PS3 sales reach new low in Japan Comments by Robert Purchese

Why do you need one?

because what's the point of having an hd tv without hd content? and the channels here don't send hd signal yet. but even if they did I don't like tv channels. only use it for dvd and wii

all these price cuts (the console is cheaper than a watermelon in japan!), and exclusive rpgs and the 360 still only barely outsells the ps2, and is nowhere near the wii,ds and psp! microsoft lol, time to withdraw the 360 in japan and rebox it as a sega dreamcast 2 or neo geo 360 might actually make a million sales in japan then, or and if they fix the death screams the console makes.

ps3lol too, but it will be all change when the 2 final fantasy games are released, probably a big pick in sales with just the advent children demo soon to

@ Widge - "ah, I have some missing posts from this thread... the retard magnet must have been activated"

Yeah, apparently I'm missing four posts so my mechanism has kicked in, too. Sometimes I am almost curious to turn it off, just to see the stupidity, but more often than not I know I'll regret it.

I like muscleblade's subtle digs at the PS3 though.


Actually, forget that; they're not subtle. I may have found the next candidate for my ignore list.

@ chris_arse

time to withdraw the 360 in japan and rebox it as a sega dreamcast 2 or neo geo 360 might actually make a million sales in japan then

Yeah, because the Japanese don't buy Western stuff do they? Only Japanese stuff.

Oh, except for Nike. And Coke. And Starbucks. And Apple iPods. And Disney stuff. etc etc

Drop the price of the PS3, Sony. People simply cannot afford to impulse buy it, especially with zero JRPGs to sway them.

"Oh, except for Nike. And Coke. And Starbucks. And Apple iPods. And Disney stuff. etc etc "

Have you been in Japan?

no rpgs = no jap sales

Sony dropped the ball on this one a bit.

Expect "PS3 sales go mental in Japan" articles posted around Christmas time, coincidentally around the time RPG monster White Knight Chronicles is released.

@ Dizzy

Nope.

Isn't the headline that the PSP just about outsold everything combined?

Perhaps because this generation is lacking in quality software (to differentiate it from the one before)?

"@ Dizzy

Nope. "

lol.

LOL @ pac-man

chris_arse is genius, well done. new badges for the microsoft corporate puppet b#tch!

stallowned.

"Without a heavy money hatting campaign to ensure the PS3 didn't get titles like Tales of Vesperia it would be the 360 selling less than 5000 units a week."

Do you really think developers need paying to not produce titles on Sony's hard to program poorly-received console? Er, OK then.

"Oh, except for Nike. And Coke. And Starbucks. And Apple iPods. And Disney stuff. etc etc "'

I bet that if they had their own version, it would greatly outsell those products. Oh wait, it already does.

"PS3 = FLOP ! "

"Its not a Flop at all. Considering the competition from the vastly superior 360 the PS3 sells remarkably well all over imo. "

However, despite what look like fairly solid sales and despite what Sony might say, it looks like their plans for monopolising the "digital household" market (this was probably the reason they first came into the games market - a trojan-horse with the long-term goal of controlling the domestic digital media and network) have floundered at the crucial third stroke.

It has already been suggested that this generations losses will outweigh the gains made in the previous two and, if this is the case, then it is feasible that a PS4 might not look like a viable business proposition unless there is a massive revision of Sony's digital strategy.

or...

XBOTS SPAKKAZ AND WIITARD FAGGUTS LOLZ!!!!!1111 CORSAS CHEAPA THAN FERRARRISS!! CHAZS ARE r 2 FICK 4 REEEEEEALLL HI-DEF GAMING + BLURAY!!1!!1! NOT SONYS FAWLT PEOPLE ARE 2 PIKEY 4 PSŁ!!!~!!!

PS3 sales have probably dropped because dedicated Blue Ray players have now dropped in price below the PS3. No need to buy the PS3 as a 'cheap' Blue ray player anymore. It happened withthe original Xbox, lots of people bought it because it was a cheap DVD player, so games sales suffered. Now Sony have to sell the PS3 on the power of the console itself, and as it is no better or worse than a 360, people will buy the cheaper 360. Especially parents buying for their kids over Xmas.

Stop the press, "Japanese buy cheaper console shocker". Seriously at the price point its at, did anyone expect any less?

"XBOTS SPAKKAZ AND WIITARD FAGGUTS LOLZ!!!!!1111 CORSAS CHEAPA THAN FERRARRISS!! CHAZS ARE r 2 FICK 4 REEEEEEALLL HI-DEF GAMING + BLURAY!!1!!1! NOT SONYS FAWLT PEOPLE ARE 2 PIKEY 4 PSŁ!!!~!!!"


r u frustrated ahahahhahahaah...your puss3 won't even have a place in a museum perhaps in the Guinness Books for the...well you know!

