Japan Charts 27/10 - 02/11

Hardware

DSi->171.000
PSP->50.000
PS3->36.000
Wii->25.000
DSL->17.000
PS2->6.800
360->6.300

Software

1.GTA IV [PS3] -> 122.000 (NEW)
2.Valkyrie Profile: The Accused One [NDS] -> 74.000 (NEW)
3.Little Big Planet [PS3] -> 47.000 (NEW)
4.GTA IV [360] -> 38.000 (NEW)
5.Wagamama Fassion Girls Mode [NDS] -> 38.000/125.000
6.Pokemon Platinum [NDS] -> 37.000/1.831.000
7.Gran Turismo 5 Prologue: Spec III [PS3]-> 34.00(NEW)
8.Rhythm Tengoku Gold [NDS] -> 33.000/1.001.000
9.Chocobo's Dungeon DS+ [NDS]-> 28.000 (NEW)
10.Wii Music[WII] -> 23.000/164.000

[Xheratuul]

360 is last again and beyond.

[dro]

looks like the ps3 bounced back after being out sold, but sales of LBP is crap,i expected more.

[theKiller]

what happened to the 7 weeks in a row?? i think ps3 in 1 or 2 weeks will make it up for all 360 price cuts and JRPG advantages.

didnt we all said that japanese r waiting for the LBP bundle??

[dj_funky]

thats because they got the LBP bundle my friend.

[Joejoefhosho]

PS3 sales in one WEEK just outdone all the sales in the 7 weeks lost

Don't get it?

Total PS3 sales last 8 weeks > Total Xbox360 sales last 8 weeks

[Sir_Ken_Kutaragi]

PS2 - 6.800
xBox 360 - 6.300
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[BLUR111]

it's sad that japan is so nationalist

[FAQS]

Poor xbots, making a magnific party when in the past weeks, xbox360 sold well (???) in japan, and now seeing their party didn't last long, and is completly doomed! HAHAHAH!
to blur: if japan is nacionalist, what to say of the US: they prefer a deffective 40% failure rate home console because is american!........

[Darkseider]

The PS3 in one week undoes 7 weeks of "strong" XBox sales. This trend of strong PS3 sales is likely to continue as well coming into the holidays and with the upcoming release of WKC. Although I am sure the boost was due to the new bundles I am wondering how the numbers next week will be? Granted probably not as strong as 36k but would be interesting to see if it's a flash in the pan or has some staying power.

EDIT: Nintendo DSi... omgwtfbbq... 1st day 171k. Sold out on day 4. 200k total units sold. That is just amazing.

[Dweg]

Kinda like 360 demolished Ps3s YTD lead in 6 weeks? :P

[SCThor]

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[Doppy]

WTF happened to the PS3 sales. Little Big Planet and Gran Turismo. OK. I think Little Big Planet will be one of those games that starts off really slow, and gains momentum down the road. It will sell extremely well eventually hopefully 3 - 4 mil.

[sunnygrg]

^^ Thanks to Palin not being the VP, and becoming every kid's childhood crush.

[gaffyh]

Lol, where's TheMart's article of PS3 hits a new low this week? huh?

Good sales, but I'd expect better for LBP, guess it's not as popular as we thought it'd be in Japan

[sackboy says hi]

looks like the ps3 bounced back strong. Im sure thats due to the LBP bundles;but to be honest i expect more sales from LBP.

[chasuk08]

Exactly, for the last 7 weeks or so 360 fanboys have been cheering over the fact they outsold PS3 by 2-3k. And in one week PS3 sales almost as much as 360 did in all those weeks.

[Socom]

This chart is EXCLUDING LittleBigPlanet bundles!

And this chart shows yet again why 360 fanboys do not want to face reality.

7 weeks of cheering and trolling. They dont even know how insignificant the 360 sales are in Japan. They are truly clueless.

[Oner]

@Dweg "Kinda like 360 demolished Ps3s YTD lead in 6 weeks? :P"

Uhhmm...? I do see a ":P" in there so maybe I don't get it but it is a bit confusing in your meaning (is it sarcasm or ???). Could you explain where you get this "info"? Especially when the numbers show this ~

PS3 YTD: 5,228,764

360 YTD: 3,872,185

[season007]

but no Japan has never change, they see the game they like, they buy it, and yes like very other country they have the home country biased too so they would support nintendo and sony more than microsoft..

It is just not hard to imagine PS3 just needs some big title from animation..robots, gundams, cutie girl types..you know, things they love, to pick up momentum

at the end of this generation, no matter how hard xbox360 try, it can outsold PS3 for a lot of weeks like this time does...but the difference will be easily undo when there are Japanese-centered games around ...

[Dweg]

Sorry should have clarified, In the US. It took less then 2 months for the 360 to pass up the Ps3 for YTD sales in the US despite the Ps3 leading almost all year long. Same story different region.

[chaosatom]

LAMFAO.

[Jecht]

What are you smoking? You wish the 360 beat the PS3 in anything this year. The PS3 has dominated the 360 for a long time now.

[Gam71]

Lol, it took a big release for the ps3 to finally beat the 360 in sales.

Now before the defence force comes out in full, oh you're already here, fairs fair as that was the same whiny excuse I've heard since august.

[Danja]

7 weeks of 360 dmoination >>> 30k sold...
1 Week PS3 SOLD >>> 36K..

BTW PS3 GTA ran circles around the 360 version..

wonder how much bundles were sold ??

[cmrbe]

but i really doubt it will remain the same. I think it will go back to the usual 10-15K weekly after this because this week saw the release of GTA4 and LBP.

The only way for Sony imo to consistently sell 30K up weekly in JP is to release JRPG on a regular basis like MS are at the moment.

In just 1 week the PS3 negated the lead the x360 did in 6 weeks. I think its really time for PS fans to not worry about MS in JP anymore. The real fight is with wii.

As for LBP. True i expected more as well but LBP is a new IP and no one really knows how well it will sell especially in JP. 47k is pretty good.

[Gam71]

Lol when facts fail you make it up.

So can someone tell me how the 360 only sold 30k in 7 weeks when it has been at 6-8k each week?

week ending 13th sep it sold 28k.

