Latest Japanese Hardware Sales

[perochan]

i guess everyone is waiting for the slim and holding their green until the release.

[AlphaPrime]

August 17 - 23

Hardware

DSi - 59,578

PSP - 27,187

Wii - 26,972

360 - 8,979

DSL - 5,735

PS2 - 3,295

PS3 - 2,052

Software

1. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection - 82,000

2. [NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Defenders of the Starry Sky - 79,000

3. [WII] Monster Hunter 3 - 51,000

4. [PS2] Melty Blood: Actress Again - 44,000

5. [WII] Wii Sports Resort - 32,000

6. [PS2] SD Gundam G Generation Wars - 26,000

7. [PSP] Okami Kakushi - 23,000

8. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2 G - 18,000

9. [NDS] Puyo Puyo 7 - 18,000

10. [PSP] Kin-iro no Corda 2 f Encore - 14,000

Strange how the PS3 sales have gone down even though there's a price drop.

The current PS3 model hasn't had a price drop yet in Japan.

[The Teej]

Wow, 2000 :laugh: That price drop really is effecting sales :laugh:

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

Has the price even been dropped yet for the PS3 in Japan? 2,052 seems awfully low. Also, I'm unsure of the slim PS3's availability in Japan. I know it's already out in North America because I have one.

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

Slim isn't available in Japan yet and their retailers stopped stocking the 80GB.

[George P Global Moderator]

This being Japan and all. I have to wonder how many of these future slim ps3 buyers are going to be current ownders of the ps3? Sure a sale is a sale but you're not exactly growing your market by much.

Japanese gamers are known for just hording revisions of systems. While me personally, if my original doesn't crap out I'm not dropping yet another 300-400 euros on a simple hardware redo.

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

This being Japan and all. I have to wonder how many of these future slim ps3 buyers are going to be current ownders of the ps3? Sure a sale is a sale but you're not exactly growing your market by much.

Japanese gamers are known for just hording revisions of systems. While me personally, if my original doesn't crap out I'm not dropping yet another 300-400 euros on a simple hardware redo.

With a cheaper price point and FF13/GT5 this fall (in Japan for FF13), you can be they'll be new buyers... Remember FF13 isn't coming out on the 360 in Japan.

[Tech Star]

Wow, 2000 :laugh: That price drop really is effecting sales :laugh:

The 80GB stock is withering out with less and less stores having it in stock. Sony did not send any stock to them because they were producing the Slim and until it was announced it was not going to be going to any stores.

As soon as we see the NDP numbers from the day the Slim is released in Japan we will be back to the old way with the X360 having a lot less sales in Japan than the PS3.

[Ironman273]

It's affecting sales in that people are not buying the old one to wait for the new one.

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

Launch for the slim is tonight in Japan, some decent buzz

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

lolwut crazy Japanese!

What's with all the girls buying Slims though, shouldn't they be getting a Wii or DS?

ps. Japanese language sounds hilarious at times :laugh:

[perochan]

lolwut crazy Japanese!

What's with all the girls buying Slims though, shouldn't they be getting a Wii or DS?

ps. Japanese language sounds hilarious at times :laugh:

they were speaking mandarin in Taiwan, not japanese.

some girls are hot!

[Ji@nBing]

they were speaking mandarin in Taiwan, not japanese.

some girls are hot!

The Taiwanese Mandarin sounds funny though?:rofl::

[perochan]

The Taiwanese Mandarin sounds funny though?:rofl::

mandarin and taiwanese are different. taiwan has its own dialect different from mandarin but the writing system is the same.

but in the news, they were all speaking mandarin.

[Ji@nBing]

mandarin and taiwanese are different. taiwan has its own dialect different from mandarin but the writing system is the same.

but in the news, they were all speaking mandarin.

Yeah, I know. I just find when Taiwanese speak Mandarin, they seem to talk really fast to me.?

[perochan]

Yeah, I know. I just find when Taiwanese speak Mandarin, they seem to talk really fast to me.?

yep and im one of them lol.

[AlphaPrime]

August 24 - 30

Hardware

DSi - 59,881

PSP - 26,081

Wii - 25,038

DSL - 7,304

360 - 7,254

PS2 - 3,179

PS3 - 1,040

Software

1. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection - 80,000

2. [NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Defenders of the Starry Sky - 71,000

3. [WII] Wii Sports Resort - 46,000

4. [360] Dream C Club - 46,000

5. [WII] Monster Hunter 3 - 34,000

6. [PSP] Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny - 29,000

7. [NDS] Super Robot Gakuen - 28,000

8. [NDS] How Money and Things Work DS - 21,000

9. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2 G - 18,000

10. [PS2] Hakuouki: Zuisouroku - 17,000

[Livin in a box]

It's a shame there are so many crappy games in the software in Japan. Tamodachi Collection, Wii Sports Resort, How Money and Things Work DS...*sigh*

The PS3's done bad there too. I wonder how many it made from September 1st...