:D

@holydrone

XBOTS SPAKKAZ AND WIITARD FAGGUTS LOLZ!!!!!1111 CORSAS CHEAPA THAN FERRARRISS!! CHAZS ARE r 2 FICK 4 REEEEEEALLL HI-DEF GAMING + BLURAY!!1!!1! NOT SONYS FAWLT PEOPLE ARE 2 PIKEY 4 PSŁ!!!~!!! that was so funny.

I understand what you were originally talking about though.
I wouldn't think that they would stop at the PS3 though, as they obviously still have a market with the PS3 (even if small) and the PSP doing amazingly well.

So they must have done something right, but yes, I'd agree with the re-thinking strategy in what and where they're going.

PS3 = FLOP !

@rumrum4444

Grow up soon, please!
If that's not possible, I feel sorry for you.

*Sigh* I wish people would stop banging on about how the japanese won`t buy an american console because of their deep seated xenophobic/racist ways.. please.. it`s just bullshit, plain and simple.

The japanese are the biggest consumers in the world of imported brand goods. They buy, and have a massive preference for foreign goods, because most foreign goods that are successful here are sold on the premise that they are of good quality, the finest, or at least finer than japan, that the world has to offer. They love America, and similarly Europe.

What they don`t love is products of poor quality, for the japanese are in general a practical bunch, they would like things to last longer than a year, and have them suit their needs. American consumer electronics, automobiles etc. have a reputation the world over as being a tad less reliable than some might wish, and the expectations as to their functionality vary greatly from that of people in America.

Japanese goods do, still, in general have a good reputation as being reliable and pretty easy to use. That is something the Japanese take pride in. Their pride can come off a bit as arrogance, it really isn`t, but when most of the best things as they see it, are `not japanese the few things japan is held in good regard for the world over, well, you can forgive them their pride.

lawl for Sony. Guess even Japs prefer to play than watch BR movies huh..? How weird. - Sarcasm

could it be something daft like the japs dont play at home anymore? with the huge difference in handheld vs console sales, something's going on. and maybe its not the type of games because for all the jrpg's on the 360, the sales are still not great. better than they were but nowt spesh. could it be more of a 'handheld wlan fest' of gaming going on in workplaces or somesuch? (at break times?)

I reckon the reason for low ps3 sales in Japan could be due to the idea the Japanese prefer playing 'simple' games - both in terms of graphics and gameplay - handhelds are pretty good at offering this. As advanced as Japan is, I think gamers over there definitely prefer games that dont attempt to go for outright realism and instead stick to a more unrealistic stylized graphical look.

This is why underpowered consoles (like the ds,psp and wii) are so popular. Of course both pricing and the availability of certain software franchises on each platform plays a big part in determining the popularity of a console. But I still feel Japanese gamers have strong ties to more old skool games - seen in the snes and ps1 eras. Take for instance Monster Hunter - simple hack and slash and Pokemon - simple 2d rpg.

Both franchises are extremely popular and most importantly pretty easy to get into. Handhelds offer these types of games in a small low priced portable unit. No wonder the high powered home consoles are taking a beating. Just my opinion

funny... people dont know japanese market...

xbox360 is completely failed in Japan.
total sales in japan only 0.7 milion whichi is 3 times less than PS3.

and if you go store in japan, xbox section is so small...
also I see wii and ps3 on stores sales ad paper( like bestbuy) every weekend, but not xbox360.

sorry ... this is the fact in Japan.

I think it's time Sony got off its high horse and dropped the damn price of their wonderful console, who's life so far as been so unfortunately and badly handled by the very company that makes it.

It's time for a reboot of the whole PS3 strategy.

outsold by xbox... how humiliating! :O

sort it out sony!

"and if you go store in japan, xbox section is so small...
also I see wii and ps3 on stores sales ad paper( like bestbuy) every weekend, but not xbox360.

sorry ... this is the fact in Japan. "

I think you are probably living in an imaginary Japan.

The places I go to barely have PS3 and 360 sections, it is all about Wii and DS. Yea the PSP is selling like crazy but it is not taken seriously by many stores. It still is all DS.

"you have to be a bit naive to buy a PS3 at it's current price."

How so? Ł289 is "reasonable" for a machine that does what the PS does IMO (sure media wise the 360 does a lot of the same stuff, but not as good or flashy if you ask me), if it was that price at launch more would have snapped one up. Sony's HUGE mistake was believing many people would pay more than that at launch (also stopping people playing their PS2 was a mind boggling cock up).

I'm not saying it shouldn't get a cut, we all know the sweet spot of under Ł200, but for what you get it's still a good investment (especially now with the bigger HDD and DS3 in the box)

/ realises he has too many good words for Sony lately, looks in the mirror "Oh my god....I'm changing...ARGHH!!!....into....GRRR....a....OW!....member of the SDF....ARGH I LOVE YOU SONY!!!

/ smashes his 360 and falls to the ground screaming "NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!"

Of course the PS3 is not selling there's a new bundle coming out in a few days.

"Of course the PS3 is not selling, it's shit."

Fixed.