Remember that?
no of course you don't gets in the way of you spreading lies.
and didn't it sell 15k one of those weeks as well?
so in one week the ps3 managed to beat the 360 for a comparable week in sales by 8k. With its biggest system seller.

Come back when you learn to have memories that last longer than the screen you're reading (maybe invest in a ds and brain training) and you can tell the truth.

The only thing negated by this information is ps fans credibility.

Edit below:
It was 200,000 ahead before the price cut so I would like to know what it is now as well.
I would say still ahead but not by much at all.

[Oner]

@ Dweg "Sorry should have clarified, In the US. It took less then 2 months for the 360 to pass up the Ps3 for YTD sales in the US despite the Ps3 leading almost all year long. Same story different region."

NP Dweg, but from my understanding the PS3 is still ahead in US YTD sales (by only about 200,000 but still ahead). If it has changed please link some sources/information to correct me & others. Thanx.

[FCC]

LBP isn't as big as everyone thinks it was in Japan, this is why you don't speak for a demographic when you're not part of the demographic... You come off very wrong and somewhat racist.

I can say "I bet the Japanese would love these quirky crazy games like LBP"

and than I can say "I bet the African Americans would love these shooting, driving games like GTA IV."

Both are stereotypical and somewhat racist and probably wrong. Though it did push hardware. GTA IV on the PS3 is not really that big of a surprise for me, people do have more PS3 in Japan than the 360. It surprises me though that GTA IV for the 360 has 1/4 of the number of purchases than the PS3. If the 360 never had surges of life before, GTA IV for 360 wouldn't even be on that list.

[barom]

Yea seriously PS3 is still in the lead in the US. If we were to call pretty much all those neck in neck leads a tie, since they were pretty much at most a 5-10k difference and both won pretty much the same amount of months. Then the two months with biggest differences were in June and September.

In June PS3 outsold 360 by 185.7k consoles (PS3 sold 405.5k and 360 sold 219.8), largely thanks to MGS4.
Source: http://www.gamasutra.com/ph...

While in september, 360 outsold PS3 by 115k. Where 360 sold 347k and PS3 sold 232k. Largely thanks to the price cut.
Source: http://www.gamasutra.com/ph...

So we can see clearly that the difference between those two numbers are around 70k in favor to the PS3. I highly doubt those neck-in-neck numbers would do anything close to that for the 360, in fact there's even the possibility that the 360 were outsold there as well if we were to count up all the months. As I vaguely remember that PS3 won Jan, Feb, April?, May, mentioned June and possibly July. While 360 won March, August and September. Those last are off the top of my head and could be wrong but yeah. I'm confident PS3 is still in the lead in the US.

[Lucreto]

I was just doing the math

LBP was out on Firday 31st October so these scores show only 3 days of sales.

From the 6th September to 2nd November the 360 sold 84,547 units.

and

From the 6th September to 2ed November the PS3 sold 85,436 units.

Thats a difference of 1,089 units.

Both consoles did well overall.

NOTE: My figures are from VGCharts and not to be taken as 100% true.

[gunnerforlife]

wait with that all that copies of GTA 4 sold does that mean the ps3 version has sold more??

[Johnny Rotten]

VG Chartzzzzzzzz :)

[Lucreto]

I forgot to put in the GTA4 as another reason and I said above my results are only as accurate as VG charts sees it. I don't believe these results are fully correct.

[Omega4]

I wonder if those PS3 sales will plummet like they did after those MGS4 bundles released

The only difference here is the boost is from not just one game but 3 games and 3 bundles, also with the Last Remnant 360 bundle coming up the PS3 might not be ahead for very long

[Lucreto]

But knowing it will be out on PS3 next year will lower sales. It will sell a lot of games alright but machine maybe not. People who are RPG fans would have bought 360 for TOV and IU so extra console might not move.

Don't forget WKC will be out a short time after.

[Expy]

Last Remnant will sell better on Playstation 3 in Japan, for obvious reasons.

[WhittO]

lol, think someone is trying to come up with excuses for the hopes that the 360 will, somehow sell more than ps3, even though the 360 price is already like £80 in Japan and is still being largely outsold overall.

They might aswell give free 360s with games purchased, since they are not far off the price of a game over there lol!

[Jecht]

The 360 only sold well because of a few RPG's. Did you really think it was going to last?

[Chuck Norris]

Wrong post..

[Lucreto]

Chuck Norris make a mistake everyone the world is going to end.

Anyway I recently discovered this.
Go to google, type "Find Chuck Norris" and press I am feeling lucky and see what you get.

[Rob0g0rilla]

That was hilarious. I guess I better start running.

[chrisnick]

see?......what did i say.......bundles baby......bundles........LBP JUST PWNED 360'S 7WEEK LEAD IN ONE WEEK!!!!!!!

[Pennywise]

Anyone who does not have their head buried in the sand said:

New PS3 Sku coming and BUNDLES. We all were told that we were in denial and spin away.

Being right feels good, dont it?

[chrisnick]

YES IT DOES......let the 10 week pwnage begin.

[Gam71]

10 week pwnage.

sure.

you got 10 big releases coming out?
You should take note of the 360 sales for this week.
6,000 thats better than the 360 was doing before the 7 week sales spike and before the august sales as well. Don't forget those.

Of course before august those in denial said the 360 wouldn't beat the ps3 ever again, then not for two weeks, then not for the whole of august, then not agi... well you get the picture.

Except you don't as you are the ones with your heads buried.

[Tykis]

And FF or WKC arent even out yet!

[InMyOpinion]

Looks like LBP is giving the PS3 a boost in sales.

[shine1396]

not gta? the no 1 selling title by quite a distance.

[Danja]

I think everyone will agree that GTA4 is not a system seller contrary to what we were led to believe...

LBP was responsible for the hardware spike....

[FCC]

I'm surprised that 38 000 people bought the 360 version of GTA IV... I didn't even think there would be 38 000 people that had 360s in Japan, I was so sure that it was dead in the water in Japan with some surges of life in a last few months.

[Old Snake_]

Japan has changed...

[MiloGarret]

HAHA!

Now repeat that 20 times.

[gumgum99]

hahahaha

bubbles on me.

[jams_shop]

did the PS3 just outsold the Wii in there?

