John J

Seriously who cares unless you live in Japan, Get a life.

"Teemoney Too" <bigboobs_linda@lycos.co.uk> wrote in message
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> 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
>