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Famitsu Japan Game Charts 2008-4-28/ 2008-5-4 and Sales

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Console :

Wii :about 68k

DSL : about 46k

PS3 : about 11k

PS2 : about 9.3k

PSP : about 88k

360 : about 2.1k

Software and other sales data after the jump
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pwnmaster3000 - 589 days 22 hours ago
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1 - omg
ps3 no
you need to get back up and fight back in japan
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Condoleezza Rice - 589 days 19 hours ago
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1.1 - The PsP
Is outdoing them all,OMG!
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Breakfast - 589 days 22 hours ago
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130 million people live there and they only managed to sell 9 thousand ps3 and 2 thousand xboxes...lol. Why is Japan so important?

330 million people live in NA...and both console sell 10 times as much. Ratios dont add up
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pwnmaster3000 - 589 days 22 hours ago
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2.1 - yeha
you mean thousand
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John Madden - 589 days 16 hours ago
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2.2 -
I will answer you question easily. Japan is in a depression so not as many people can afford the system well the PS3 because the 360 is actually cheaper than the Wii and the games out for both systems are way more american oriented than they are japanese oriented.
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rawg - 589 days 9 hours ago
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2.3 - It's all about handhelds in JPN this generation
Except for the Wii, that is. Things should start looking up for the PS3 once MGS4 comes out and more JRPGs are released but I doubt it's ever going to be as huge as the PS2 was in the prior gen. Not sure what the answer is for the 360, though. It's just sad.
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SUP3R - 589 days 21 hours ago
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What is Microsoft holding onto in Japan??
Is it pride that still has them there?
PS3's numbers will stay where they are until Sony or 3rd party Japanese developers start building a decent games library for the system.
The Japanese AAA or even AA library is less than stellar compared the the other regions, which usually is the other way around.
With the PS1 and PS2 I use to envy the Japanese lineup. Now on the PS3 it's like there almost isn't a lineup at all, apart from MGS4.
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games4fun - 589 days 20 hours ago
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3.1 - i just
think they are waiting on mgs4 but even then i think they need to and i cannot stress this enough get RPG'S White Knight Story better release i am still looking forward to this game. I put rpg games above all others and that is why i bought a ps3 so i could play ffXIII and Versus btw versus looks more baddass. White Knight Story has to tide me over till FF shows up.

I am also getting pretty tired of shooters not saying i dont enjoy my fair share but RPG's are my definitive favorite genre, when you pull out an old rpg and play it no matter what the graphics you cant help but keep playing, when someone pulls out an outdated fps of old i just dont give a crap
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The Lazy One - 589 days 19 hours ago
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3.2 - Why would they pull out now?
That just wouldn't make any sense.

Even if it's not selling as well as japanese products (I know, wierd right?) it's still gaining a small foothold. As long as they don't upset with their next console the numbers will be even bigger there (though probably still less than any japanese product).

Any sales are better than no sales.
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Fighter - 589 days 20 hours ago
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4 - MGS4 will do damage
That's the game most Japanese want and they are saving their money to buy a PS3 and MGS4 together.
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mabreu - 589 days 9 hours ago
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4.1 - Agreed.
Hideo Kojima is like Steven Spielberg in Japan. It will get very interesting when MGS4 releases in Japan.
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jcfilth - 589 days 20 hours ago
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lol..360 is a joke in Japan.
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JOLLY1 - 589 days 10 hours ago
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5.1 - and yet...
You get to be a joke for the whole internet to see....Props man!
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shine1396 - 589 days 19 hours ago
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and remember monster hunter's gone to the wii...
naruto is cropping up for some fans...so maybe that could be a dark horse...and when pes ps3 gets its act together that should help...as for the x360...maybe they need the japanese public to suddenly fall in love with FPS's, then the halo effect could spread there...
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Robearboy - 589 days 19 hours ago
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I think alot of people seem to be missing a point here, it looks like Japan are only into Handhelds these days apart from the wii
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TH3 GAM3 - 589 days 17 hours ago
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Damn, look at the PSP!!!
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TheKungFool - 589 days 9 hours ago
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9 - Holy crap!
look at the PS2 still going!
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joe382 - 589 days 6 hours ago
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Japan likes handhelds as much as I like Wagamama chilli chicken ramen.
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jspc1989 - 589 days 6 hours ago
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11 - im impressed
at how well ps2 is stil doing lol. i have to say sony made the biggest mistake ever in how they went about the ps3. done right they could have made the ps3 unstoppable.

now my question is what has suddenly caused the big surge of psp sales over there? im not complaining im just curious lol, altho apart from wii it doesnt seem like gamers over theyre seem all that interested lol
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TheKungFool - 589 days 6 hours ago
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my question is what has suddenly caused the big surge of psp sales over there? - JSPC1989

"Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core"?
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jspc1989 - 589 days 6 hours ago
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12 - hehe
yeah true enough i guess, i hav to confess im thinking about getting one for crisis core, killzon liberation and metal gear acid 1, 2 and portable ops.

but stil i dont see one game doing that much, sayin that ff is a japan central game lol
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akaFullMetal - 589 days 5 hours ago
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wish less handheld sold and more consoles
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