[shine1396]

bubbles for you... completely missed that.

[YoMeViet]

ya i totally missed that, bubbles for pointing out

[ultimolu]

O_O END OF TEH WORLD!

I didn't even notice that either!

Holy Moses.

[jtucker78]

Maybe everyone that wanted Wii Sports has a copy now.

[sackboy says hi]

The truth is that it will not last.Remember MGS4!!! It affect sales for only the first week but after that sales kept on droping and droping. And i was expecting more sales from LBP.

[ultimolu]

Didn't the same thing happen for the 360 in terms of the 'rpg's' that came out?

Stop spinning the news dear. The PS3 outsold the 360 by a significant margin. Little Big Planet did pretty well in Japan, considering it's a European game.

[jams_shop]

@ shine1396 & YoMeViet thanks the bubbles guys
@ sackboy says hi, hey why shouldn't you go clubbing on your birthday? ;)
@ ultimolu, would you married me? (>.<)

[ultimolu]

jams: Only if you help with the wedding and honeymoon. xDDDD

[jams_shop]

hey ultimolu I'm going to be there isn't that good enough? j/k I help you with anything.

[rbrtchng]

Wow, that's what I was gonna say. Forget 360, PS3 outsold the Wii!

[ultimolu]

And...the PS3 takes back the lead. :D
LBP most likely was the cause of this.

A disagree already? Lmfao!

Garret: Overall in sales, the PS3 is still in the lead but I meant the past weeks where the PS3 wasn't doing too hot.

[MiloGarret]

They never lost the lead (relative to the 360). Sure they sold marginally less than the 360 a couple of weeks, but they were still far ahead in total sales. Right? Or did I miss something?

[Mr_Potato_]

@Milo : no, you don't miss anything. 360 never got any lead there, outselling a competitor by 1k one week doesn't mean anything when you're crushed by 20k in the average week. But hey, let the fanboys dream of a M$ world.

[crinale]

The 360 has pretty much lost all the lead over PS3 after price cut in Japan. Even western games sell better on PS3 now.

[theEnemy]

Looks like the 360 hype in Japan is over now.

I'm still surprised GTA:IV(PS3) outsold LBP.

Oh well, it's all good. :)

[ybadr]

Ok back to earth microsoft who was talking about japan lead ? what ? i can't hear you ?

[Venomish]

:D
in the last weeks all these chart articles were named "ps3 hits a new low" or something similar
why didnt they call it "xbox360 in the bottom of japanese sales" this time?
HAHA!!!

[ultimolu]

I laugh at them now.

Ho, ho, ho!

Good job Sony and keep it up!

[MiloGarret]

Do you own stocks in Sony corp?

[ultimolu]

No...but so what?

Is there something wrong with wishing Sony well? Am I supposed to wish bad things or something?

I don't own stocks with the N.Y Yankees. Does that mean I don't cheer for them if they're my favorite team?

[FernandoMartinez]

Owning a PlayStation3 console kinda is like owning shares at Sony Corp. Because if Sony is doing good the PS3 might as well and as a consumer you hope to benefit...

[Ju]

OK, my turn to fabricate some news: "360 hits new low in Japan", or how about this: "PS3 outsells Wii in weekly sales". LOL. In all fairness I could also say "New DSi blows away competition".

[MiloGarret]

But the yankees are a sports team, you can't seriously be comparing a transnational electronics company such as Sony corp to the NY Yankees...

I don't know, I just find it really strange to see people going "go Sony, go!" or "go MS, go". Do you also buy t-shirts that say SONY RULES? Is the well-being of Sony corp a common topic of conversation between you and your friends? Sorry, but I just can't understand it, but then again the whole fanboy thing still largely remains a mystery to me...

Frankly I couldn't care less if my consoles says Sony or MS, as far as I'm concerned they could be named Crap and Sh!t, as long as I get to play great games on them, fine. I also couldn't care less if the company behind the magic game machine does better or worse than its competitor, as long as they keep producing good games at affordable prices, whatever. Unless of course I was financially invested in them somehow... But, whatever, enjoy your corp.

PS: I did not disagree you. If you wan't to love a company, be my guest.

[rawd]

JAPAN NO RIKE FREE SISTY

[na2ru1]

hahaha

but zey rike pwaysteshon swee

oh that made my day

[Parapraxis]

Wow, great to see the PS3 bouncing back after a very hard month and a half. Maybe LBP does have what it takes to appeal to Japanese gamers. When it released in Japan many sites went batsh!t insane saying the game had flopped...hmm if I recall "like a lead balloon".
These claims were made without knowing how many LBP bundles were sold.
I guess we all know now that LBP has global appeal.
Is it a system seller?
Apparently yes, very very yes.

[dkgshiz]

But it failed in the end.

[Re-versed]

hahahahahah!!! its a strong last gen fight....Lets see...

[Ap3theBad]

dude hellz yeah ..
we allready knew the ps3 was gunna outsell its competition but it outsold the freakin WII.. the WII goddamnit... in less then ONE FREAKING WEEK,wih 3 ps3 games in the top. GTA4 (suprised accually),Gran turismo 5 spec 3 (i dont know wut that is),and of course LBP.
i acually didnt even know japan like that GTA4 kinda stuff as seeing the type of games their into ya know? but like some one said "WUTEVER" .. im content with the ps3 outselling the 360,even though the 360 had a price cut.

THIS IS SOLID PROOF that software sells not Hardware. :) ps3 Ft-FREAKING-W!!

[ceedubya9]

PS3 had a great week with a good slate of games and bundles hitting that week. Let's see if it sustains this for a while. I wonder what it will be like when it drops back down to normal levels again?

The 360 had a good multiple week run while it lasted. Interesting thing though, is that the 360 did manage to stay steady in its sales. Definitely a lot better than the 2000 or so that it used to pull.

Edit: Wow. Some of these above posts are wild! Some of you people act like you just won the lottery or something! The obviously made the day of some you gamers huh?

[Re-versed]

i am just glad that this article,make these provocatoric articles ''ps3 new low '' or something like this, to shut up...

[ceedubya9]

A console like the PS3 shouldn't have been selling THAT LOW in the first place. Either way, the previous week just made up for the bad ones, so in the grand scheme of things, it really doesn't matter that it had lows.

