Poll: PS3 more desirous than Wii in Japan

In an act of poll balance and contrary to a recent Famitsu poll, the PS3 is more popular than Wii according to a recent Amazon Japan poll. PunchJump writes: "The overseas retail division of Amazon.com has published a graph that represents customer interest in each platform, with the 60GB PS3 edging out the Wii. The 20GB PS3 was the least popular among customers."

Add the two PS3 editions together, and sales-wise, the PS3 should outsell Wii by about 33% if the Amazon Japan pollsters are correct. Does a lack of a 360 option mean that Microsoft's console isn't even on the radar anymore?

[shotty]

Seems fake, how could the 2 surveys be so different

[THELANDSOFSAND]

isnt this just showing who wants to buy what through amazon.com in japan?

and yes, the 360 is currently struggling in japan, so thats why it wasn't included. Wii will be the japanese console of choice, its everything they want!

[Lostboy]

That's just based on amazon.jp though. I reckon the enormous queues through Tokyo will tell all...
At least I hope so. The Japanese (according to a Japanese friend of mine) crave 'newness' in everything. I'm not sure if PS3 will do the trick

[zypher]

if anything, this poll is more indicative of what the general populace of Japan thinks, as opposed to Fatismu, which is geared specifically towards gamers. in any event they are both just polls: much like analysts' analysis, neither is really concrete proof of what will actually happen.

[CAPS LOCK]

ps3 will do better in japan than wii does. this poll is from everyone who whent to the website and decided to take the survey so that means gamers and non gamers...

oh yea i remember one x-box fanboy(can't remember who though maybe the mart or land of sand) who said wii will dominate japan and x-box would dominate other countries which is bull. ps3 will dominate from 2007-20010 i guarntee u, but x-box will dominate up 2 2007 then their sales will slow down.

[THELANDSOFSAND]

um, no, PS3 isn't going to flop and then magically dominate.

it costs too much, the games cost too much, blu ray uses crappy MPEG 2 encoding, its too expensive for developers, the games run poorly and look crappy on the delayed development units, and it has no unified online service.

the wii is cheap, innovative, has lots of developer support and, importantly for the japanese, it's tiny.

the 360 will be gamers choice in USA and europe because of the games and developers on it, which are all extremely popular in the west.

[THE TRUTH]

"the 360 will be gamers choice in USA and europe because of the games and developers on it, which are all extremely popular in the west."

THELANDOFSAND: This is just ignorant, Sony has the best/most talented developers I don't know why you can't give credit where it is due. Furthermore how the hell do you know what is more popular in the USA and europe? Your fanboy talk is so childish...........

[Jay da 2KBalla]

Um no. And anyways its funny how u decide to call someone posts fanboyish when urs is also.

"Sony has the best/talented devs"- dont make me laugh. Perhaps best jap devs but dats it.

[THELANDSOFSAND]

"Sony has the best/most talented developers"

lol

okay. shame 99% the games they produce suck!
what sony games are you dying for at launch? hmmm?

you are the one who sounds like a fanboy, where do you get this crap?

[Brooklynite]

europe loves the ps3 so what are you talking bout. ps3 will be under until mid 2007 but start to pick up.price will probably stay but people will have enough time to save up.

[Bishop]

Remember this is just a Poll and is based of a small number of the populous to give a rough percentage of who wants what console. I would be more inclined to believe this poll because the first poll that was taken that showed that no one in Japan wanted the PS3 was when they were still in shock over the price but the news has had time to set in while the Wii trailers up to this point hasn’t appealed to many of the older gamers in Japan. I think that the PS3 will sell well because Japanese like most of the people around the world crave options ""that’s why your cell phone can play games and music” but until the system is released this is all just forecasting towards the uncertain

[shoota33]

you're an idiot.You dont choose what the japaneese will pick.ps's has been the most popular in japan since it came out what make you think its going to change.MS is not the leader in any territirry.not usa not europe and definatly not japan.xbox 1.5 still cant outsell ps2.sony is the market leader and ms is competing with wii because they are no where near sonys level.

[Jay da 2KBalla]

Your dumbass fanboy posts crack me up.

[THELANDSOFSAND]

things that will make that chnage:

1- the cost
2- the games
3- wii taking over. sorry, but the japs want the wii!

[omansteveo]

They have some pretty interresting polls in the new Gameinformer you guys should check um out

[CAPS LOCK]

what do u mean the games cost too much? where do u get ur sources from a 2 year old website?

and what do u know bout developers anyway? i heard they will like developing for the ps3 because it was easier and blu-ray had more space which meant either longer games or better games.

of course it is popular in the west, dum ass it is out already ps3 isnt out yet and in england people are already pre-ordering it so what does that say huh at least it wasnt rushed like the x-box 360 with no hdmi and crappy dvd games which will have 6 hour gameplay.

[JIN KAZAMA]

Why do you hate the PLaystation 3 so much. You despise that thing, for no apparent reason. because it costs too much?? you Spent 400 dollars on your system man, without the things that the PS3 is offering out of the box. Just chill and quit making statements that are utterly false. Sony will have a unified Online system, didnt you see in the E3 press conference of all the things they are going to ahve on it, you cant have those things if its jsut each devs servers, if you want to make some arguments, make them with some knowledge.

