Japanese hardware sales, June 8 - June 14: Father figure edition
by Griffin McElroy 
{ Jun 21st 2009 at 11:30PM }
"Hey, great work."
What? You wanted more? You've already got a minature version of yourself scampering about -- what else could you possibly want? Fine, we'll stick with delivering sales figures from faraway lands, and you stick to raising your spawn. It's an arrangement that's worked out for a couple years now. Let's not tamper with it.
[Image]
- DSi: 36,872
1,911 (4.93%)- PSP: 26,904
2,166 (7.45%)- Wii: 18,442
1,265 (7.36%)- PS3: 10,009
164 (1.61%) - Xbox 360: 8,015
1,390 (20.98%)- DS Lite: 5,408
256 (4.52%)- PS2: 3,498
598 (14.60%)[Source: Media Create]
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Sly @ Jun 21st 2009 11:34PM
WHOA 360 sales upsurge! and psp sales are still really strong. it's strange.
tmacairjordan87 @ Jun 21st 2009 11:39PM
Only in japan, where 1000 up is a surge and 1000 down is a freefall.
Sly @ Jun 21st 2009 11:52PM
for the 360 especially since usually doesn't make it to the 5 digit mark in japan.
Sly @ Jun 22nd 2009 1:06AM
*since IT
Markez @ Jun 21st 2009 11:38PM
Griff, I can excuse your use of the image since it's Father's Day and all, however I cannot excuse the website from whence it came for existing. manbabies.com!? I mean beedogs.com, sure, but manbabies? Ugh.
Sly @ Jun 21st 2009 11:39PM
still, it is a good photoshop.
P.S. this is my 3000th comment. hell yes?
Tyler @ Jun 21st 2009 11:48PM
It's disturbing
Alistair Azimuth PSN: johnnynumber5 @ Jun 22nd 2009 12:45AM
Yeah that picture is just wrong.
xGeneral DEATHx @ Jun 22nd 2009 7:44AM
The ol' Switcheroo.
Premature ejaculation man @ Jun 21st 2009 11:49PM
I was the reason that your favorite or most hated console went higher or lower in sales.
That is the power of premature ejaculation man. Fear me.
Rob @ Jun 21st 2009 11:59PM
CURSE YOU!
jackbauer @ Jun 21st 2009 11:59PM
No.
WREturns @ Jun 21st 2009 11:50PM
What was the PS3 surge all about a few months ago?
Sly @ Jun 21st 2009 11:53PM
that doesn't really narrow it down...
PR0F3TA @ Jun 21st 2009 11:55PM
a mix between Yakuza 3 and Resident Evil 5 expect 110% more sales when FFXIII comes out
Sly @ Jun 22nd 2009 12:01AM
actually, 110% is low balling it...
Alistair Azimuth PSN: johnnynumber5 @ Jun 22nd 2009 12:42AM
That massive surge you are referring to was when the FF13 demo was released with Advent Children. The PS3 had actually been ahead of the Wii pretty consistent until that point but since then it has been back to usual.
It was something like a 50K increase in sales ... was over 200% at the time. When the full game drops expect the numbers to go through the roof ... then come crashing down a few weeks later. Price cut FTW.
Longhorn of Myon [PSN: MariusElijah] @ Jun 22nd 2009 12:04AM
The PS3 is slowly slipping
When does Monster Hunter release for the Wii?
Sly @ Jun 22nd 2009 12:18AM
i don't know about the release date, but when it comes out, the universe will destroy itself.
Alistair Azimuth PSN: johnnynumber5 @ Jun 22nd 2009 12:44AM
Monster Hunter 3 comes out on August 1st in Japan. There is also a Monster Hunter bundle that includes a black Wii. It will be interesting to see how the game sells on something other than a portable platform. I expect sales to be fantastic and it will probably be the best 3rd party title without a Nintendo character on the cover (M&S at the olympics).
Alilatias @ Jun 22nd 2009 2:01AM
Monster Hunter 3 might increase Wii sales. But just wait until Dragon Quest X is released there.
The Wii will crush everything in Japan on the week that Dragon Quest X is released, and it's a guarantee. Hell, Dragon Quest IX is on it's way to do that on the DS in about a month.