[Arsenal4Ever]

PS3 outsells every console except PSP and NDSi

Thanks to Obama, the world is back to normal

The PS3 in one week undoes 7 weeks of "strong" XBox sales. This trend of strong PS3 sales is likely to continue as well coming into the holidays and with the upcoming release of WKC. Although I am sure the boost was due to the new bundles I am wondering how the numbers next week will be? Granted probably not as strong as 36k but would be interesting to see if it's a flash in the pan or has some staying power.

excellent comments guys. Dec 25th is only a few weeks away now.

Expect PS3 to go from 2.8 mil to about 3 mil +

[Darkseider]

I was quoted.. I feel loved.. >blushes<

But really it's good to see folks actually talking and specualting and not outright flaming over this.

[Heaven_Or_Hell]

Not very good numbers for the PS3 with the release of LBP bundle, GTA IV and GT5 Prologue SPEC III bundle...!
Remember months ago when it was selling around 40k-50k without any games and EVERY weeks...
I'll wait for the next week numbers

[Re-versed]

It surpassed even the wii's...25.000 what does these numbers mean to the wii using the same logic?

[Heaven_Or_Hell]

It means that those both cosoles are actually floping...

[Danja]

It means that a few ppl are still holding off on buying consoles till the holidays arrive where they can get better offers..and better games

[dale1]

yakuza 3 hits mid november so that should help sales then wkc all in all not bad for the ps3

[ThatCanadianGuy]

Way of the samurai 3 is also coming!! ..soon i think?
Then WKC,FFXII,FF Versus.

I don't even know why Microsoft is trying to sell in Japan.
There just spending money on a lost cause.

[zag]

And from what I've seen it going to be a big seller even I want this game and I'm not in Japan.

[morganfell]

Greenberg has to have a new lie every week so this actually gave him something to jabber about for over a month. Now that's gone he will go back to his "We have eliminated RROD" speech.

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[BYE]

Look at that, Japan's whole 360 install base bought GTA4!

[xBot Lemmings]

Cause they got bored & tired from flop jrpgs

[FF7numba1]

damn what happen 360? That thing is looking like Mccain right now.

[Simon_Brezhnev]

i agree

[pornflakes]

LOL LBP FLOP

PS3 ONLY high cause LBP bundels.. next week 10k.. same was with MGS4

1st week 1st place
2nd week 17th place

[NickIni]

Just accept it you stupid xbot.

Even with the Xbox being the cheapest console on the market, it outsold the PS3 for a while, but only buy 1k. 1 new game comes out for the PS3, and it beats the Xbox by 30k.

[ultimolu]

Oh get laid already you crybaby.

[jams_shop]

ultimolu I love your comments

[user858621]

Hahahahahaha 360 price cut was useless in japan against the ps3!!!

[darkwing]

i wonder what Kotaku will say

[dj_funky]

the ps3 just owned the 360.. hell it even beat the wii. and i can't even believe the ps2 beat the 360.. lol!

[Aclay]

The Japanese were just waiting for the new PS3 bundles. DUH!!! That's what me and so many others were saying all along.

Hopefully the PS3 can maintain this momentum in Japan until The Last Remant comes out for the 360. But White Knight Chronicles will be the icing on the cake for the PS3 in Japan late this year.

[OC_MurphysLaw]

Even beat out the Wii... hope it continues for Sony, they need to stay strong for the health of the company in general.

[ThatCanadianGuy]

Even the PS2 outsold the 360..

[ThatCanadianGuy]

Lmao

Disagree? :O

Look at the list.Dumbass xbots..

[Mr_Potato_]

So much for all these articles "360 crushes PS3 in Japan", that was so ridiculous and desperate.

Where are PP and Themart now ? Are they hiding ? I want to talk to those buffoons again.

In one week, PS3 took back the whole 7 week lead of the 360 and more.

In your dreams, bots, only in your dreams.

Reality check now. Pigs don't fly, sorry.

[Rampant]

The fact that it is so funny that 360 is in last place for a week in JAPAN shows that Microsoft really has done a good job over there.

[Rampant]

Oh, and also:

PS3 rose from about 5000 a week to about 35000 a week, which means that 30 000 consoles should be LBP-bundles.

That means that 47000-30000 = 17000 people that already owned a ps3 bought LBP in the first week. Compare to GEOW2 that will sell more than 1 million copies in US alone in its first weekend. Flop of the year confirmed?

[Mr_Potato_]

Nope, those sales are without the PS3 bundles, it was already confirmed.

And LBP was out only one day before the end of the period there, so you fail again. It will sell a lot, but maybe we should wait it's out, or do you want to be humiliated again like in this news ?

You just owned yourself. Cry more, I like your tears. Your crapbox is behind the PS2, it's dead everywhere now except in the US.

[NickIni]

Waaahhh! Waaahhh! The sales, the sales....flop waaah!

Sales don't mean jack. Some bad games sell for millions as well. Reviews determine whether a game is a flop or not, and oh look. LBP is beating Gears 2 in that field considerably. And all you Xbots can do is scream about sales in defence of your only friend whilst tears stream down you face.

[xaviertooth]

TOO HUMAN???

[ultimolu]

WITHOUT BUNDLES.

[smurfie4]

Nice assumption there but no. The sales are for stand-alone copies. How many times does it have to be said that sales aren't necessarily representative of quality? A game could sell millions and still be hot garbage.

[gano]

Is this from famitsu or vgchartz?

[running rampid]

all that is needed are a couple of good bundles/games in japan for ps3 to beat wii in sales. sony need to continue this.

[Bladestar]

why are people acting surprise? Didn't the most anticipated game (LBP) release this week? isn't common sense that PS3 sells would go up?

Why are people now talking about the death of the xbox 360 when the fact is that the xbox 360 is still selling close to it was selling the previous weeks when it was beating the PS3?... So, get your facts straight... the xbox 360 is selling consistently.... not the 1000-2000 range...

also it's not that the xbox 360 sells drop dramatically but simply that the PS2 sold more...

in case people don't know this happens after a huge title is released... the question is... how did the xbox 360 managed to maintain existing sells without any new exclusives and with the PS3 super LBP? and once the people that want LBP get the game; will the PS3 go back to the 3000-4000 range? You can't deny the fact that 3000-4000 was the range the PS3 fall after Metal Gear was release sell spike...

by the way; when is "The Last Remnant" coming out in japan?