[THELANDSOFSAND]

jin, i just discuss what i think and what i read. i rarely read any good news about the PS3. Only one games (Afrika) has looked interesting to me. I wish people wouldn't blindly follow and listen to Sony as they fu(k them over, but oh well, people will have to learn when they spend $700+ on a console, pad and game in 2007 (if lucky).

And no, Sony won't be providing any of their servers for live gameplay, that has to be provided at a cost by the game developers. this is another thing that pisses off developers for PS3, as MS offer access to their Live! servers for free. This also removes the Lag problem that comes from small developer based servers (EA!).

[Marty8370]

X360 is dead in Japan.Nothing new there then.lol

[TitanXX]

at the developers conference the devs wnated a online sevice that was more free and was not limited that will be the PS3. The LIve service is great it is just that devs are a little limited in what they can do but overall it is very good. Will the PSN have the same outlook? maybe it is said that the PS3 service is much similar to the LIVE service so who nows. BUt in terms of Wii or PS3 in JApan the PS3 will win hands down. Devs support it better then the Wii.

Another thing if you look 2 years from now I really don't think Wii will win in any way because think about it would you come home after school and go snap your wrist with a Wii controller or play madden, I don't think so so in 2 years I think it will be the PS3 and 360. Another thing we don't no about the prices yet so we can not make conclusions.

[Jay da 2KBalla]

I think the wii will dominate in japan because paying all that money for a console is um well stupid. Plus the wii is cheap and innovative and PLAYS GAMES btw, does anbody know if the ps3 will be able to do that?

[The great Me]

I doubt that the PS3 is cabaple of such emotion as desiring anything. So the PS3 may be desirable but it isn't desirous.

[ASTAROTH]

As this poll sujests price did not matter at all. The PS3 is the most anticipated console in the world. It could fail as 360 fans are saying. It may have crap games as they said. But nobody can deny its exited about its launch, positively or negatively. And I believe the Wii is not going to be that cheap after all. We have to wait till fall to know.

[sparco]

I heard this graph was based on how many people have signed up for email notifications from amazon. if this is true then the results mean nothing.

[heihoosilver]

i thought that no one could trust in polls and in market analysts. At least i´ts what you guys always say when some nwes tell xbox360 or wii is going to dominat. Now you believe in these lyars?
you always turn the table to your side.you´re just a bunch of clowns. I never had seen people so moron. Grow up.

[specialguest]

hey this doesn't just apply to Sony fans. remember when analyst said that the PS3 will dominate,etc. etc. all the 360 fans said " oh analyst are full of b/s"

then when the analyst reavulated their predictions and said " PS3 may be in last place ", all of the 360 fans agreed without a doubt and rejoiced in a field-day of insults.

hmm... so what does this mean? this means everyones a hypercrit. not just Sony fans. be fair, that's all im asking of you.

[EnforcerOfTheTruth]

Where are we at?
The PS3 section.

Where's all the action at?
The PS3 section.

Where are all the wars at?
The PS3 section.

Which place do all the fanboys visit?
The PS3 section.

Where do all the fanboys(especially Xbugs) invest their time into?
The PS3 section.

Where are the fanboys so desperate to advertise their rival console on every occasion?
The PS3 section.

The conclusion:
Face the truth fanboys, you are swingin our PS3 nuts LOL

[THELANDSOFSAND]

Where is all the bad news at?

lol

[EnforcerOfTheTruth]

Sorry, it's probably more like:

Where do all the fanboys try to do some bad news at?

;-)

[THELANDSOFSAND]

what? that makes no sense.

[EnforcerOfTheTruth]

Of course that does make sence. Truth is Xbugs are putting day by day some crap rumours just to make the PS3 look bad.
I wonder how you would be freakin out if this would be Sony who would stop to support their old gen console and also have a crappy backwards comability. Facts is MS doesn't care about their Xboxfanbase, all they want is to milk you with the 360.

[heihoosilver]

i have nothing about ps3, but it was sony guys like Ken and others sony boss that start this BS when xbox360 specs was shown. They said it´s just a xbox1.5, isn´t next gen, hasn´t next gen graphics or sound, and always talking how fantastic the ps3 will be, twice as powerfull as xbox360, only next gen graphics with ps3, and a lot more of this stuf. It was Sony who start this war, and in the end they will have a machine if not less not more powerfull than a 1 year old machine. That´s why xbox owners talk like they talk. And if sonyfans acept that both machines are identical i therms of power it will be more easy for people to talk each other. But it´s just me...

[EnforcerOfTheTruth]

You got no proof saying they are both of equal power. Besides the specs fact is that some devs are saying PS3 has more power but is hard to develope for and some devs are saying PS3 has more power and is easy to develope for. Until this day you didn't hear even 1 dev saying 360 is more powerful.
And stop with your crap about Ken/Sony, nobody is innocent, this is business and everybody tries to push their technology as hard they can. Didn't MS add the edram to gpu ram and said 1.5 has 5 times the bandwidth of the PS3? LOL how dumb do they think we are? Sony at least are basing their comments on facts and that's peak power. They didn't lie like MS.

[THELANDSOFSAND]

sony lie repeatedly. you just choose to ignore it because you're a fanboy.

[Shadow Flare]

japan

the most technologically advanced country in the world

and they dont give a rats ass about the xbox 360

says something