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PlayStation 3 tops Japanese console hardware sales
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article published on 20 June, 2008
The Sony PlayStation 3 moved to the top of Japanese console hardware sales for the week ended June 15, using the launch of the blockbuster PS3-exclusive hit Metal Gear Solid 4 as a springboard.
According to figures from Media Create, the PS3 sold 75,311 units for the week handily beating out any other console including the very popular Sony handheld, the PSP.
The Nintendo Wii lagged ... [ read the full article ]
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domie
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20. June 2008 @ 18:23 |
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It's always interesting to see these types of stats but it leaves me a bit confused as to what ( if anything ) it proves... does it mean the PS3 is now the most popular console on the Japanese market ? well obviously not because the reason it has overtaken other consoles in this particular market is because almost everybody who wanted a PSP, XBox or Nintendo Wii etc had already bought one in the months or years before these monthly sales stats were compiled.
Overall sales since console launch are a more accurate predictor as to how popular consoles are.( I think )
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20. June 2008 @ 18:57 |
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I'm surprised that the PSP is selling THAT well - I mean, everyone should save up for a Wii or a PS3. The 360 is almost like PS3, but of course, the PS3 is better. The Wii is 'lagging' behind because almost everyone has it! It's cheap. Well, in the UK the PSP's price was 179.99GBP at release date - and guess what? The Wii has the same price but bundled with lots of other stuff... Well, this is probably one of my most pointless posts but it's to share my opinion...
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20. June 2008 @ 19:44 |
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Originally posted by kikzm33z:
The 360 is almost like PS3, but of course, the PS3 is better.
And of course, the PC is better than the PS3 :)
Dragon Age, Mass Effect 2, Mafia II, Guild Wars 2, all in 1920x1200!
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20. June 2008 @ 20:24 |
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not really a big fan of ps3 even though i own one because i got one for 30.00 at a garage sale stupid owners droped it and it wouldn't power up shipped it to sony for 40.00 and they fixed it without any complaints.
But even with that being fixed it still bothers me i have to waste 8 gig's of hard drive space just to load a game.
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20. June 2008 @ 20:26 |
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Originally posted by kikzm33z:
The 360 is almost like PS3, but of course, the PS3 is better.
And of course, the PC is better than the PS3 :)
Dragon Age, Mass Effect 2, Mafia II, Guild Wars 2, all in 1920x1200!
1920x1200 on a pc that costs at least twice the ps3 (whitout an lcd, mouse etc ....)those prices if ur building it yourself and know where to shop, currntly running on 2x8800gt's by the way :)
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20. June 2008 @ 20:31 |
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I don't know whether to feel bad for Micro$oft or to laugh right in their faces.
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chubbyInc
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20. June 2008 @ 20:50 |
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I'm a little disappointed that it's always the Japanese Sales which are posted. I live in North America and would like to hear North American Sales or World Wide Sales. Then it would give a better picture on actual sales. PS3 had a reason to sell more consoles for a week. It had a long awaited game released. Not sure about Japanese shelves, but out here it's pretty hard to walk into BestBuy and come out with a Wii. So I would guess that not everyone has one but because Nintendo is limiting the amount released. 360 has always been poor selling in Japan so there is really no point in adding "measly". PC is for single player machine which puts it in a different category than consoles.
kikzm33z I'm curious to know why the PS3 is better than the 360? Is it the Blu-Ray or is it the fact that no one has gotten RROD on PS3?
Games look pretty good on both systems given PS3's disc size I would hope to expect the games lasting longer. Overall I think the 360 has brighter higher quality graphics for multi-format games.
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20. June 2008 @ 22:43 |
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Originally posted by chubbyInc:
I'm a little disappointed that it's always the Japanese Sales which are posted. I live in North America and would like to hear North American Sales or World Wide Sales.
I post US sales every month :)
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/14471.cfm
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lxhotboy
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21. June 2008 @ 00:47 |
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Originally posted by kikzm33z:
The 360 is almost like PS3, but of course, the PS3 is better.
