Yes, I missed them when I reformatted the list.Are GoW and Seikaiju Maze new releases in Japan? Cuz their week and overall totals are exactly the same...
Not yet. I suspect Better than average, but still pitiful, 360 sales. The usual godly Wii/DS sales. And Pitiful PS3 sales.No hardware yet? lol
It was more amusing with less ghosts and the higher cherry from last week. I thought the others were real spiffy as well.
It's always fun to look back on Sony quotes and see just how much arrogance/stupidity/irony/any combination of the three is contained within.Phil Harrison said:With the DS, it's fair to say that Nintendo stepped out of the technical race and went for a feature differentiation with the touch screen. . . . I fear that it won't have a lasting impact beyond that of a gimmick -- so the long-lasting appeal of the platform is at peril as a direct result of that. . . . Nintendo knows its target audience, because it has really narrowed that down; and it's pretty much defined by a boy or girl's ability to admire Pokemon. . . . The idea of a handheld rivalry with Nintendo is an irrelevance. Those formats dont appear in our planning. It's not a fair comparison; not fair on them, I should stress. That sounds arrogant, maybe, but it's the truth.
It's always fun to look back on Sony quotes and see just how much arrogance/stupidity/irony/any combination of the three is contained within.
He's right, though. It ISN'T fair to compare the DS to the PSP. DS is teh awesomeness, PSP sux. End of story. You can compare the PSP favorably to the NGage, Game Gear, and Neo Geo Pocket, but you can't compare it to GB or DS. End of story.Phil Harrison said:With the DS, it's fair to say that Nintendo stepped out of the technical race and went for a feature differentiation with the touch screen. . . . I fear that it won't have a lasting impact beyond that of a gimmick -- so the long-lasting appeal of the platform is at peril as a direct result of that. . . . Nintendo knows its target audience, because it has really narrowed that down; and it's pretty much defined by a boy or girl's ability to admire Pokemon. . . . The idea of a handheld rivalry with Nintendo is an irrelevance. Those formats dont appear in our planning. It's not a fair comparison; not fair on them, I should stress. That sounds arrogant, maybe, but it's the truth.
eh i dont see why it matters what does well in japan if ya dont live there.
You're right that he's right and that's the irony.bullados said:He's right, though. It ISN'T fair to compare the DS to the PSP.
eh i dont see why it matters what does well in japan if ya dont live there.
I find it funny that a .hack game made number 1. That is sad. Those games are EXTREMELY generic rpgs, stick with the anime.
You're ABSOLUTELY right. Japan doesn't matter becasuse we don't live there. What happens there does not affect us AT ALL. I mean, if Pokemon had bombed there we wouldn't have ever seen it! OH WAIT. That means what happens in Japan DOES AFFECT US. Unless you play only 100% Western-made Video Games on your Xbox/Xbox 360 what happens in Japan is very important. Whichever system does the best will get the most Japanese support. Japan is a very key area in the console war because Japanese developer support is very important.
You're right that he's right and that's the irony.
oh no not japanese developer support. hmmm 360 is bombing there well was..and wowzer they got capcom suporting them. Sega supports them to what!? how about konami yeah i see konami supporting them. all that and crappy sales. go figure. Obviously the US is a much bigger video game market. I mean look at the Wii we got Wii sports for free. Did japan? nope why? because japan does not matter. Japan might of matter if this was 1996 but its not. It does not matter how the system does in japan for the system to get developers.
I shed a tear every time I hear somebody mention the Dragon Quest name (I would be bawling if it was 4+ years ago).Dragon Quest.
Dreamcast was a huge success in US but bombed HARD in Japan.
Wow, but wait, Japan doesn't matter...
Dreamcast huge success!? are you out of your mind? And yes japan does not matter. And the Dc could not of bombed that hard in japan if they brought it back in 04 . and infact it still has a few games coming out for it. Not something a company would do for a counsle that bombed eh?