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

Famitsu reports 150k for the first week, I guessed 30-60k :laugh:

http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/1227309_1124.html

Famitsu isn't as spot on accurate as the numbers AlphaPrime usually posts though.

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

Found this quite funny, love it when Kotaku does quirky stuff like this :p

Who Is This PS3 Slim Shopper? Who?

Yesterday was the PS3 Slim launch in Japan. It was a rather low key launch at the Akihabara Yodobashi Camera. It was so low key that it's possible to spot the same guy over and over again.

Time to play where's flannel shirt man.

Here on Famitsu.com.

And on Game Watch Impress.

And Dengeki Online.

So this same guy appears in photos not only on Japanese site Game Watch Impress, but in photos on Dengeki Online and Famitsu.com ? all of which are owned by separate companies.

The flannel shirt man was actually the fifth person in line at the event as spotted by Kotaku Japan. And when it was time to play Gundam on the big screen, guess who it was...

YES!! This photo appeared on Japanese site Game Watch Impress.

This guy could just be a huge PS3 fan. That's entirely possible. And the same dumb luck why Kotaku Japan just happened to see him there, could also be why Famitsu, Dengeki Online and Game Watch happened to see him there as well. And then asked him to pose for photos. Repeatedly.

There are those on some Japanese sites saying this flannel shirt man is either a paid shill or a Sony employee. In Japanese the word "sakura" can mean a hired shill. It's not uncommon to see long lines in front of stores and restaurants. Long lines mean that something is popular. But sometimes those waiting in line are paid phonies.

McDonald's Japan saw long lines when it launched the Quarter Pounder in Osaka. Too bad McDonald's paid one thousand people to queue up for the tasty burger.

Or you know, he could just be some lucky dude with a new PS3 Slim. Enjoy that new console flannel shirt man!

http://kotaku.com/5352317/who-is-this-ps3-slim-shopper-who

[soniqstylz]

It's a shame there are so many crappy games in the software in Japan. Tamodachi Collection, Wii Sports Resort, How Money and Things Work DS...*sigh*

The PS3's done bad there too. I wonder how many it made from September 1st...

Dream C Club FTW!!

[furyshinobi]

Dream C Club FTW!!

^^ :laugh: Was about to say that.

I do hope Microsoft's next Xbox would have games that are region free so I can import games that are not available in Europe/Australia like Dream C Club :) :shiftyninja:.

[George P Global Moderator]

^^ :laugh: Was about to say that.

I do hope Microsoft's next Xbox would have games that are region free so I can import games that are not available in Europe/Australia like Dream C Club :) :shiftyninja:.

That'd be nice, but even with the 360, MS doesn't inforce region locks, the option is left open to the developers. Quite a good number of 360 games don't have them.

I suppose you can't not have them though since in the end it's still using DVD media and you have to follow the license terms and all.

[Andrew Lyle Global Moderator]

August 24 - 30

Hardware

DSi - 59,881

PSP - 26,081

Wii - 25,038

DSL - 7,304

360 - 7,254

PS2 - 3,179

PS3 - 1,040

Software

1. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection - 80,000

2. [NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Defenders of the Starry Sky - 71,000

3. [WII] Wii Sports Resort - 46,000

4. [360] Dream C Club - 46,000

5. [WII] Monster Hunter 3 - 34,000

6. [PSP] Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny - 29,000

7. [NDS] Super Robot Gakuen - 28,000

8. [NDS] How Money and Things Work DS - 21,000

9. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2 G - 18,000

10. [PS2] Hakuouki: Zuisouroku - 17,000

:|

and wtf is Dream C Club?

[AlphaPrime]

August 31 - September 6

Hardware

PS3 - 151,783

DSi - 60,419

PSP - 22,184

Wii - 21,557

DSL - 8,309

360 - 6,827

PS2 - 3,001

Software

1. [PS3] Gundam Senki: Lost War Chronicles - 178,000

2. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection - 87,000

3. [NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Defenders of the Starry Sky - 50,000

4. [NDS] Love Plus - 46,000

5. [WII] Wii Sports Resort - 43,000

6. [WII] Monster Hunter 3 - 22,000

7. [NDS] Sloane and MacHale's Mysterious Story 2 - 19,000

8. [NDS] How Money and Things Work DS - 16,000

9. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2 G - 15,000

10. [PS3] 428: Fuusa Sareta Shibuya de - 15,000