And of course, the PC is better than the PS3 :)
Dragon Age, Mass Effect 2, Mafia II, Guild Wars 2, all in 1920x1200!
OOOPS... I think this topic post was referring to video game console sales and despite you being correct about the hardware power of the PC, it isnot technically a video game console. No one buys PC games.... except for a handful here and there. Numbers dont lie.
Congratulations to PS3 but i cant say i am surprised. Metal Gear carries a lot of power with its reputation and name. Easily enough to persuade people to go out and buy a PS3 for a while. If sony can keep the titles coming Nintendo and Microsoft may have their hands full.
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21. June 2008 @ 08:20 |
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Between the release of MGS4 - an ever popular title - and the fact that it has a Blu-Ray player, i'm not real suprised.
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21. June 2008 @ 11:01 |
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domie
It shows how well the consoles are doing in a small window time frame.
Its nice to see the lil giant doing well,its momentum is picking up I wonder if the full(90%+) BWC firmware for the 40GB will help sales any,it would nice if it did show the mindless suits BWC is not something to dismiss.
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21. June 2008 @ 11:57 |
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I post US sales every month :)
you da man =D
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21. June 2008 @ 11:58 |
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Why does the 360 not sell well in Japan? Is it a cultural or demographic thing?
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21. June 2008 @ 12:06 |
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Originally posted by c1c:
Why does the 360 not sell well in Japan? Is it a cultural or demographic thing?
that and they wont get JP devs in order to push sales in that aera.
The 360 lacks games that appeal to the Japaneses in numbers, if MS had any forethought and created a dev house to assist other devs getting there games on the 360 and then getting thos with subtitles and translated text world wide (split profit 60/40) the 360 would really be a much stronger system world wide and in japan.
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21. June 2008 @ 12:17 |
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And of course, the PC is better than the PS3 :)
as chaos_zzz said with a PC twice the price of a PS3, and every time that a new game comes out to play it, you have to replace your GFX card"s" cause 1 card that costs as much as a PS3 isn't enough anymore.
Japs are very loyal to PS, as the Europeans too.
PS3 have the same sale numbers as PS2 had at same time, the President of SCEE said it at PS Day.
As it was predicted Wii fall behind and not cause everyone got one.
It is cause it isnt at the same league as PS3.
And for the people that wondering how can PSP sell more than Wii.
What i have see is, that most people that have PS3 have PSP too and dont forget that PSP is an actual pocket size media center that you can connect to any New gen TV.
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21. June 2008 @ 12:45 |
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Originally posted by kikzm33z:
And of course, the PC is better than the PS3 :)
as chaos_zzz said with a PC twice the price of a PS3, and every time that a new game comes out to play it, you have to replace your GFX card"s" cause 1 card that costs as much as a PS3 isn't enough anymore.
Japs are very loyal to PS, as the Europeans too.
PS3 have the same sale numbers as PS2 had at same time, the President of SCEE said it at PS Day.
As it was predicted Wii fall behind and not cause everyone got one.
It is cause it isnt at the same league as PS3.
And for the people that wondering how can PSP sell more than Wii.
What i have see is, that most people that have PS3 have PSP too and dont forget that PSP is an actual pocket size media center that you can connect to any New gen TV.
It did horribly until the slim came out and even then still manages a so so job at software sales, also the PSP has suffered from buyers remorse issues so up to 30% of the current 74M units sold are either sold off or replacements for the old PSP.
The media aspect of the PSP is a joke since you have to hack it to play anything, I don't count the craptacluer line of UDM movies so whats left the PS brand name and gadget craze pushing sales.
If it had a 2nd analog nub so games could be ported/spun off better on it it would have been a good lil system, not like the DS is better altho it has better software sales and Nin got more profit off the start, I still hate the DS layout and the touch screen is only usefully as a analog stick otherwise its a pointless gimmick.
