A Sign of Apocalypse... PS3 outsells Wii in Japan 2-1! (or actually 3-2!!!)

From our very own Gamespot.

"The Japanese gaming market may be diminutive compared to the US and Europe, but the last month has seen Sony establish a leg up in the region over its current-generation console rivals. Citing figures from industry research firm and Famitsu publisher Enterbrain, the Financial Times reports that the PlayStation 3 sold 146,948 in Japan for the five-week period ending March 29. That figure easily trumps the PS3's closest competitor the Nintendo Wii, which sold 99,335 units during the same period."

Of course, everyone expected this with RE5 coming out and all, but still! :P

I personally see this as a sign of hope.

And that picture is freaky is right. Probably should put it behind a spoiler. This is a family oriented website afterall.

Did you buy your PS3 to bump up Sonys sales :P ? Cause i sure didn't.

scary picture...

what are those things around kutaragi's shoulders?

I personally see this as a sign of hope.

And that picture is freaky is right. Probably should put it behind a spoiler. This is a family oriented website afterall.

SemiMaster

Gamespot can't handle pics inside spoiler tags so I removed it all together. I dont feel like getting moderated and going back to Level 31. God, I hate that level!

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I personally see this as a sign of hope.

And that picture is freaky is right. Probably should put it behind a spoiler. This is a family oriented website afterall.

S0lidSnake

Gamespot can't handle pics inside spoiler tags so I removed it all together. I dont feel like getting moderated and going back to Level 31. God, I hate that level!

Being the bestselling system in Japan used to be a big deal, but nowadays its kind of like being the tallest midget. The hardcore game market has been shrinking for years and nowadays even the casual game market is shrinking.

I'm just waiting on DQX, and MH3. Then it'll be like "Wii outsells PS3 8-1 in Japan" :P

Good for Sony but it's not surprising. Street Fighter IV, Resident Evil 5, Yakuza 3, a new Dynasty Warriors and I think a new Gundam game...it's expected. What did the Wii have during that time. Nothing! That's what.

So it's really Nintendo's fault they're losing the lead. They have no software to back it up. They're relying too much on Wii-Fit and the old Wii-stuff still. But do you know what? Nintendo doesn't care. They're dominating worldwide and like that article says, Japan is minuscule compared to the worldwide market. Their Nintendo is sitting on the top.

And the 360 poor sales still confound me. It has the best JRPGs and most of the multiplatform hits but it sells less than the PS2!

Good for Sony but it's not surprising. Street Fighter IV, Resident Evil 5, Yakuza 3, a new Dynasty Warriors and I think a new Gundam game...it's expected. What did the Wii have during that time. Nothing! That's what.

So it's really Nintendo's fault they're losing the lead. They have no software to back it up. They're relying too much on Wii-Fit and the old Wii-stuff still. But do you know what? Nintendo doesn't care. They're dominating worldwide and like that article says, Japan is minuscule compared to the worldwide market. Their Nintendo is sitting on the top.

And the 360 poor sales still confound me. It has the best JRPGs and most of the multiplatform hits but it sells less than the PS2!

ASK_Story

Yah, but the 360 has sold quite a bit more than the Xbox did in Japan :P I bet it's just that it's American, and the Japanese market is so much smaller. If they keep going at this rate the next Xbox will sell even more there I assume :)

Good for Sony but it's not surprising. Street Fighter IV, Resident Evil 5, Yakuza 3, a new Dynasty Warriors and I think a new Gundam game...it's expected. What did the Wii have during that time. Nothing! That's what.

So it's really Nintendo's fault they're losing the lead. They have no software to back it up. They're relying too much on Wii-Fit and the old Wii-stuff still. But do you know what? Nintendo doesn't care. They're dominating worldwide and like that article says, Japan is minuscule compared to the worldwide market. Their Nintendo is sitting on the top.

And the 360 poor sales still confound me. It has the best JRPGs and most of the multiplatform hits but it sells less than the PS2!

ASK_Story

Well, good for the PS3. The Wii is still dominating everywhere else, though. :P

Poor 360 isn't getting any love, apparantly. As far as I am concerned, all 3 consoles deserve to get some recognition! :x

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Good for Sony but it's not surprising. Street Fighter IV, Resident Evil 5, Yakuza 3, a new Dynasty Warriors and I think a new Gundam game...it's expected. What did the Wii have during that time. Nothing! That's what.

