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Media Create hardware sales (7/30 – 8/5)

Media Create published the latest hardware sales from Japan.

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Jadedz5049d ago

I thought that "those days," were over :P.

gaffyh5049d ago

Woah, Wii got quite a boost, did something good release for it?

AWBrawler5049d ago

Wii still alive in Japan lol. They should keep making games until it just slows completely

Jadedz5049d ago (Edited 5049d ago )

Remember - the Wii U is backward compatible with Wii software, so I have a feeling that Nintendo will let one of their development teams, develop software exclusively for the Wii until hardware sales diminish to a "stop production" state.

miyamoto5049d ago (Edited 5049d ago )

No one wants a PlayStation Grandslam that is fer sure.

Not Nintendo, not M$, not any developer for that matter.

They will do anything to stop that from happening.

That pretty much summarizes this generation.

DanielBryan5049d ago

PS2 still kicking 360's ass.3DSLL is a beast.

AsimLeonheart5049d ago

I don't ever see the XBOX fanboys in Japanese hardware sales articles. LOL! They are always present in the NPD sales articles where they can be proud of XBOX and bash Playstation. XBOX just has "home-ground advantage" in the US where people prefer the kind of games that are available on the system (which means shooters). The rest of the world prefers a little more variety in their games catalogue.

mcstorm5049d ago

Do you want to re-do what you have just put. "XBOX just has "home-ground advantage"" What is the Japanese market for Sony?

Any way good numbers for the Big N and Sony again but the PSV really needs something to pick up its sales as being out sold by the PSP is not what Sony will of wanted. I love my PSV and cant put Resistance MP down at the mo.

darthv725049d ago (Edited 5049d ago )

there is nothing to dispute. The 360 isnt that great of a seller in JP but it still continues to sell. What would be the point of trying to find an argument that doesnt exist?

The NPD articles are where all the action is. Mainly because it would be the constant disputing of how the 360 was on the market a year earlier and how the RROD had caused the sales to surge...the usual same old same old stuff to use as excuses for the PS3 sales in comparison.

Honestly, it really is getting old now. Neither side will concede and say that the other has done a good job in selling to the consumers this generation. There is no shame in saying good job sony or MS and hoping they repeat their success in the coming gen.

Nope, both diehard fans of each side would rather bicker over x system selling y amount of units and so forth. We are (at least) 6 years older now but you wouldnt know it to read some of the comments.

AsimLeonheart5048d ago

You are right and I have no trouble being honest and acknowledging Microsoft's effort. They really made their place in the industry and moved the centre of gaming to the west. However, I do hate Microsoft for turning the games industry into a dlc and shooter infested market. I am a really old gamer who started gaming in the 80s. I am now a married man with a child but I still play games as a hobby after a long days work to relax. I have seen the industry pass through various phases and I do not think the industry has ever been as much polarized toward a single or couple of of genres as it is today. It has become increasingly difficult for me to find good JRPGs, platformers, stealth action, action adventures and survival horrors games. I believe that Microsoft is responsible for the current state of the industry as they are the ones who introduced online gaming, FPS games and dlc structure to consoles. I do not understand the West's obsession with shooters, destruction and morally ambiguous characters. This obsession led to the demise of so many genres of games. In the 90s games were memorable, emotional, artistically beautiful, fun and many other feelings. Now games are just shoot, kill, sex, lesbian sex, gay sex, bikinis, dlcs, multiple editions poor stories, horrible soundtracks and underdeveloped characters. Games were heading towards becoming art with games like Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, Xenogears, Grim Fandango, Oddworld games, Eternal Darkness and some others. Then Microsoft came and dumbed down the whole industry to the shoot, kill, destroy and enjoy level. That is why I cant bring myself to complimenting Microsoft even after their accomplishments as a company.

AWBrawler5049d ago

Imagine What wii Numbers will be if they release DQX, Pandora's Tower, and The last Story here in the US back to back

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Final Fantasy X 25th Anniversary Website Launches With New Nomura Artwork and Merchandise

Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.

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-Foxtrot37d ago

Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.

They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.

solideagle37d ago

they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.

Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted

Relientk7737d ago

Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments

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FuRyu's Exstetra RPG Gets HD Remaster on Steam in English This Summer

FuRyu revealed on Friday its Exstetra fantasy role-playing game is getting an HD remaster that will launch this summer on Steam.

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Why the Wii is Such a Nostalgic System in 2026

The Wii is now a retro console. Let’s get nostalgic about an often maligned system.

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ActualWhiteMan43d ago (Edited 43d ago )

Crazy to think the WII is to the Switch 2, as the NES was to the WII back then. 20 Year difference.

jznrpg43d ago

My wife asks me to bust it out (heh) everyone once in a while to play bowling and tennis with the kids. There was a ton of slop on it but some good stuff as well.

Smellsforfree42d ago

Wii was great but boy howdy did it cause Microsoft to go on a dark walk with the Kinect and the disastrous XBox One launch that they arguably never recovered from.

Loktai42d ago

Not nostalgic for me.. I was there.. anyone who wasnt a little kid realized it was a gamecube with shit tacked onto it, it was the "joke" system and was well below even the switch in terms of comparing it to the latest machines at the time. The machine was well loved by young people and "casual gamers" who now remember it 20 years on, or in most cases more of its sales came in the 15-20 years ago range not right at launch- but again its not nostalgic for people who were "gamers" then really, just for those who ended up with one in their house, the games , graphics, interface and online features were archaic already in 2006.