I hope they bring the PSP 2 out soon if it has a more solid control layout it should be a great all around system for all game types.
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21. June 2008 @ 14:39 |
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not really worthy of being a story since its only a week's sales figures in one country but what do i know...
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21. June 2008 @ 17:21 |
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Actually the use of the second DS screen in a lot of games is really cool and adds another dimension to them, even if it's just a statistics screen or map, it's something I don't need to pause the game in order to see. The touch screen is cool for some games, but not enough are designed with that particular feature in mind.
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21. June 2008 @ 18:21 |
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Originally posted by ZippyDSM:
so up to 30% of the current 74M units sold are either sold off or replacements for the old PSP.
and the broken ones.
Portable device are always easier to break and kids job is to break them.
I have bought 3 to my little cozen 1st was the Fat(Broken) >> Fat again, and now S&L.
Originally posted by ZippyDSM:
The media aspect of the PSP is a joke since you have to hack it to play anything, I don't count the craptacluer line of UDM movies so whats left the PS brand name and gadget craze pushing sales.
The only media that PSP cant play is Xvid/divX, all the popular formats are playable to psp.
Originally posted by ZippyDSM:
I hope they bring the PSP 2 out soon if it has a more solid control layout it should be a great all around system for all game types.
I have the S&L i don't care playing games to PSP (actually i dont use it at all) even tho i would like to see blutouth and internet through usb or with some way through mobile phone.
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21. June 2008 @ 19:05 |
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of cource you all noticed the title of the article said "weekly" not monthly so i daresay that overall next month after all the hype things will be back to normal(1#Wii,#2PSP/DS etc..)
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21. June 2008 @ 21:20 |
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Originally posted by ZippyDSM:
so up to 30% of the current 74M units sold are either sold off or replacements for the old PSP.
and the broken ones.
Portable device are always easier to break and kids job is to break them.
I have bought 3 to my little cozen 1st was the Fat(Broken) >> Fat again, and now S&L.
Originally posted by ZippyDSM:
The media aspect of the PSP is a joke since you have to hack it to play anything, I don't count the craptacluer line of UDM movies so whats left the PS brand name and gadget craze pushing sales.
The only media that PSP cant play is Xvid/divX, all the popular formats are playable to psp.
Originally posted by ZippyDSM:
I hope they bring the PSP 2 out soon if it has a more solid control layout it should be a great all around system for all game types.
I have the S&L i don't care playing games to PSP (actually i dont use it at all) even tho i would like to see blutouth and internet through usb or with some way through mobile phone.
The PSP seems a more popular gadget than portable game system it it was not the software sales would be high, but sony has probably made as much off them now or more than what the DS has made, thats almost 6X as many PSPs as DSs.
DS emulation on PC is working nicely now so I don't need a DS :P
my old one broke ><, A PSP might be worth while,even more so if they make a DS emulator for it :P
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21. June 2008 @ 21:25 |
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Originally posted by blueroad:
of cource you all noticed the title of the article said "weekly" not monthly so i daresay that overall next month after all the hype things will be back to normal(1#Wii,#2PSP/DS etc..)
You do know the PS3 has outsold the 360 in unit sales in the uk?
it goes to show the smaller movements in the industry.
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22. June 2008 @ 02:56 |
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IT HAS SONY ON THE LABEL. THATS ENOUGH REASON FOR ME NOT TO
BUY IT . WHO CARES WHAT THE JAPANESE DO ...... GO BUY SOME BLU RAY LMOA ----ROFL
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22. June 2008 @ 03:04 |
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Weeeeeeelll Now that i am up off the floor WII has been outselling , alllllll consoles for about a year now ..................gotta love them PS3 Fanboys
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22. June 2008 @ 03:08 |
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Originally posted by carp624:
Weeeeeeelll Now that i am up off the floor WII has been outselling , alllllll consoles for about a year now ..................gotta love them PS3 Fanboys
And the PSP has sold 3 times as much, scary eh? 0-o
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