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PS3 Sales Double Week-to-Week in Japan

Strong performance of Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 leads to big sales for the PS3 in Japan.

The last week of November may have been hugely important for retailers in the U.S., but it seems Sony saw their biggest gains (relatively) in Japan. For the week of November 24 to November 30, the PlayStation 3 sold 34,978 units in Japan, more than doubling the 17,436 units it sold the week prior (via PS3Fanboy). What caused this sudden surge? The release of Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer 2009, it seems. Consider it the Madden of Japan, because lord knows Madden sure isn't the Madden of Japan.
PES 2009 debuted in second place on the Japanese sales charts, selling 168,405 copies. Meanwhile, after being released in the U.S. in mid-October, it failed to crack the top 10 in the November NPD report -- the latest indication that the United States continues to defy the world in its nearly complete indifference to soccer.

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1 GWAVE | 377 days 18 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show

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Johnny Rotten - 377 days 16 hours ago

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I think some people love thier ego a little too much now a days. It's only a matter of time before people are going to get sick of this kind of journalism and start seeing the systems for what they really are... a piece of plastic that plays cool games!

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KARMA2009 - 377 days 8 hours ago

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wait till WKC for japan on dec/25/2008

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sinncross - 377 days 18 hours ago

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It seems like all publications are like this... and it really doesn't make sense. The PS1 and PS2 were both great consoles, the latter having some of the best games ever made and now they hate on the PS3 but the 360 is given support after their terrible start.

I understand the 360 and Wii are doing well but seriously, don't show obvious bias against a console that had a great heritage to its name.

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RememberThe357 - 377 days 8 hours ago

2.1 - I have been wondering the same thing for a while now.

Why would they be so blatantly bias against the PS3? I mean, they can't even hide it.

I swear, there are better writers in the N4G comments then there are at most of these big sites.

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waznotwaz - 377 days 18 hours ago

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It's football,not soccer.

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- Ghost of Sparta - - 377 days 13 hours ago

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It's soccer, not football. What country are you from?

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zo6_lover27 - 377 days 13 hours ago

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Its called Football every part of the world except the US

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Panthers - 377 days 13 hours ago

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Football = greatest sport on Earth.
Soccer= BORING

GO CAROLINA PANTHERS

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Nathan Drake - 377 days 13 hours ago

3.4 - Actually,you're both right

America and America alone calls it Soccer.

The rest of the world calls it Football.

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ThatArtGuy - 377 days 12 hours ago

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Canada calls it soccer too.

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PirateThom - 377 days 12 hours ago

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Yeah, but Canada also has milk in bags, can we really trust them?

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badz149 - 377 days 11 hours ago

3.7 - erm...

actually Japanese call it as soccer as well.

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LeonSKennedy4Life - 377 days 11 hours ago

3.8 - Pirate Thom is right!

Is that something we want to risk?

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ShinGino - 377 days 10 hours ago

3.9 - TECHNICALLY...

The original and formal name is Football, not Soccer.

Why!?

Because unlike American-Football(formal name, unknown to most Americans), THEY ACTUALLY USE THEIR FOOT TO PLAY THROUGH THE GAME!!!
Amazing, I know.

Couldn't they have been more original?
Like "Tackle-ball", or "Pass-and-Run-Ball", or "Run-and-Stop-every-3-sec onds-ball"???

But no, they go and steal another sport's name, and make they're own version of Rugby, but boring and much less team oriented.

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DrDreadlox - 377 days 9 hours ago

3.10 - @ shingino

You hit the nail right on the head.

LOL

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RememberThe357 - 377 days 8 hours ago

3.11 - ShinGino

Yeah cuz watching the ball go back and forth, and back and worth, and maybe one or two scores in 90 minutes is so freaking fun, right?

I loved playing SOCCER, but watching it is a bore fest.

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SuperM - 377 days 6 hours ago

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The fact that they dont score so much makes you appreciate the game, and how they play. You can appreciate every part of the game, and when they finally do score, its like the best thing ever. If they score every minute then its like, goal.... well thats kinda good. Its not like, OOOOMMMMGG!!! YEEEEEEEESSS YEEEEEEEEESS!!! thats football(no not American football, or should i say handball?) alright.

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deeznuts - 377 days 6 hours ago

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Blame the brits. They're the ones who named it soccer.

And the official term isn't football it's association football to differentiate from rugby football (wikipedia rules! prove it wrong!) Soccer is slang from association.

I don't get the criticism of Futbol American because players don't use their feet as often. Tell me wtf a cricket has to do with that game?

Go Miami Dolphins!

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40cal - 377 days 2 hours ago

3.14 - They are both football.

I grew up in Australia and we have Australian rules Football. Its like rugby. So as far as I'm concerned there are 3 Football games.

U.S. Go Cowboys
Australia. Go West Coast Eagles
World Wide. I don't have a football team.