Mr Khan @ Jun 22nd 2009 11:52AM
It's going to be a powerful summer for Wii in Japan, quite powerful. They don't have anything to nearly stand up to FFXIII later on in the year, but they have a few somethings that will keep them powerful (Samurai Warriors 3, Tales of Graces, New Super Mario Bros Wii)
Killiam XXIII @ Jun 22nd 2009 12:48AM
Bloody hell! something's wrong here. Why the Xbox 360 is not in last place?
A new JRPG just came out for the it or something?
Killiam XXIII @ Jun 22nd 2009 12:49AM
*for it*
R.F.E.F. Red Fury (UltraS Sur) @ Jun 22nd 2009 12:54AM
It's probably because of this game:http://www.d3p.co.jp/dreamclub/
I could be wrong tho.
Xvnine @ Jun 22nd 2009 12:54AM
It is last, you that retarded that you can't +/- correctly? I'm sure you were referring to the 3 the consoles.
Killiam XXIII @ Jun 22nd 2009 1:15AM
@Xvnine
No you Idiot! I was talking about that list. The Xbox 360 is most of the time below the DS Lite and the PS2. Of course I know that the 360 is in last place in Japan. I just wanted to know why the 360 sales went up.
Ridgecity @ Jun 22nd 2009 1:09AM
Dude! What are you feeding that baby?!?!? Cocoa Pebbles?!?!?
ohyeahcola @ Jun 22nd 2009 2:27AM
No its Lucky Charms!!!!!
Young_Nastyman @ Jun 22nd 2009 8:42AM
It's clearly not Trix
BigFat @ Jun 22nd 2009 1:20AM
Go 360, Go!!!!
WINterfang @ Jun 22nd 2009 1:22AM
Go 360! Go Alright!
Go 360! Make it right!
Cosmo (formerly Chin-Poh) @ Jun 22nd 2009 1:22AM
Keep on keeping on Playstation 2!
Jason Statham (Aka Vegeta) @ Jun 22nd 2009 2:24AM
Jeez. It's kind of sad when the highest selling console(not including handhelds) is only selling around 18,000.
What happened to console gaming in Japan?
Foetoid @ Jun 22nd 2009 2:44AM
It's waiting for the Black Wii bundled with Monster Hunter 3.
Alphathon @ Jun 22nd 2009 5:44AM
How is that sad? It's really not THAT low when you consider that this is a weekly chart, and Japans population, and that no games of particular interest to the Japanese have been released recently. For a population of ~128mil, shifting ~100k consoles in a week during a recession isn't bad at all.
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Slaziman @ Jun 22nd 2009 8:36AM
Holy shit, how old is this spambot?
Mychas @ Jun 22nd 2009 7:45AM
You're forgetting that FF13 is still exclusive to the PS3 in Japan. And that Japan will go crazy for FF14.
WREturns @ Jun 22nd 2009 8:16AM
Nobody's gonna go crazy for FFXIV.
ChuckJ @ Jun 22nd 2009 8:23AM
Lets not kid ourselves with sales in Japan. Their tastes are obviously very different from ours. I guess I could throw China in with it. There are the guys that come up with crazy ultra-violent, ultra-sexual, ultra-weird cartoons. Im not judging them except only to say many of them have some strange tastes.
IMO, I dont care how the sales go over there. The bottom line is that they cater to the RPGs(Sony) and the cartoonish anme looking stuff (Wii). And that is never going to change so the sales for the most part will never change much.
Mr Khan @ Jun 22nd 2009 11:56AM
Been a while since we've had a "why do we care" comment in a J-hardware sales thread.
Nostalgia incoming!
Raynre @ Jun 22nd 2009 8:34AM
Oh. My God. The horror.
TheLionOfAzzalle @ Jun 22nd 2009 8:46AM
You are ABSOLUTELY right about Final Fantasy XIII....I completely forgot that one.
That will definitely cause a dramatic shift upwards for the ps3.
However like WRE I highly doubt people will care that much about XIV. Personally MMOs aren't my thing. If it's free and on the 360 I may give it a shot. That guy they showed in the trailer look absolutely hot.......
el serpiente @ Jun 22nd 2009 10:44AM
"Don't come back."
Christopher Grant @ Jun 19th 2009 9:46PM
LameDuck @ Jun 22nd 2009 1:16PM
Just turn your monitor upside-down and pretend your in your happy place... Or 2007, which ever you like.