Sales figure in Japan

Originally Posted by cybereality

Does anybody ever wonder why Sony consistantly has issues meeting manufactoring expectations? This is exactly the same thing that happened with the PS2 launch, but worse. You think Sony would have learned a thing or two in the last 5 years. It makes me wonder if they purposefully release the system too early fully knowing they don't have the stock. To be fair, there were similar sell-outs of the 360, but that was last year. Sony had a full year after the xbox dropped to prepare for launch and it still feels very rushed. Nintendo is going to own this xmas just due to the low price point and available stock. Next year, who knows?

// cybereality

Because sony puts technology in there consoles that nobody is familiar with and a lot of manufactorers don't mass produce. Also I think its to create artifical buzz. Or more of a buzz then it actually is. "the PS3 keeps selling out faster then we can produce" Thats the idea.

I mean puting out half of what you put out the first time seems kind of backwards to me.

Originally Posted by Partyworm

If this is just because of stock limitations then ok, fair enough. But if it's not (and those numbers seem ridiculously low for launch allocation, even for PS3) then it looks like Sony might be in for a rough ride in Japan.

There going to be in for a rough ride period. (Japan or the US, and Europe)

I willing to bet that next year around this time(Nov 07) the PS3 isn't even going to peak 6 million in sales. The reason is because there is something not right with the blu-ray lazer diods.(The PS3 ones are trash, and the developers are not going to be able to tap into the deficult as hell cell processor. Plus coding for Blu-ray is WAY different then coding for DVD. You can't compress textures on Blu-ray quite as easy. You just dump unnessesary data on them. True and true the games on the PS3 will get better but its going to take longer.)

I just don't see the PS3 being largely successful until 2009.

Not doing too well....

Also the BD discs get easyer damaged since they are not as thick as the HD-DVD discs.

[a Man from Japan]

PS3 sales this week in Japan: 32,662
http://www.m-create.com/jpn/s_ranking.html
According to Media Create

The sales figures for the ps3 seem to be getting lower and lower every week. i wonder what the sales figures for the ps3 will be next week after the wii has launched.

[neowolf]

Blu-ray discs have a thinner coating yes, however said coating is also ten to a hundred times more scratch resistant than typical DVD and HD-DVD coatings. That pretty much makes up for it at a minimum.

[man on the moon]

Wii will start a wii-volution in Japan!

Nintendo will dominate Japan, no doubt (literally, not the ex rock band )

[a Man from Japan]

http://www.m-create.com/jpn/s_ranking.html

this week
Wii: 350,358
PS3: 31,436


Game ranking
1.PS2 Tales of Destiny 269,756
2.Wii Wii Sports 176,167
3.Wii Wii Play(with Wii-mote) 174,297
4.Wii Legend of Zelda TP 139,011
5.GBA Final Fantasy VI 137,810

Originally Posted by cybereality

Does anybody ever wonder why Sony consistantly has issues meeting manufactoring expectations? This is exactly the same thing that happened with the PS2 launch, but worse. You think Sony would have learned a thing or two in the last 5 years. It makes me wonder if they purposefully release the system too early fully knowing they don't have the stock. To be fair, there were similar sell-outs of the 360, but that was last year. Sony had a full year after the xbox dropped to prepare for launch and it still feels very rushed. Nintendo is going to own this xmas just due to the low price point and available stock. Next year, who knows?

// cybereality

Ahh true but lets also take into account that by the 15th of December the 360 was avalible in the 3 major markets.. and was still filling orders.. albeit slowly as molasses in january. Sony has released far less consoles over only 2 regions and are filling even slower. Ugh