Japanese charts: PS3 games on the up Comments by Robert Purchese
As popular as Wii software this week.
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Doctor_What
21/11/08 @ 11:02
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Blimey. That's one hell of a turnback for the 360. I was expecting a far slower tail off. It's nice to see the PS3 finally beginning to pick up over there.
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Well if the quality of games aimed at the Japanese market is of the sub standard durge that is The Last Remnant then I fear for MS... it is obvious they have been stiched up by Square, as MS have funded these very poor by square standards, Infinate (which was playable bad, but not square quality) and the unfinished, bug ridden load fest of complete shitness Last Renmant (or as my mate said 'The Load Remnant' thanks Lizer!).. which is easily the worse game I have played on a next gen console.. and to think I had to take out GOW2 to play it... oh the irony!
It looks as though MS paid big for FF13... I hope its worth it, which I doubt with this last piss poor effort |
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designerheadache
21/11/08 @ 11:21
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hopefully the imminent release of White Knight Chronicles, will see this continue, for the sake of "propper" next gen gaming to take off in Japan, instead of that silly Wii fad :P
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Moonprince
21/11/08 @ 11:29
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"Japanese people appear to like Japanese games...shocking stuff that. "
Because R2 is a traditional Japanese game isn't it?.. |
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Collymilad
21/11/08 @ 11:52
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I didnt realise there were still people of the opinion that the 360 "needs" Japan.
It really doesn't. |
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Ren_senshi
21/11/08 @ 12:03
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Samurai Dou 3 is The Way of the Samuray 3 .... right? Does this mean the game actually turned out good ?
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farticusmaximus
21/11/08 @ 12:23
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"I didnt realise there were still people of the opinion that the 360 "needs" Japan. It really doesn't."
It doesnt need Japan, however if the console sells well in Japan then more Japanese developed games will appear on the platform and the Japanese tend to have a very quirky view of things in general compared to western ideals. I like quirky, thus I would like to see more support for the 360 in Japan. This won't happen until the console sells well though. Unfortunately it wont sell, regardless of what software is on the platform due to a combination of intense Japanese patriotism and a lingering hatred for the US. So basically it's a vicious cycle of too few developers = no sales = too few developers. MS will NEVER get a foothold in the Japanese market, that's a guarantee. |
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Triggerhappytel
21/11/08 @ 13:02
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It's surprising and a little saddening that out of the four PS3 games, LBP is languishing at the bottom. It really is the best exclusive on the console, and I would have expected it to be the sort of game the Japanese would love.
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Doctor_What
21/11/08 @ 13:21
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@ TriggerHappyTel: The Japanese love cute, but only when things are cute in the Japanese style (which tends to be very clean and tidy). Sackboy, as the name suggests, is messy. I'd bet that, if LBP was reskinned to be cell shaded and smooth looking, you'd not be able to keep it on the shelves in Japan. It's partly the same reason that the 360 struggles: the games are stylish (which we associate with Japanese tastes) but they're no stylish in the Japanese way. It's a fairly subtle difference, and there are of course other cultural differences that come into play, but I really think that the aesthetics of a game are very influential over there.
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Ren_senshi
21/11/08 @ 14:22
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White knight Chronicles seems like it will boost both Ps3 Hardware and Software sales :D.
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Just a month or two ago the 360 was selling around 3,000 units a week. Did we really expect it to stay at or around 15,000 for very long?
The 360 will never take Japan from either the PS3 or the Wii, but as long as they stay within the same ballpark, should be ok - at least against the PS3. The number with which they're trumping the PS3 in the US is more than enough to make up the difference in Japan and then some. |
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farticusmaximus
21/11/08 @ 15:59
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"BS."
NO. See, I can do worthless 2 letter replies too..
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canIdoyabombsforya
21/11/08 @ 16:16
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My first Live experience was playing Ridge Racer 6 with the Japanese on their launch day.
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electrolite
21/11/08 @ 18:44
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"I don't understand this fascination with Japan. UK has more 360's than Japan PS3's.
Japan is not the Meca of video-games anymore. Get over it. " Because it's still a hugely important territory in terms of sales, software developers and the direction that Nintendo and Sony are likely to take. Apart from that, it's irrelevant ;-) |
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"Because it's still a hugely important territory in terms of sales, software developers and the direction that Nintendo and Sony are likely to take. "
No, it's dropped from being "hugely important" to just "significant" in sales. The Japanese, US and European markets are more balanced than they used to be. You can expect games in future will not be "japanese" or "western" RPGs or FPS anymore, because games cost too much to develop for the sales in one territory to justify. |
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electrolite
21/11/08 @ 22:16
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@Gurgeh
I don't want to get bogged down in semantics mate, I was directly replying to someone saying that Japanese sales threads aren't relevant. We get the same thing in US sales threads too, I've no idea why. Sales figures from each territory are hugely important in the grand scheme of things. |
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