Ahahahahahahaha :'D
Good one
I realize it sounds hilarious and completely insane, but if there's any country where the XB1 could realistically outsell the PS4 it's Japan :lol
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Media Create Sales: Week 10, 2014 (Mar 03 - Mar 09)
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I realize it sounds hilarious and completely insane, but if there's any country where the XB1 could realistically outsell the PS4 it's Japan :lol
it was the holidays.
perhaps the Zelda musou is Nitnendo testing the waters...albeit a little late
Huh? PS3 had Japanese support from the off, including the high-budget console titles. What is there for PS4 when most everything is being soaked up by 3DS?
You're way optimistic.
StreetsAhead
Member
Oh, cool your jets. It's the same price as most 1st party DS software.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
At the very least the sales are going to be in the toilet right up to mid summer
shark sandwich
tenuously links anime, pedophile and incels
Is it time to make a chalkboard for PS4 yet?
It was an error at the database.
bigmit3737
Member
Vita soft doesn't see to be selling.
3ds soft is selling well. Hardware needs a revision to boost up sales.
PS4- I'm not sure what is going on; I didn't expect it too drop-off so quickly.
I'm very curious about Youkai Watch, as in i want toplay the game. Eventually I will probably buy a Jap 3DS.
3ds soft is selling well. Hardware needs a revision to boost up sales.
PS4- I'm not sure what is going on; I didn't expect it too drop-off so quickly.
I'm very curious about Youkai Watch, as in i want toplay the game. Eventually I will probably buy a Jap 3DS.
Davey Cakes
Member
People say that the 2DS wouldn't do much in Japan but I still want to see Nintendo release it there. Just out of curiosity. Maybe it actually would do okay considering the price.
I wonder how the Japanese would take to the form factor as well.
I wonder how the Japanese would take to the form factor as well.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
there's nothing to put on it though
Seriously. That's just insane.
People said the same shit for the Wii U. Said it longer even since it sold well for longer.
The speed of the trend is the problem. Its dropping hard and fast.
Right. A lot of revisionist history there. Yes, the PS3 launch was bad, but there was a lot of significant support announced and being developed at this time in 2007.
Anyone with a list of PS3 titles announced around the same time?
I know, list warz, but just to put things in perspective.
"Item 1 - December 2015"
StreetsAhead
Member
06./03. [3DS] Fossil Fighters: Infinite Gear <RPG> (Nintendo) {2014.02.27} (¥4.800) - 22.210 / 80.538 (-62%)
07. / 02. [NDS] Super Fossil Fighters (Nintendo) {18/11/10} - 26.195 / 69.024 (-39%)
07./03. [NDS] We're Fossil Diggers (Nintendo) - 22,319 / 58,000
Not sure how I feel about this. Would love for the new game to end up with 250K, which it seems the 1st two did.
Ground Zeroes, FFXIV re-re-release, and ... Deep Down? Is there anything else?
07. / 02. [NDS] Super Fossil Fighters (Nintendo) {18/11/10} - 26.195 / 69.024 (-39%)
07./03. [NDS] We're Fossil Diggers (Nintendo) - 22,319 / 58,000
Not sure how I feel about this. Would love for the new game to end up with 250K, which it seems the 1st two did.
Ground Zeroes, FFXIV re-re-release, and ... Deep Down? Is there anything else?
Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, Metal Gear Solid, and presumably whatever is next from Resident Evil is still better support than the Wii U can expect. Like the PS3, PS4 will benefit from the fact that all AAA titles with a major western component to their sales are pretty much obligated to appear on the system.
Days like these...
Have a Blessed Day
But it feels good how narrative have changed from "when will Sony discontinue it?" to "it won't outsell 3DS lifetime"
Tell me how you feel about the narrative changing from "The ps4 will outsell ps3 and save Japan" to "It doesn't matter if it sells badly because 'Murica, Yurop and where else will 3rd parties go?"
DaSorcerer7
Member
gundamkyoukai
Member
I won't say there was significant support , yeah things get announced but that don't mean much if they take forever to come out like FFXIII for eg .
airmangataosenai
Member
I'm honestly trying to think of titles we'd known about by this point in 2007 and all I come up with are:
GT 6
Gundam Musou
Final Fantasy XIII
MGS4
White Knight Story
Ridge Racer
Valkyria Chronicles
Eternal Sonata
Monster Hunter 3 (lol)
Of those, only 3 were released before the end of 2007.People here seem to be dismissive of MGS but it seems to be much more substantial than any of the 2006/2007 PS3 titles to be.
Well yes- Xbone will probably get better support than Wii U in Japan. My point is so far there is little evidence that those titles are coming anytime soon. There is no presence of big Japanese developed games looking like they are in active development right now in the near term.
Frankfurter
Member
Is PS4 more or less readily available in Japan? Because if it is than that's a really, really bad sign and if it isn't I'm starting to wonder where on earth (literally) Sony ships all those PS4 units.
gundamkyoukai
Member
I don't even think they going to release those games on Xbox in Japan lol .
Japan need games for PS4 and i don't mean just announcing stuff because that don't help either .
it may be possible since MS has a huge warchest and it may be the reason why we haven't seen any Japanese games for the PS4 since MS has bought exclusives just like TF
If it was the full game... but it's just a prologue. People are not sure how well it's going to do because of that. (at least I am)
If you think Sony's intention is to write off the JP market, I have a bridge to sell to you...
Monster Hunter Frontier still exists for Vita: http://www.famitsu.com/news/201403/12049736.html
It looks like it'll share the same servers with PS3, and PC players.
can't wait for it to be released so we can see the
unit hardware increase
It looks like it'll share the same servers with PS3, and PC players.
can't wait for it to be released so we can see the
200
BlazBlue's producer doesn't even know when or if the Xbone is releasing in Japan lol. The 3rd party support for Wii u wont be THAT bad.
I think.
prag16
Banned
If that's the case, these are putrid numbers for the PS4.
I never ever thought I'd say this, but when all is said and done, is the possibility of Wii U LTD > PS4 LTD actually on the table??
I'd still lean towards "no", but the precipitous early decline makes me wonder. Regardless, we'll have a better picture in a couple months when we see what type of baseline PS4 finds.
Not to mention its multi platform and will probably get outsold by the PS3 version.
Fact is, the PS4 seems to be doing perfectly fine without it, just like the 360 did.
gundamkyoukai
Member
I don't think anybody saying they write them off but they are much less important than they were before that is for certain .
That is not the future either just a stop gap unless you talking about Asia and not Japan alone .
I guess it would be specific for the Japan market
Yeah at this point there's zero healthy home consoles on the market.Wii U's flat lining at this point.
Now, admittedly the PS3 is still moving software, but barring a major turnaround they're going to have to handle the PS3 -> PS4 transition with a lot less promising software overall, even if we assume most of the remaining suspects show up, simply by the virtue of how many less Japanese developers there are that make console titles at this point.
Is zero better than zero?
Are any of those really gonna help much?
iceatcs
Junior Member
Wii U's flat lining at this point.
What's more flat than flatline?