they dont want to give the 360 a chance because it's an American product. It's something us Americans will never do to outside products because the population is too diverse to be biased against non American products. Its like trying to imagine not buying japanese cars because theyre not american. Unless, of course, you're in the midwest or south... where it's almost like a completely different country in terms of interests, life styles, and pride.

Alright, I'm gonna go hop in my truck and hunt me some game

Interesting comment, Elmer. However, I have to point out that I while I think there is some sliver of merit to the "Japanese people don't want to buy anything American" argument, the real reason the 360 sells dismally in Japan is because it doesn't boast any of the franchises that are important to Japanese gamers.

For all their quirkiness, Japanese gamers go where the games are. In my opinion, this is why we are seeing the PS3 pick up in sales over there; the Wii is falling behind in offering games with real meat, and the PS3, (incidentally a Japanese company, giving it a slight edge over the competition) is picking up the slack.

elmersglue, iPods are hugely popular in japan. perhaps the xbox 360 does not sell well because of a lack of japanese-centric games, not because japanese people don't like foreign products

Yes, PS3's sale is comparable to Xbox 360 for its first year. But with the popularity of PS1 and PS2, didn't people expect MUCH better 1st year results?? Didn't Ken Kutaragi say that the first five million PS3 buyers would purchase the console even there weren't any softwares for it? Sony had to cut price TWICE before reaching that 5 millions console sold.

As far as ipods selling well in Japan... Did you expect Sony music players to do well? Sony players weren't compatible with mp3s until recently. They forced their own audio codec. I don't think Sony's drm rootkit helped (but that was forced on CDs)