The recent hardware sales figures for Japan place Sony's new machine in fourth place. Whilst it may not be all that shocking, this would have been almost unthinkable during the PS2's hey day. The PS3 currently stands behind the DS, PSP and Wii in the latest sales figures from the region.
Sony no doubt hopes that their recent price cut and cheaper entry models will turn these figures around for them. They certainly have an uphill struggle, particularly with the Wii selling like hot cakes. Enterbrain recently had Nintendo's Wii outselling the PS3 by 4-to-1 between Apr. and Sept.
Time will tell as to whether the new price is a tipping point for wider adoption of the PS3. They may well find it is the Christmas short supply of Wii's and 360's that makes the biggest difference in Europe.
Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.
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.
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
Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments
The Wii is now a retro console. Let’s get nostalgic about an often maligned system.
Crazy to think the WII is to the Switch 2, as the NES was to the WII back then. 20 Year difference.
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.
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.
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.
A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.
Underrated comment. I used to hate that game so much that any time my siblings asked me to play it, I just picked Hom and shut myself down mid-match.
15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.
wi sales have been dropping big time in japan of late the way they use apr to sep makes the wi look very good but as of late that ratio has being closing to 2-to-1 with the price drop of the ps3 these figures will be so much closer
"They may well find it is the Christmas short supply of Wii’s and 360’s that makes the biggest difference in Europe."
What the F*ck does that mean? There's shortages of 360 in Europe? Or Shortages of other consoles will lead to people buying PS3?
Or is he a fanboy just already predicting that demand for the other 2 consoles will be so high, they won't be able to meet demand?
Stupid article, news please. These articles where someone spits out their opinion or prediction are a dime a dozen.
LOL. Should of known, another one from Bloodmask.....do you have anything else to do?
Why not post the 360's numbers? We all know the 360's sales will NEVER improve there. And out of the list, which is the most expensive? DS, PSP, Wii or PS3? Hmmm, where's the 360....