The Wii is increasing it's lead over the PS3 week by week - a 7:1
ratio now, with the Wii outselling every single Sony gamin product put
together!!
Add the Wii, DSL, NDS , GBA, GBM, NGC togeher, and it DECIMATES the
PS3, PS2 and PSP.
Yeah, so the 360 is flopping in Japan - who's really surprised at
that? It was a known fact that the 360 would not do well there, the
XBOX didn't - but the real surprise is the PS3.
It's not only cheaper there, but it's also a Japanese product, runs
PS2 games, and has more Japanese specific content.
It's not just selling slightly less, it's selling 7x less than the
nearest comparable next-gen competitor!
If this trend continues, the Wii will be selling 100k a week and the
PS3 under 5k by the end of the summer!
Sony has failed, miserably, to capitalise on the momentum the PS2 had.
The PS3 seems to have killed it dead in it's tracks (See, even the Ps2
is outselling the PS3, but not by much), the PSP has failed to catch
on as a handheld gaming machine, with the DS (DS Lite and DS together)
having sold over 3x as many units in japan alone.
The era of sony dominating the market is gone - they failed miserably
in launching the PS3, nd will have a long, bloody battle to maintain
to stay popular.
I predict they will fade away much as Sega did - only to end up a 3rd
party publisher for other platforms.
I mean, Gran Tourismo may still have some mileage in it.
http://www.gamesarefun.com/news.php?newsid=7726
Japanese hardware sales for April 16 - April 22:
System - Weekly sales (Compared to last week) - 2007 sales - Lifetime
sales
1. DSL - 172,359 (+39,034) - 2,345,774 - 9,795,658
2. WII - 77,913 (+2,154) - 1,248,330 - 2,167,973
3. PSP - 29,459 (+4,609) - 770,363 - 5,302,492
4. PS2 - 11,398 (-1,474) - 297,205 - 20,452,064
5. PS3 - 11,000 (-948) - 391,291 - 848,849
6. 360 - 2,307 (-593) - 87,183 - 351,885
7. GBASP - 860 (+206) - 15,551 - 5,934,501
8. GBM - 449 (-168) - 17,430 - 577,310
9. NGC - 266 (+99) - 6,202 - 4,175,670
10. NDS - 81 (-65) - 1,823 - 6,584,080
11. GBA - 55 (+29) - 578 - 8,823,784
Total sales: 306,147 (up 42,883 from last week)
Last week's sales: 263,264