Who really says that anymore?
Pretty much everybody acknowledges that the PSP has been remarkably successful against the best selling system of all time in Japan (the DS).
I'm sure they have at least one reason, but I didn't even know they did. Maybe because they want to divert resources to something even MORE profitable?
I don't suppose you know what your Naruto avatar is, eh?
LOL! that's cold, frayer.
(the body i meant!)
and really, which ones should be big in Japan right now?
Cliche at this point, but holy crap Japan likes their handheld games!
Baseball, Robots, and RPGs. What else matters in Japan?
:P
It will definitely hit half a million now.
We got your false report the first time. Your numbers are from a blog, and unofficial, and are hardware only. The numbers being reported by ChartGet are directly from Media Create and is Top 30 software translated directly.
More importantly, the comment section is not the place to discuss reports and in doing so, you pump up the story in which you intend to bury.
Knock it off.
So Resident Evil is a pretty big franchise, eh?
Perhaps the platform DOES matter?
Because Lost Planet 2 is so huge in Japan? Huh?
This might become the best selling PS3 game. EVER!
(in Japan, after MGS4!)
editing ftw
It's actually possible that the PS3 could be ahead of the Wii for several weeks. This could be a significant moment this generation. Who knows?
It's weird how different the markets are, even though the Wii is technically leading in all of them.
Will Japan continue to be the harbinger of market trends? I'm guessing probably. It's all about continued big releases and the Wii just doesn't have the guns.
I'm guessing we'll see some interesting developments come NPD time here in the States.
Every time the 360 has gone above 20k in Japan, it has dropped at least 50% the next week. That would put it around 10-12k. It will be interesting to see if this has legs at all.
Next week we'll see the totals from the release of Yakuza 3, which has already sold north of 230k, no doubt creating a big PS3 bounce.
The Wii though? What's going to bring that up?
I think you're right. This is the unspoken story--right now the PS3, while selling only 16k consoles per week, is staying consistent and is having more and more releases in Japan while the Wii is sinking further every week.
That was Dengkei info, this is Media Create as noted in the OP.
It's shocking really.
While its a nice and rare accomplishment, it should be noted that it only outsold it by eight thousand units, when only weeks before the Wii was outselling it by several tens of thousands.
It's an interesting statement on the current economic situation and the momentum that a big RPG in Japan can create.
What is this, the 7th week in a row the PS3 has outsold the Wii now?