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PS4 3rd Most Wanted Item by Japanese Businessmen, 1st Between Those in their Twenties, Says Survey

The Japanese language instruction firm Gaba also does surveys about topics of interest for its customers, and today it published the "2013 survey for business people on the goals for next year and looking back to the past year."

What's most interesting is that between the long list of results there's also a bit of gaming, as the PS4 ranked third overall between the most wanted items for 2014, and 1st between businessmen in their twenties.

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DigitalRaptor3787d ago

February 22nd is going to be a very interesting day.

mikeslemonade3787d ago

Anybody can point out the 3DS in this ranking?

HelpfulGamer3787d ago

Sony please Show Japanese PS4 Games Already! XD

abzdine3787d ago

@HelpfulGamer :
lots of jap games have been shown at TGS.
Psycho Break, Doctrine, Yakuza, Guilty Gear and more...
february 22nd will be insane.

Brazz3787d ago

it's not in the list... do you know why? because everybody already have a 3DS! it sells like water!

mikeslemonade3787d ago (Edited 3787d ago )

^
no the 3DS sold 133,000 with a 33% increase from last week

http://www.vgchartz.com/wee...

Off topic:
Just insane how the country's population is 127 mil and the DS has sold 32 mil. Definitely people owning multiple DS systems with different colors.

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Rimeskeem3787d ago

Today Ferbuary 22nd I report that sony has taken over japan

S2Killinit3787d ago

hahaa PS4 will get a nice boost. good for PS fans (and all gamers, but thats another matter)

Dark113787d ago (Edited 3787d ago )

Wii U have mario , MH , pikmin , dragon quest x etc yet it's struggling in japan

what would the PS4 do? .. IMO PS4 will flop in japan until FFXV arrive.

Majin-vegeta3787d ago

http://youtu.be/FopyRHHlt3M

Lol we still don't know the full launch line up of Japan.

-YOBO

Dark113787d ago

Sure but Mario and MH are bigger than any japan centric title that will be available for the PS4 launch line up.

MeknSence3787d ago (Edited 3787d ago )

Hey "Dark11" troll, get lost. Your not welcome here!

KonsoruMasuta3787d ago

Dragon Quest X actually helped the WiiU a little bit. Especially with the new version out, The Sleeping Brave, sales almost doubled what they were selling before.
Nintendo's problem is that they aren't releasing enough content.

Now onto the PS4, it's not going to flop. It's probably going to be the console that does thebest out there.
We don't even know the full line up for Japan.

hellzsupernova3787d ago

Playstation 4 will have no next gen competition there, with no xbox it is all by itself. Plus this survey is an older audience who may have out grown Mario and donkey Kong

ABizzel13787d ago

@Dark11

I get what you're saying, but to be fair Monster Hunter on Wii U was a port of the 3DS version, and Mario isn't a huge mega star in Japan like you'd think he is since he's the icon for Nintendo. Japan buys 1 Mario game, and then the others have average sales at best. I was shocked myself seeing Mario like that, but Japan is really a JRPG country and handheld.

PS4 is going to sell for the simple fact that it's the next evolution of gaming for Japan (Wii U isn't a huge evolution over PS3, and Xbox is dead over there), so that's going to give it a solid launch, but I agree if they don't bring PS1 / PS2 levels of JRPG epicness then we might not see any home console break the 10 million mark in Japan this time.

But it seems like Sony's doing what it can to get a huge Japanese focus for launch, and hopefully support will continue since it's easier to develop for than the PS3, and Japanese developers shouldn't struggle with the hardware.

King_Otaku_Daniel3787d ago

No MH3U is an enhance port more monsters, weapon and quest.

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mrmarx3787d ago

damn i thought it was xbone..

XiSasukeUchiha3787d ago

Same here but we all know PS4 is wanted more in Japan than xbone

Hyper_Tension1403787d ago

I don't think anyone wants an xbox in japan....did you see the laughably poor x360 sales.:P

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Razer Kishi Ultra Review - Remote Play and Mobile Gaming Goes XL

PSLS writes: I have traveled across the country using the Razer Kishi Ultra in airports and hotels for both PlayStation Remote Play and mobile gaming in general, and I am thoroughly impressed.

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Fallout 4 is now available on next-gen consoles, but PS Plus users might be left disappointed

Fallout 4 is now available on next-gen consoles, offering 60fps gameplay and 4K resolution. But it's bad news if you claimed the game on PS Plus.

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Petebloodyonion4h ago

Probably won't happen for PS+ since Sony makes a clear distinction between a PS4 game and a PS5 game, unlike PC and Xbox where it is not a specific device game (It's now always an Xbox game).

So to make the PS5 game of fallout 4 available. Bethesda would need to renegotiate the complete deal with Sony.
hence why there's often only the PS4 version of the game available on PS+.

Let's hope Bethesda and Sony can arrive to term quickly.

P_Bomb2h ago

In that same link, they talked to further support who said PS+ owners aren’t eligible. What a load of BS! The upgrade worked just fine for FF7R. I was looking forward to this. 😞

ChasterMies23m ago

PS5 upgrades for PS4 games on PS+ are hit and miss. The reason is usually that publisher doesn’t want to hand out free upgrades. Sometimes they offer the upgrade upfront, sometimes they are bullied into it, and sometimes they offer it later in a special edition that Sony buys for PS+. It looks here like Bethesda’s intent was to raise the profile of Fallout 4 (and sell some DLC) so I expect we will see an update for PS+ versions soon.

Mr Logic0m ago

Bethesda themselves acknowledged that Plus users are eligible. There is just some kind of glitch and they are working to fix it.

CobraKai4h ago

I think a hard copy should be relatively cheap at this point.

ocelot071h ago

Roughly a fiver for disc. It's also £3.99 on PSN right now for both PS4 and ps5 version.

P_Bomb1h ago

North America sale just ended. The timing for me absolutely blows.

Hofstaderman43m ago(Edited 43m ago)

So if I insert my ps4 disc I should get the upgrade?

anast22m ago

This article is funny. They tell you that $35 is a good deal for this game...We know whose side they are on.

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REVIEW: Sand Land faithfully adapts to game form a lesser known Akira Toriyama creation | Showmetech

From Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama, Sand Land is a fun adaptation of the manga and anime in videogame form. For all of its simplicity and repetition, it's a beautiful interpretation of the source material.

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