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ultimolu - 377 days 17 hours ago

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Lol, go 1up.
They sure hate the PS3 don't they...xD

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Kamikaze135 - 377 days 16 hours ago

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Hmmm, I LOVE my PS3 and I support Sony, but this doesn't make any sense to me. You would figure that the console with the most RPG games would sell more in Japan, but this is far from the case in Japan. The 360 hasn't penetrated the 1 million mark and the PS3 is about to break the 3 million mark....*ahem* GO SONY, lol. And yes, I know the Wii has raped competition XD

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Danja - 377 days 13 hours ago

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and sales are only gonna increase in the coming weeks..XD

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PirateThom - 377 days 12 hours ago

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PES is a Konami game.

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Microsoft Xbox 360 - 377 days 12 hours ago

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Misinformed I see.

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AclayPS3 - 377 days 12 hours ago

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@Bladestar,

The Japanese always show favor to games from Japanese studios like PES 2009, a Konami game. Games from Japanese studios are the games that mainly sell down there.... The Japanese literally ignore games from non-Japanese studios even if the game is good and it's a shame really. If LBP was developed by some other Japanese studio instead of Media Molecule, I have no doubt that it would have sold tons more in Japan.

Grand Theft Auto

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badz149 - 377 days 11 hours ago

7.4 - EA makes FIFA

but FIFA never ever did realy well in Japan. Japanese love their WE/PES

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Shadow Man - 377 days 11 hours ago

7.5 - Blad you got owned to the core!!

*Bladestar walks away*

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Microsoft Xbox 360 - 377 days 10 hours ago

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Bladestar belongs in the open zone with me.

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darkpower - 377 days 10 hours ago

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"What caused this sudden surge? The release of >>Konami's<< Pro Evolution Soccer 2009, it seems. Consider it the Madden of Japan, because lord knows Madden sure isn't the Madden of Japan.
PES 2009 debuted in second place on the Japanese sales charts, selling 168,405 copies."

It was even in the SUMMARY text, man! Before you were owned by Pirate, you were PUNK'D by the story summary.

That's what you get for being that desperate to spin this.

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smurfie4 - 377 days 12 hours ago

8 - you couldn't be more wrong Bladestar.

Here's a agree for your ownage Pirate. ^_^ LOL!

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Poirot9 - 377 days 11 hours ago

9 - Pirate Thom...

That milk comment was, quite frankly, the funniest thing I have ever read in ANY internet forum. There is not word in the English language that could possibly describe how funny I found that.

And, as a proud Canadian, I've gotta say that milk in bags is awesome. It tastes 115% baggier.

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LeonSKennedy4Life - 377 days 10 hours ago

10 - No words describe this...

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

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RememberThe357 - 377 days 8 hours ago

10.1 - HAHAHAHAHAHA

That was f*cking classic!

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iistuii - 377 days 8 hours ago

11 - Can't...

believe anyone would want to play this game on a ps3. Take a corner kick and it looks like the corner flag has steps its soooo jaggie. The japs really stick by konami, but myself and many more pes lovers have gone over to fifa. Is it just me or do the multi-format games use AA on the ps3 ????, as i aint seen it yet.

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Naked-Snake - 377 days 7 hours ago

12 - I need help!

I can't decide Fifa or PES someone HELP ME!

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iistuii - 377 days 3 hours ago

12.1 - Honestly.

Ive been playing Pes for years and i can tell you that this year there is only one winner. Fifa 09.The pes series has stood still, poor sound effects ,terrible jaggie graphics, arcade like gameplay, the kits and names are as bad as ever but can be patched, but honestly get fifa this year. Hope konami get a kick up the ass they might have needed, and be back again next season.

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PJ - 376 days 23 hours ago

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Nice to see it doubling somewhere

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Raoh - 376 days 19 hours ago

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someone at square is mad right now.

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ThatCanadianguy420 - 377 days 18 hours ago

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Bu..bu..but the 360's price cut It..it...it was doing so good..

You would think that since the 360 is less then half the price of the PS3 and has all the (J)RPGS and non stop advertising that it would be selling better then the Wii.Yet it struggles to pass the PS2..

*Sigh* Microsoft.../Facepalm

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ppthedipshit - 377 days 17 hours ago

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When the eXbox struggles the beat the PS2 something is wrong.

Wait until KZ 2 comes out the Xbots will be left questioning their existence

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IzKyD1331 - 377 days 13 hours ago

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for Japan it's "wait until White Knight Chronicles", for the the US is Killzone 2

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gamfreak - 377 days 13 hours ago

2 - PS3 is kicking @SS

as usual in japan i see, soon it will DOMINATE like it did last-gen the PS2....

Playstation 3 Rules.

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Shadow Man - 377 days 11 hours ago

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Nintendo Wii

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The Judderman - 377 days 3 hours ago

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Good job because its getting hammered in the rest of the world.

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