[Mr_Potato_]

Maybe because of the multiple similar 360 posts "360 kills PS3 in Japan" when 360 was winning by 1k.

Now the crapbox looses 6:1 and by wide margins and you don't want your own medicine ? Hilarious. Cry more.

[pumpkinpunker]

do you take your PS3 to sleep with you at night?

[pumpkinpunker]

gta4 sold a lot of PS3s. people in japan must still think it's a PS3 exclusive.

as I predicted LBP is not selling all that well.

this week didn't annihilate the 360 lead over the last couple months. The 360 had a week like this when tales of vesperia was released. The 360 outsold the Wii that week also.

last remnant bundles on the way.

[jams_shop]

oops

[EnforcerOfTheTruth]

OWNED!!! Poor 3FixMe, poor xbots :(

[James Vanderbeek]

Now if the 360 sold 36,000 a week compared to the ps3 selling 6,000 a week than that would be something to talk about.. But the 360 only lead by a couple 1,000 or so a week nothing worth talking about..

[Bladestar]

the same can be said about the xbox 360 in the US and sony fans do not shut up about it when the PS3 beat the xbox 360 by 10-20K and ignore completely the millions of units the xbox 360 lead the PS3 in the US.

[Mr_Potato_]

@bladestar : another stupid post only you can make.

Of course it had a lead, it was here one year before, you funny boy. More interesting is the fact it totally blew this lead, with the install gap coming from 10 millions to 4 millions in no time, and soon zero in early 2009.

It's quite an achievement (unlocked ?) that the 360 is already dead in Japan and dying in Europe considering it was out so long before PS3.

[fufotrufo]

hahaha lol at everyone ignoring the fact that LBP Flooped Hard?

47 K?? really???? thats it?? the killer app? with dual shock bundles and ps3 bundles???

oh my hahahaha LBP got fuked in japann hahaha

[ThatCanadianGuy]

They don't count bundles

LOL! you want to talk about flopped hard??

360,the cheapest next gen console.With a catalogue of RPG's.
During some of the most crucial selling points of the year.Sold 3.600k

By you're standards thats like what..A super-mega-ultra-flop?

[ultimolu]

Damn, you fail at life.
How could LBP fail when it's been getting 9's and 10's as of late?
Stop spinning the news ya stupid xbot.

360 got owned.

[NickIni]

Poor, poor boy. Blinded by his ignorance and love for his only friend.

Just look at the reviews. Better scores than any 360 exclusive and you say it flopped? How idiotic can you get? Sales mean nothing to anyone but the companies themselves or people with a share in the company. Grow up, pathetic kid.

[xaviertooth]

---> kotaku: this is how microsoft loses ps3 lead in japan
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[psthreee]

ps3=king

[Leogamer]

Yes, PS3 is king. But I was wondering, why the sudden spark in sales? Was there a certain game that came out that caused the spike in sales? I ask this only because the bundle is not included in these stats. Or the Japanese suddenly woke up one day and finally realized the true power of the PS3? Haha. They been so into that damn fad of the Wii, that I think their addiction is starting to wear off. I guess time will tell if this is a precursor to the coming holidays. Christmas is just around the corner and the Holiday fever may just what the japanese need. But traditionally the PS brand has always done well. We'll see.

[PirateThom]

With Blu-ray "dying" and the PS3 having "no games", these numbers are unprecidented.

If it has no games and Blu-ray is dead... who is buying it?! :-/

[Figboy]

people that have mistook it for a "George Foreman Grill?"

http://cache.gizmodo.com/as...

(sorry, it's been a while since i've seen that "oh so hilarious" Foreman grill jpeg. how i've missed it./sarcasm).

anyway, the PS3 outsold the Wii this week? wow.

i imagine that when White Knight Chronicles releases this December, sales will boom again.

it's only year two of the PS3's life, but like most Playstation consoles, it really doesn't come into it's own until that third year. the first year is "potential." the second year is "justification," and the third year is "yeah, this is why you buy Playstation consoles."

just look at the history of the previous Playstation machines, and you'll notice that pattern. it generally wasn't until year three that the consoles/handhelds really kicked into high gear, even though year two had high profile titles (ie, Tomb Raider, Resident Evil on the PS1 in year two, MGS2, and GTAIII on the PS2, MGS4, GTAIV, LBP, R2, Motorstorm 2, WKC, damn, there were a lot of good frigging games released on the PS3 in it's second year!).

[The gaming GOD]

When the ps3 gets close to or becomes the same price as the 360, the console fight will be over.

I say that because the 360 is a FULL $200 less and on a world wide scale is barely selling 25,000 more units a week than the ps3, a system that cost $400.

Common sense tells you that if they are struggling to outsell a system that literally has DOUBLE their price, there is no way in hell they can compete once the prices are close or the same

[PirateThom]

Seriously, at the price the 360 is, it should be competing with the Wii (especially when it has multiple SKUs in multiple regions that are cheaper than a Wii and none that are more expensive than the PS3) and it's still stuggling against a machine that's way more expensive than either other console.

If the PS3 was the price the 360 is now, I have no doubt the PS3 would be consistantly outselling the Wii and the 360 would be a distant memory and I'd love to see Sony do it as an experiment.

[The gaming GOD]

I told people that the 360 should be better competition for the Wii at that price, but people kept saying I was full of it.

the ps3 has outsold the wii multiple times since launch in Japan. Something the 360 has never done (and yeah, media create proved vgchartz numbers wrong)

The ONLY reason the 360 is alive in Japan right now is because it's cheap. That's the bottom line.

[PirateThom]

Basically, the double whammy of two JRPGs and a price drop is what this entire 8 weeks has been about.

I think it was the combined force of those two things.

That's what it took for the 360 to get a lift of more than a week in Japan. Something they can't do every time sales start to slump.

[na2ru1]

We rike plehsteshon swee

[bviperz]

Huh? You spreken english? Please, or I won't sleep tonight!

