Japan Weekly Sales - Smackdown Edition

[slipknotfan]

Not trying to be rude or anything, but why do you all care so much about how the systems sell over in Japan? Unless you live there or have stock in Sony, Microsoft or Nintendo who cares how your favorite system is selling over there. Why dont you brag about the sales in the U.S. or better yet, not worry about sales figures and play the system you like the most cus you enjoy it! I own all 3 systems and think they all have there pluses. My kids love the wii and the ps3, while I mostly play the Xbox360. Considering the economy, they seem to be all 3 selling well!

[Onslaught X]

Originally Posted by slipknotfan

Not trying to be rude or anything, but why do you all care so much about how the systems sell over in Japan? Unless you live there or have stock in Sony, Microsoft or Nintendo who cares how your favorite system is selling over there. Why dont you brag about the sales in the U.S. or better yet, not worry about sales figures and play the system you like the most cus you enjoy it! I own all 3 systems and think they all have there pluses. My kids love the wii and the ps3, while I mostly play the Xbox360. Considering the economy, they seem to be all 3 selling well!

More sales = more games for us?

[Godstar]

Originally Posted by capnmonkey

And without doing any math at all, it appears that in one week the PS3 undid all the damage from the last month that was painstakingly detailed in the weekly "360 beat PS3 in Japan!!!!" threads?

I really think it's more to GTA 4 than anything. LBP might have helped a bit, but I think when Last Remnant comes out it will change again. It's nice a next-gen console beat the Wii again, that doesn't happen too often.

[Aodh]

Originally Posted by Badger3920

Are japanese really that stubborn though as onslaught implies? When I'm going to buy a PS3 game full of awesome, the last thing I care about is where it was made. Do they actually think "a Euro studio made this, and they're encroaching on our platforming style that we haven't used decades" ??

The game didn't really exist in Japan till a week or so before the release. I didn't see any ads on TV or on the train till about a week before the release. In store, I only see displays of the GT5 bundle, which is why console sales are what they are for this week. I personally blame Sony for not ensuring that games made in other regions are properly supported. Given the nature and consumerism in Japan, I think Sackboy product lines like dolls, cell straps, etc. would be popular here. But it's much more that Sony Japan doesn't care that the game wasn't made here, rather than the consumers caring. I'd have to really check back, but I don't remember much if any talk about LBP at TGS, mostly home and other JP developed/focused titles.

[Godstar]

Originally Posted by slipknotfan

Not trying to be rude or anything, but why do you all care so much about how the systems sell over in Japan? Unless you live there or have stock in Sony, Microsoft or Nintendo who cares how your favorite system is selling over there. Why dont you brag about the sales in the U.S. or better yet, not worry about sales figures and play the system you like the most cus you enjoy it! I own all 3 systems and think they all have there pluses. My kids love the wii and the ps3, while I mostly play the Xbox360. Considering the economy, they seem to be all 3 selling well!

If you want a particular game to come out on your console, then the console needs to be selling well in that particular territory. Games are developed in 3 localities, Europe, US and Japan. If you like Japanese style games and your console isn't doing well there, you won't see many games for that console. Thus, DS being the end all be all in Japan, most game makers put their resources into DS games over other consoles.

[Godstar]

Originally Posted by Aodh

The game didn't really exist in Japan till a week or so before the release. I didn't see any ads on TV or on the train till about a week before the release. In store, I only see displays of the GT5 bundle, which is why console sales are what they are for this week. I personally blame Sony for not ensuring that games made in other regions are properly supported. Given the nature and consumerism in Japan, I think Sackboy product lines like dolls, cell straps, etc. would be popular here. But it's much more that Sony Japan doesn't care that the game wasn't made here, rather than the consumers caring. I'd have to really check back, but I don't remember much if any talk about LBP at TGS, mostly home and other JP developed/focused titles.

Why oh why would they not support their big titles? It's like they want them to fail. It's just stupid.

[Onslaught X]

Originally Posted by Godstar

I really think it's more to GTA 4 than anything. LBP might have helped a bit, but I think when Last Remnant comes out it will change again. It's nice a next-gen console beat the Wii again, that doesn't happen too often.

I'd really attribute it to the new 80 gigs.

Not necessarily the LBP bundle/GT5 bundle

[Onslaught X]

Originally Posted by Aodh

The game didn't really exist in Japan till a week or so before the release. I didn't see any ads on TV or on the train till about a week before the release. In store, I only see displays of the GT5 bundle, which is why console sales are what they are for this week. I personally blame Sony for not ensuring that games made in other regions are properly supported. Given the nature and consumerism in Japan, I think Sackboy product lines like dolls, cell straps, etc. would be popular here. But it's much more that Sony Japan doesn't care that the game wasn't made here, rather than the consumers caring. I'd have to really check back, but I don't remember much if any talk about LBP at TGS, mostly home and other JP developed/focused titles.

Then it's option A. LBP is not getting to the consumer.

We'll have to see of word of mouth will spread its wings.

[Aodh]

Originally Posted by Godstar

Why oh why would they not support their big titles? It's like they want them to fail. It's just stupid.

The LBP ads ran for about a week and a half on the JR trains in Tokyo, they ran ads for Afrika for about 3 months or more. And for those who don't know what Afrika is:



You take pictures of animals in a virtual game. That got FAAAAAAAAAAR more advertisement than Sackboy, which by anyone's count is a stupid move.

[Aodh]

Originally Posted by Onslaught X

Then it's option A. LBP is not getting to the consumer.

We'll have to see of word of mouth will spread its wings.

In stores, and it probably won't get much better than what it is. GT5 is the focus now and probably for a while.

[Onslaught X]

Originally Posted by Aodh

In stores, and it probably won't get much better than what it is. GT5 is the focus now and probably for a while.

Hm? Can you elaborate on that?

[Aodh]

Originally Posted by Onslaught X

Hm? Can you elaborate on that?

I saw more of this:
New Bundle


Than any other PS3 product/display in store. Same price as the normal bundles. And we're coming up on the Last Remnant release in two weeks.

[Onslaught X]

Yeah...

Well, the PES 2009 bundle on the 27th should be pretty big, no? WKC should also be big. Should

[murphjp]

Originally Posted by slipknotfan

Not trying to be rude or anything, but why do you all care so much about how the systems sell over in Japan? Unless you live there or have stock in Sony, Microsoft or Nintendo who cares how your favorite system is selling over there. Why dont you brag about the sales in the U.S. or better yet, not worry about sales figures and play the system you like the most cus you enjoy it! I own all 3 systems and think they all have there pluses. My kids love the wii and the ps3, while I mostly play the Xbox360. Considering the economy, they seem to be all 3 selling well!

I enjoy JRPG's. The better the PS3 sells over there the greater the chance more JRPG's will be produced. So how a system sells in one part of the world can affect what types of games get released WW.

[Aodh]

Originally Posted by Onslaught X

Yeah...

Well, the PES 2009 bundle on the 27th should be pretty big, no? WKC should also be big. Should

http://www.yodobashi.com/ec/product/...713/index.html

Dunno about you, but two controllers and the game for 6,980￥ more ($70ish) isn't really all that special in terms of a bundle deal. Good deal, just not really special.