Comments on: Japanese hardware charts settle back down after MGS4

By: morriss

morriss — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:46:35 +0000

My favourite system in the whole world, the Xbox 360, is doing much better than usual and I thank Microsoft for paying me for pointing that out.

By: Robo_1

Robo_1 — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:58:27 +0000

Ahhh, well aside from that of course

By: Blerk

Blerk — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:53:50 +0000

It is this time. It’s called “Wii”.

By: Robo_1

Robo_1 — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:49:43 +0000

As Psychotext says really, what Sony need is PSThree and I dare say the next Final Fantasy game will have a good impact.

You only have to look at PSP to see what works in Japan (aside from being portable) a slimmer re-design coupled with a few must have titles (Monster Hunter and FF), bundle it all together at a slightly cheaper price and you’re onto a winner.

It’s rarely any one thing that holds back sales.

By: Killerbee

Killerbee — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:19:01 +0000

PS3 slim has got to be a while off yet though, hasn’t it? I’d expect it to be far more likely that they’ll just tinker with the internal parts to make cost savings and save up a new “slim” version for a couple of years’ time.

The only thing that would make me think again on that is if Sony really think the size of the PS3 is holding back its Japanese sales… who knows, maybe that is the case…?

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:42:33 +0000

People were putting way too much faith in the ability of a single game to change the way things are going over there. Long term increased sales come from new hardware revisions and price cuts.

I’m sure Sony know this and are beavering away on the PS3 slim.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:32:06 +0000

.3SP rof revo smeeS