[PS360PCROCKS]

PS3 fans unite the PS3 has finally beaten the 360 after 6-7 weeks!! HURRY RUN!!! SDF run and jump for joy in the streets your beloved inanimate black box has beaten that terrible white box with flashing red lights, those terrible blinking red eyes of doom, SIGNS OF THE DEVIL I SAY!! The messiah has brought the earth back to normal. lol ok I'm done, kinda funny, black man wins presidency, black box beats white box in Japan. Hmm j/k enjoy your sales PS3 fanboys, your world is normal again.

[smurfie4]

The ps3 even outsold the wii, thats pretty impressive. For those downing LBP's sales, this only accounts for 6 days.

[calis]

Didn't LBP get released on the 30th in Japan? Wouldn't that be 3 days sale?

[Gitaroo]

this pretty much just blow away what MS has done for the last 7 weeks?

[pumpkinpunker]

360 sold 28,861 consoles in one of the last 8 weeks that it beat the PS3 in Japan.

http://www.joystiq.com/2008...

on another subject, LBP is flopping worldwide as far as sales are concerned. more proof that tons of people just buy PS3s to play Blurays. If I'm a sony fanboy I would be more concerned with sony's lousy software attach rate seeing how sony makes its money off software and takes a loss on each console sold.

[xwabbit]

lol pumpkin, u clearly dk anything. The ps3 stop losing money on each console like 8 months ago lol.

[calis]

pumpkin - LBP is flopping world wide is it?

Please, oh please provide numbers to proof that...you know since NO NUMBERS have been released except these ones from Japan.

Don't be a scared little fanboy talking sh!t without facts to back it up. You want to say something, prove it. Otherwise go play in the sandbox.

[dash--]

Bundles and new skus we said this would happen. Looks like we were right even though some said we would be wrong. I like my xbox but only play it because of gears. I feel the ps3 has much more to offer just my opinion

[PoSTedUP]

with only one game and a bundle : )

[dash--]

@PS360WiiRocks
only doing what the white box has being doing to the black box for 700yrs right..

[PS360PCROCKS]

Exactly...

[TheDesperado]

OBAMA DESTROYS MCCAIN.

OUT WITH OLD, IN WITH THE NEW, THE BEST, THE SUPERIOR!!!!

PS3!!!!

[fubu]

36.000 isn't that much. it's about the same as the xbox sold in from 6. sept. to 13. sept. (30.000)
http://vgchartz.com/hwtable...

[0verdrive]

damn this one week really just mooted the last 7 weeks of xbox lead, and more. although this is just a post, i would like to see a more credible source, please.

go ps3, btw, resume dominance in japan

[aggh im on fire]

Actually these are figures with bundles Famitsu always include budles in sales. Looking at this im a bit dissapointed with the PS3 figures. It should be selling these kind of figures even without big releases and bundles.
I expected 100,000 for LBP just like everyone was predicting on this site and 80,000 or so consoles.
Japan seems like a lost cause for this gen.

[Oner]

Remember Famitsu only included about 3 days of sales in these numbers, since LBP was released on 10/31 - 11/2. So the next full week of being released should support your numbers (or close to it), that's not a definitive but the trend looks to support a higher # ;).

[aggh im on fire]

These figure are with bundles according to the links so im a bit dissapointed really. I expected 100,000 Lbp sales and around 80,000+ ps3 sale just like everyone on here was predicting. The ps3 should be selling these kind of numbers normally without bundles and big titles. Disappointing.

[Leogamer]

Truly, the PS3 will never take off in Japan. And I say that because the Japanese are too busy playing their Wii's. Did that sound right? Forget high-def gaming in Japan, at least in this generation, and I'll tell you now, high-def gaming in Japan won't start until Nintendo says so. The grip of Nintendo at the moment rules the land of the rising sun. There's nothing Sony, nor #hitbox can do. The 30,000 and other spurts Sony can muster is only a shadow of what the PS brand was delivering back in its heyday. Sony, unfortunately was beaten by a second generation box that has this funny looking controller you can wiggle, jiggle and shake, and as always, the japanese will eat it up as they always seem accustomed to the weird. Also, take notice the software Sony is delivering. Their first party IP's are catering to the western market, hence further accentuating Nintendo's dominance in Japan. The first 3 years of any console is its most important phase, and Sony having trailed in both two years -- and there is no doubt in my mind it will trail Nintendo from here on -- will now have to concede defeat. Sony can now only settle 2nd place in Japan. Why, because the japanese are still touching their Wii's. hahaha.

[PoSTedUP]

i think ps3 will take over when they drop their price : ) one game just made a 400-500$ console out sell a 200$ and a 250$ console, ONE GAME.

[0verdrive]

your comment, though it had valid points, was borderline racially offensive. please be more culturally sensitive in the future.

agreed with some of your comments, though. i do disagree that its the wii that is hampering ps3 growth, rather, japanese people are far more interested in portable gaming, their lifestyle simply caters more to portables. this explains the strong sales for dsi's and psp's, and relatively low sales for in home consoles.

[aggh im on fire]

Cool.

[Raoh]

lol the 360 lost to the ps2..

i know 360 wants to take on ps3 and crush it but it keeps being haunted by the ps2 even though the xbox 1 was shut down

LOL

must have been all those RROD 360's in japans store floors LOL

http://kotaku.com/5065781/m...

http://kotaku.com/5075598/m...

[robotnik]

lol awesome

[PotNoodle]

All that fuss for the ps3 to go and sell just under as many units it took the 360 to sell in 7 weeks..

I guess they were all waiting for the lbp bundles.

[I Got 99 Problems Bu]

PSP is pushing 50k plus a week daaaaaaaaayum!

[ThatCanadianGuy]

I would like to know where jenzo,crab,lobster/Zerodin,POG /MART are?

Funny how they totally avoid this..

[jlemdon]

u guys are gonna be mad when Last remnant and star ocean 4 bundles come out.

[read disc error]

let them have their day in the sun. don't tell them that it took the release of the LBP and GT5:Prologue Spec III bundles along with GTA4 for this too happen.

[calis]

for what to happen?

PS3 has outsold the 360 in Japan for god knows how long. 360 had 6 weeks good run.

360 leading was an anomaly not a trend.

