http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/Apr 7th 2009 6:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/
YOU + ARE = YOU'RE

is too hard.]]>Apr 7th 2009 4:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/Its demo coming to the PS3 Only(and the game itself too only for the ps3 in japan) mid april and it comes with FF7AC Movie on Blu ray (DVD version sold Millions~ in japan alone)

Its not a Trend or luck , its called logic and business~ plus Sony might price cut the PS3 in May and don't forget Tales of vesperia was just announced for the PS3 with too many extras,FULLY voiced and too many other stuff, many people who love RPGS will get the PS3 with FF13 Demo release~

Wii is already super cheap in japan and the ps3 is double its price kinda, once the PS3 is around 299$ it will sell like hot pancakes

Japan was PS1/PS2 Fans only in the past generations they didnt care about the gamecube or the N64 (mario galaxy bombed in japan) and its only selling stuff like wii sport and wii fit/wii play etc, the wii have no chance to survive in japan and by the time Dragon quest X arrive (2012 at best.... look howlong it toke for DQ9 on DS or FFXIII) its gonna be too late for the wii, they used all there cards already

If sony release the PS3 Slim in japan with price cut+BC back and FFXIII Game bundled for 299$ its already over in 2009
Japanese people love tiny and small things like there wii and hate big consoles , so the PS3 Slim should fix that~]]>Apr 7th 2009 12:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/Apr 7th 2009 6:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/Apr 7th 2009 7:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/Apr 7th 2009 7:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/Apr 7th 2009 7:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/
Although I am a PS3 owner myself, personally I do not believe the system with be nearly as successful as its predecessors. And honestly I feel that a bit of humility is needed.]]>Apr 7th 2009 7:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/Apr 7th 2009 7:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/
In other words it's at least 7 years until being officially discontinued. Not 7 until being succeeded.

Of course the PS2 is still enjoying a fair bit of success. But I have to wonder if that would have been the case if the PS3 launched at a more reasonable price point?]]>Apr 7th 2009 7:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/Apr 7th 2009 9:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/Wii still has well over 2 times as much overall sales, and over 2 times as much weekly sales worldwide
only reason PS3 is gaining ground in Japan is because of one or two games of interest being released and the market for Wii has gotten saturated ]]>Apr 7th 2009 10:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/
Would that have been a success like the Wii, or would it have been crushed even worse by the XBox 360? Hard to say, but I'm thinking the latter.]]>Apr 7th 2009 12:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/Apr 7th 2009 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/
You seem to be forgetting that the Xbox 360 is similar in power, and yet launched for about 200 less.

I still am unsure if blu-ray makes enough of a difference to warrant the additional cost it put on the system.]]>Apr 7th 2009 1:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/Apr 7th 2009 1:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/Apr 7th 2009 2:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/Apr 7th 2009 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/Apr 8th 2009 12:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/
Whats the point of selling 50 million consoles when people buy next to no games for it. It Nintendos case they make money on each console sold but thats not the norm.

Id say the Xbox 360 is the most successful console in this generation.]]>Apr 7th 2009 7:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/Apr 7th 2009 7:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/
If you're a console manufacturer or game developer, would you prefer to have an attach rate of 10:1, but only 1000 consoles sold, or an attach rate of 2:1 but with a million consoles sold?

Wii and PS3 have almost exactly the same attach rate, so in this context it's particularly irrelevant. Although I don't know what the Japan-specific attach rate or copies-sold numbers are for either platform, and since this is a story about Japan, that would be more relevant.

(360 isn't relevant to this discussion, but has a somewhat higher attach rate than PS3/Wii.)]]>Apr 7th 2009 7:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/new...hp?story=20988

November 6, 2008

(first 23 months)

3rd party


5.2 - Xbox 360
4.4 - PlayStation 3
3.1 - Wii


Overall



6.6 - Xbox 360
5.5 - Wii
5.3 - PlayStation 3


The only reason the 360 is that much higher is because of the extra year on the market. When looking at the studies we are talking about the Wii and the the PS3 at 5 and then the 360 at 6. The extra year without competition helped it to get two more numbers but obviously any system with a year head start would be higher.

And I love the tone of the article

Media create

February
PS3: 87,000
Wii: 76,000

March
PS3: 116,000
Wii: 70,000

the PS3 outsells the wii for two months in a row, yet somehow the article seems as if this is some sort of small victory.

If you are paying attention though, it isn't the PS3 that is selling more (it is on par with last years performance) it is that the Wii is selling much less.

But however you want to spin it engadget....... have fun.]]>Apr 7th 2009 8:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/
Who buys consoles anyway. Or can afford! PC forever!!]]>Apr 7th 2009 9:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/Apr 7th 2009 8:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/
That is not how economics works.
No company keeps track of success based on the metric that you are suggesting.]]>Apr 7th 2009 9:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/Apr 7th 2009 11:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/Apr 7th 2009 7:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/
The Wii and the 360 won't be able to catch the PS3's tail for a few weeks.]]>Apr 7th 2009 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/Apr 7th 2009 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/Apr 7th 2009 7:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/Apr 7th 2009 7:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/Apr 7th 2009 8:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/Apr 7th 2009 8:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/Apr 7th 2009 9:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/Apr 7th 2009 7:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/Apr 7th 2009 7:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/Apr 7th 2009 9:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/Apr 7th 2009 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/
I play Call Of Duty 4 on the PC and last I checked the most you can get on a map is 50...and that sucks so I go for 32 max...so why would I care if several MILLION more people play it on the 360?! I'm only looking for another 31.

Someone explain this partisanship to me please.]]>Apr 7th 2009 7:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/
Plus, if you're looking for 31 other people from all over the world, chances are half of them will be asleep when you want to play :-P.]]>Apr 7th 2009 7:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/Apr 7th 2009 7:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/Apr 7th 2009 8:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/Apr 7th 2009 10:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/
Do you REALISTICALLY see the any of the consoles being abandoned this late in the game?]]>Apr 7th 2009 10:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/
Just because no next-gen console have been totally defeated yet, does not mean they will not be in a possible future.

I'm not a professional, but I really don't think that any console will die, especially the PS3.]]>Apr 7th 2009 10:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/
Good for you, PS3! I just got Little Big Planet about a week ago and it is overwhelmingly entertaining.]]>Apr 7th 2009 7:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/Apr 7th 2009 8:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/Apr 7th 2009 10:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/playstation-3-overtakes-wii-in-japan-now-about-twice-in-a-blue/Apr 7th 2009 7:47AM