So it's really Nintendo's fault they're losing the lead. They have no software to back it up. They're relying too much on Wii-Fit and the old Wii-stuff still. But do you know what? Nintendo doesn't care. They're dominating worldwide and like that article says, Japan is minuscule compared to the worldwide market. Their Nintendo is sitting on the top.

And the 360 poor sales still confound me. It has the best JRPGs and most of the multiplatform hits but it sells less than the PS2!

Moridin18

He didn't say they were losing the overall lead, merely that they lost the lead over the last few weeks.

And really, who cares how well the Wii is selling? It's easily the worst of the three systems in terms of software so it's numbers don't impress me a bit. Spiderman 3 made about four times what Watchmen made despite the latter being a vastly superior film.

Unless you are a shareholder, Wii sales mean jack-****.

For a five week period, both of those numbers are utterly abysmal. Remember when people thought you had to win Japan to win overall in the gaming market? Those days are way, way, way over. With numbers like those, Japan seems more and more totally irrelevant.RandolphScott

I dont think the numbers are that bad. I'd agree that the Japan gaming market doesn't matter like it used to, but 150K in one month isn't bad at all. I hate to give you North American PS3 and 360 numbers from last year, but just for the sake of comparison, last year PS3 and 360 were selling at an average of 200K units in NA (a market of 330 Million potential customers vs 130 Million of Japan) before the 360 price cut late in the eyar. Yeah, this was a huge month for PS3 in Japan with RE5, Yakuza and other big games coming out in March, but then again last year's biggest game (GTA4) had zero effect on NA console sales.

Again, I agree that Japan's gaming market is becoming more and more irrelevant. I'm just contesting that 145K units in a month for Japan isn't abysmal. PS3 has had several months where it sold 40K or less. Now THAT's abysmal! :P

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[QUOTE="ASK_Story"]

Good for Sony but it's not surprising. Street Fighter IV, Resident Evil 5, Yakuza 3, a new Dynasty Warriors and I think a new Gundam game...it's expected. What did the Wii have during that time. Nothing! That's what.

So it's really Nintendo's fault they're losing the lead. They have no software to back it up. They're relying too much on Wii-Fit and the old Wii-stuff still. But do you know what? Nintendo doesn't care. They're dominating worldwide and like that article says, Japan is minuscule compared to the worldwide market. Their Nintendo is sitting on the top.

And the 360 poor sales still confound me. It has the best JRPGs and most of the multiplatform hits but it sells less than the PS2!

Grammaton-Cleric

He didn't say they were losing the overall lead, merely that they lost the lead over the last few weeks.

And really, who cares how well the Wii is selling? It's easily the worst of the three systems in terms of software so it's numbers don't impress me a bit. Spiderman 3 made about four times what Watchmen made despite the latter being a vastly superior film.

Unless you are a shareholder, Wii sales mean jack-****.

There are a lot of shareholders on gaming boards. I can remember when people use to dismiss the Xbox1 because it was unprofitable, as if unprofitability somehow made KOTOR, Riddick, Halo, Otogi 2, Panzer Dragoon Orta and Ninja Gaiden less fun.

Well, at least it's nice to see a change for once. :P

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[QUOTE="SemiMaster"]

I personally see this as a sign of hope.

And that picture is freaky is right. Probably should put it behind a spoiler. This is a family oriented website afterall.

SteelAttack

Gamespot can't handle pics inside spoiler tags so I removed it all together. I dont feel like getting moderated and going back to Level 31. God, I hate that level!

if Nintendo released some quality games during the last two months, then this would not have happened.Travo_basic

About time. Its been a while since quality and sales went hand in hand. BladesOfAthena

The Wii should be able to get it's sales going again when some of it's bigger titles get released, such as Muramasa, Tales of Grace, The Conduit, Arc Rise Fantasia, No More Heroes 2, etc.

This is probably only going to be a temporary victory for Sony, I would think.

if Nintendo released some quality games during the last two months, then this would not have happened.Travo_basic

The funny thing is, I've actually bought more Wii games in the first 3 months of 2009 than I ever did during the entirety of 2008.

Games like Deadly Creatures, House of the Dead Overkill and Madworld have been exceptional releases.