[hadouken007]

if they gonna get a 1000% like they do when they think xbox was winning?

[Firstkn1ghT]

Well I'm sure nobody believed that the 360 was going to win every week there. But one thing for sure is that Japan is not Sony country anymore. It's a battle that will go both ways. The release of Star Ocean and the rest of the exclusive jrpg's will give the 360 another boost. The 360 had similiar numbers one week sometime in Sept and slowly went down. The same will happen to the ps3. You can't disagree that the 360 has made an impact in Japan. No doubt.

[calis]

Remind me how much the 360 has sold in Japan in it's lifetime.

[Grooski]

The release of SO4 and LR will be absolutely nothing compared to WKC and FF.

[Oner]

Since you know Calis wont get a reply I will help out a bit
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Japanese TOTAL console sales since launch PS3 & 360

PS3 - 2+ Million

360 - 800 Thousand or so

While I'm at it here are the YTD #'s for those who also wont admit it

PS3 YTD: 5,228,764

360 YTD: 3,872,185

[Argento-Nox]

@read disc error

You do realize that sales data your looking at for LBP is not a full week of sales right?

It's a bit of a oxymoron how some people tout game bundles like Tales of Vesperia or Infinite Undiscovery, yet discount LBP and it's bundle selling relatively decent for a non-RPG.

How can anyone even begin to explain the 360 losing to the PS2?

@jlemdon and @Firstkn1ghT

I hate to respectfully break it to you both (I'm a Star ocean fan), but Star ocean has never been a huge seller for an RPG. I'm not exactly sure what the point is for touting a multi-platform RPG like Last Remnant, either. New RPG's don't generally fair very well and I don't believe any new RPG has even broken the 1 million mark.

Sony has a PS3 bundle arriving in the 1st quarter of '09 that includes Final Fantasy Advent Children movie on Blu-ray that comes with a playable demo for FFXIII, no less. That in itself could wipe out 6 months of 360 sales in Japan.

Take into consideration that FFXIII is exclusive to PS3 in Japan (I doubt Square-Enix would set back it's date further, for a multi-platform 360 release in Japan) and it's like a silver bullet to werewolf. It may not be a fatal strike, but it's definitely going to hurt MS in lost 360 sales.

I mean no offence, but 360 hasn't even reached a million units in sales in Japan going into it's 4th year. If WKC does hugely what is expected, I highly doubt most new RPG's will go 360 exclusive. I'm not convinced SO4 isn't just a timed exclusive either, Square-Enix might wait and see how many PS3's are sold when WKC and FF:Advent children arrive.

[ultimolu]

...LOL!

Japan *is* Sony's country because it has a huge lead over the 360! The 360 can't even break a million sales!

Are you kidding me?

[Firstkn1ghT]

Oh yes. People and their numbers. How about we talk about global numbers. :)

[Oner]

"Oh yes. People and their numbers. How about we talk about global numbers. :)"

Sure. NP.
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PS3 WW YTD: 5,228,764

360 WW YTD: 3,872,185

Plus the FACT M$ has lost their lead to Ninty and are losing their position in the WW stage to the PS3! Anything more to say? Probably. But you will be wrong ;)

[Firstkn1ghT]

Uuuuuuuuuuum, NO!

360 has about 22.4 million sold
Ps3 has 17.2 million sold

5 million console lead. :)

[Oner]

I guess something is wrong with your eyes, probably bias...let me clear that up for you again.

PS3 WORLD WIDE YEAR TO DATE: 5,228,764

360 WORLD WIDE YEAR TO DATE: 3,872,185

So while I can admit and agree the 360 does have about a 4+ (not 5 as your numbers are just a little off) Million sales lead currently it was once over 10 Million at one time wasn't it? Oh and also got passed by the Wii too right?

Certain people always love to say the PS3 is 3rd but when you REALLY look at the markets/numbers it shows something TOTALLY different

Wii
1st Europe
1st Japan
1st America

PS3
2nd Europe
2nd Japan
3rd America

360
2nd America
3rd Europe
3rd Japan

Wii = 1st with all 1st places
PS3 = 2nd with 2 / 2nd places & 1 3rd (but gaining every month consistently)
360 = 3rd with 2 / 3rd places and 1 / 2nd (losing ground every month & RROD's being counted as working consoles = funny #'s only to pad their lead)

So just because MS "might" have more overall consoles sold than the PS3 (in one market) doesn't mean it's really ahead. That is the truth and that is the only proper way to look at it. If a person can't grasp that nor understand it then they are biased and will not admit to the overall whole picture.

[Firstkn1ghT]

Uuuuuuuuum, but it's still a 5 million console lead. That's confirmed.

[Oner]

You just don't get it nor will admit the 360 LOST it's "lead" and is STILL losing every month. The writing has been on the wall for the longest but some people turn a blind eye to the facts.

[Kush_Reaper]

Waaaaaaaah, bu bu bu but teh xbox is teh best console my mom ever bought me waaaaaah. we where ahead in sales and ps3 was supposed to be doomed waaaaah. Hope now you STFU xfags and play your beloved console in silence. Unless it has arrived from repairs lol.

PLAY BEYOND NOT BEHIND

[karlostomy]

making claims that this doesn't include bundles.
I would like to see evidence that these figures DO NOT include bundles. Come on guys. Proof? Links?

The sales spike is undoubtedly due to LBP.
Logic would dictate that the sales are therefore INCLUDING bundles.
If you doubt this, then just consider what sort of an idiot would wait to buy a ps3 just for LBP and then not get the bundle?

Hence I conclude that these numbers include bundles. Much to the chagrin of most on here, no doubt.

Overall, given the LBP hype, this is VERY dissapointing for Sony.

My guess is next week PS3 will be back to normal sales. Possibly being outsold by the 360 again.

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edit @ below.

Good to see some intelligent repartee from you. (not)
What's next?
another abusive PM?

[hazbaz]

Seriously, STFU!

Edit: Honestly, whenever an Anti-ps3/Pro-x360 article comes along, all I see are some xbox-fanboys talk some nonsense, out of their asses facts but no so called 'unbiased', 'I have both consoles' ones try to reason with them except the PS3fans. But when it's the other way around, I see alot of those unfamiliar accounts here try to spin the fact. And Karl I know you're an Xbot so I'm not talking about you.

