Famitsu reports that hardware and software charts in Japan from March 30th to April 5th, 2009 were as follows:
Total Hardware:
DSi: 58000 + DSL: 8000 = 66 000
PSP: 47000
PS3: 18000
Wii: 17000
PS2: 6300
360: 5700
Top 10 Software:
01. [PSP] Mobile Suit Gundam Senjou no Kizuna Portable 30,000 / 115,000
02. [NDS] Famista DS 2009 29,000 / NEW
03. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G 28,000 / 583,000
04. [NDS] Mario & Luigi RPG 3!! 27,000 / 495,000
05. [PS2] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2009 21,000 / 94,000
06. [PS3] Musou Orochi Z 16,000 / 177,000
07. [NDS] Super Robot Wars K 15,000 / 185,000
08. [PSP] Disgaea 2 Portable 14,000 / 50,000
09. [Wii] Taiko Drum Master Wii 13,000 / 485,000
10. [PS3] Winning Post World 12,000 / 12,000
As of right now, there are no monopolies in the games industry, and for the sake of the medium as a whole, they never should either.
Gary Green said: We have a juxtaposition of 2D and 3D visuals, flashy turn-based combat, quirky anime characters with cheeky dialogue with plenty of partial nudity; Yes, this is a Compile Heart JRPG. Whilst the engine is borrowed from Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2, Mugen Souls is more of a Disgaea spin-off. It’s not a strategy RPG as such, it merely sits within Disgaea’s ever-expanding universe (Multiverse? Netherverse? Your guess is as good as mine). You won’t find cameos though, since Mugen Souls is a franchise which aims to stand on its own two feet.
Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."
1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.
It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!
I second this. Gaming was a lot more varied and fun than it is today. I'm 35 so getting on compared to some here but I got to see all the changes from NES up to now but I've never felt so disappointed in any generation than I have this current gen. I was expecting more from this generation rather than prettier versions of games that came before it. Game mechanics have become so refined that alot of games feel the same and has done for a while now.
Maybe it's time to have a break for a while. I love gaming but I don't feel I get much fun in the traditional sense out of it anymore.
Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Abe’s Exodus, and Ocarina of Time are the only things from that list that I liked.
Here’s the 2023 game releases that I personally liked… and big releases that I didn’t care for:
- Dead Space Remake
- Wo Long Dynatsy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Diablo 4
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Hogwarts Legcay
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon: Ishin
- Octopath Traveler 2
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
- Final Fanatsy XVI (actually ended up not liking this, but it was still a big deal release)
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Lies of P
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield (Ended up hating this one, but big release)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (I’m an old-school Zelda fan, but didn’t really enjoy this game)
- Alan Wake 2
I mean, honestly I’ve never seen a year of major IP releases like that, ever.
Isn't it just a generational thing realistically.
I've been gaming since way back and I some of my favourite games go as far back as the late 80s for me each generation has a year or two of game changing releases one after another before an inevitable dry spell.
I kind of agree gaming had a different feel games hit different because we didn't have the internet nothing got spoiled and you really had to put in the effort to beat a puzzle which could set entire groups of people looking for a solution. But most importantly games were experimental and not as cookie cutter as today even basics like controls were not universal today r2 is shoot l2 is ads garunteed you can't deviate from that in a shooter back then it could of been square, R1 or R1 and circle nothing was standard.
But as time moves on a new generation picks up their controller they are going to be interested in different things that PS1 demo disc with the t Rex blew our primitive 16 bit brains back on launch but to kids today it's laughable.
The new gen of kids coming into to hobby seem to value different things to us there seems to be a huge focus on online play, streamers, gaming personalities, and social experiences, convience of digital downloads. To me I value none of that but that's ok like my parents not liking the band's I would listen to its just the natural cycle.
Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.
2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.
There you go.. 360 and Wii sales picked up and ps3's still the same.
LMFAO
almost reminiscent of the old ps2 dreamcast days. LOL i remember when the official 360 price drop happened, microsoft had a lot to say about japan and their 5 week sales..
where are their comments now?
you cant beat a 9 year old system
not only a 9 year old system, you cant beat handheld systems or face the fact that you cant beat the wii when it is more expensive the arcade 360
yes its only japan and 360 wins in the states.. but so was the dreamcast until the ps2 took over japan....
dont you just love how history repeats itself?
I thought japanese gamers is clever but there is still 5700 idiot buy xbox360 on march
Impressed with PS3 sales considering there is only one game in the top 10 that is from that system.
japan is BACK IN BLACK sucka's!