[karlostomy]

no wonder. I immediately recognised your defensive tone...

What happened to the 'fresh start'?
You've gone back to defending the ps3 again!

[Leogamer]

The PS3 is going nowhere in Japan. Sony knows it too! But I do disagree the PS3 is going to drop in sales soon. You're forgetting the holiday season, and the triple games unleashed in the 4rth quarter. Normally the PS brand does extremely well during the holidays, and in North America, Sony is going to make a killing. I think Sony will be fine in Japan beating the Xbox this Holiday, and thereafter we'll see Sony going back to their low numbers again. I also disagree with the previous poster who said if the PS3 drops in price in Japan, the PS3 will again regain its dominance. Let me put it bluntly, is not going to happen. Not in Japan. This generation Nintendo owns Sony in Japan, and although Sony will drop the price some times in the future, it still will not derail Nintendo at any time. Japan has clearly spoken as to what they want, and although Sony will make a slight come back, just as the PSP is doing in Japan, Sony will never catch up to Nintendo in this generation. They are too far ahead, and there has not been a slow-down since the Wii's launch. Personally I want the PS3 to dominate 'cause I'm a big Sony fanboy, but I'm also a realist, all you have to do is look at the world's trend, and any idiot can see the Wii ain't going nowhere but up.Is amazing what Nintendo has done, specially against a big corporation like Sony, but a quirky idea is all it takes in the world of today's globalization, and capitalism does the rest.

[thereapersson]

That just goes to show everyone that predicting the market in Japan this generation isn't as easy as predicting the market in the rest of the world, especially in the US.

[tatsujin]

not only LBP bundle man, GTA IV was also released and GT5 Pro.

Either way, 360 was beating PS3 because of two major things. 1) 360 price cut, and 2) PS3 over there is WAS 40GB ... I believe NOW they changed to 80GB so people were just waiting for the 80GB to come out to take advantage of it.

the real battle begins here tho, we'll see how the sales will wind up next week.

edit -- BTW, those PS3's are not the PS3/LBP bundle. It was stated clearly in the first release (was a 2 days ago). You'll hear about it soon.

[Raoh]

LOL at the star ocean bundles.

the 360 will see some spikes as well during this time..

cant deny that, even infinite undiscovery and tales of vesperia gave it a little nudge...

but dont forget..

full gt5 next year, white knight this christmas.. and wait for it ...

wait for it.

wait for it...

Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete on Blu Ray with Final Fantasy XIII demo included

hmm i wonder.. are the japanese into Batman: The Dark Knight?

little big planet is going to sell week to week as it spreads and grabs everyone it comes in contact..

the japanese have been developing some of the best and innovative levels like the Macross level as well as the recreation of of Tera's Theme from final fantasy vi

_____

think about it.. a game here and there and sony climbs back on top even at a higher price..

after a price cut, a few games, a month of good sales, have the price of a ps3 and it not only looses huge in one week to the ps3 but also lost to the ps2..

the ps2

even with the jrpg support and a price cut the xbox is still in the playstation 2's shadow..........

speaking of.. the ps2 is either going to have a hardware and software or just software spike when Person 4 comes out.

The PS2 is the home of the JRPG still

[Neo604]

They both can play DVD.

[pornflakes]

What a flop for PS3!

It should be something like 100-200k

I thought this game should save ps3 in Japan? I mean you said all "Wait until"... WAS THIS the waiting worth?

LOL

[Leogamer]

You know, I was hoping a serious shot of adrenaline for Sony, but from what I read thus far, Sony is having the same blues as Microsoft in Japan. Release a top, triple AAA game, and watch the spurt of sales go sparingly up momentarily, than, after the initial hype is over, both consoles go back to their normal, trickling sales per week. This is a monumental sign that only the hardcore gamer is supporting these systems in Japan. They haven't broken through the masses, and the casual crowd in Japan is overly ignoring high-tech gaming in general. Its quite unusual, 'cause in Japan people go nuts for the latest, greatest gadgetry. Sony is extremely popular in Japan, and to see them sale just as many, or less than microsoft boggles the mind. High-tech gaming in Japan has been surprisingly slow, and at times none existent. As for Sony, if they want to stop the bleeding to some degree, they need to pump more RPG's in Japan, although that strategy is a short fix as we have seen so many times with Microsoft. All Sony can do now is ride the wave behind Nintendo, and hope things don't get any worst in Japan.

[robotnik]

How didnt I see this post? The flopbox is flopping again mwahahahaha!

Poor xbot zombie lobster lemmings, they are in full damage control today rofl, lmao hahahaha sooooo funny.

[robotnik]

Not only that, but the PS3 outsold the Wii.

[she00win99]

360->6.300
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360's price cut and 8 weeks lead is just for nothing

[pain777pas]

M$ reps are you seeing this Jabronis? Your faulty system that broke down on me is getting owned and as a proud owner of the PS3 now I will give up on your pathetic system. You almost had me but once I looked at all the peripherals I bought and added everything up you screwed me and no bluray player or Hddvd player. Sony is quality. Forget your DLC and average to good exclusives I want quality. Wipeout HD a downloadable game that makes every game I downloaded on your system look like you don't care what goes on their as long as there is something new every week. And OH symphony of the night can be DLed on our system as if they deserve a reward. low and behold its on the PSN. I was so angry about that because I was using the stupid analog stick to play it just like SF2 because the dpad does not work very well to put it mildly. I do not like M$ as a company anymore. I went with them based on the recommendation of an EB games employee there is nothing to play on the PS3 and all that. little did we know that the system was known to fail. the controller only feels nice nothing more. Their overhyped exclusives I only feel sorry for Molyneux because I think that he is a genius and should abandon ship like Moore. Trust me Moore left because of the systems problems too he did not want to do the PR spin behind it. I know that the faulty system rate is 100%. I have a feeling that each and everyone will die eventually. I will not get your next console at launch. IF you run everyone out the business by buying everyone to your console then fine I have no choice but you better get your act together because my only experience with an xbox has been a bad one and to get the system with extra controllers, wifi adapter, batter packs is not cheap with 2 games let me tell you that.