Xbox 360 Beats PS3 in Japan - Again

But guess what's on top...

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Xbox 360 Beats PS3 in Japan - Again
The Xbox 360 has, once again, topped PS3 sales figures in Japan.

Japanese retail statistics adder-upper organisation, MediaCreate, stats for the period running from September 15th - 21st show that the Xbox 360 grabbed 13,777 sales, while the PS3 sat behind it at 8,156.

That's a sales drop from last week for both platforms with the 360 falling from 28,188 or 28,681; and PS3 falling from 8,053 or 8,050 depending on whether you believe MediaCreate or Enterbrain' figures.

The Wii, however, beat both. It notched up 29,921 sales.

You can see the full list, complete with handheld and PS2 figures, below.

DS Lite - 61,242
Wii - 29,921
PSP - 28,674
Xbox 360 - 13,777
PS3 - 8,156
PS2 - 7,720

Source: LotusCharts
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Was p 27 Sep 2008 13:22
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Pudgestation3 wrote:
Yeah............not really paranoid, i have both systems and I already think the ps3 is better, and I got a 360 first, Thing is, This is complete crap, not for me, for you guys, what if it stops selling, there goes all your hopes,.. also the glass half empty.... k u used the phrase, like selling ice to esqimos, .. no no, its like selling video games to kids, which is the same as selling candy to a baby.

Thats phrase is half full.


It's true, SS4 inverted, lives!

PreciousRoi 27 Sep 2008 13:50
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No, you aren't a schmuck for stating your opinion.

You're a schmuck because you don't understand why Xbox sales in Japan are notable (as in newsworthy) and significant. Console sales anywhere else in the world are a "Dog bites man" story. Xbox sales in Japan is "Man bites dog"

You're a schmuck because you turned a newsworthy item into an excuse for a fanboyish tirade. By reporting the sales figures from Japan, SPOnG was not "touting" Xbox sales, it reported a phenomenon unusual and unexpected enough to be of interest to its readers, no matter what their console of choice is. Sales figures from other regions are regularly reported on as well, they just aren't nearly as interesting as those currently coming out of Japan at the moment. To put it in a current events context, its like if Obama was polling better than McCain in Utah, or conversely, if McCain started picking up points among Chicago blacks. It'd be the same story if the positions were reversed.

You're a schmuck because instead of discussing the issue at hand, you went off on some inane rant, which appears to be in response to comments no one here has made to you, as if because you don't get why Xbox sales in Japan are news, it makes us all Xbox fanboys, complete with the appropriate comments retconned in...thats actually unneccessary...the guy you're looking for is around here somewhere.

HEY SS4, I THINK WE'VE FOUND YOU A SOULMATE and/or NEMESIS
You two should understand each other just fine...its a match made in heaven

*gets a little verklemt
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Pudgestation3 27 Sep 2008 13:56
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You call it a phenominal thing that xbox is selling there, is it Phenominal that ps3 has outsold 360 all year which also wasnt expected. lol, did u not like the truth about sales figures, awwwwwww.. I dont know who ss4 is, and to be honest, I guess its Phenominal in japan ... althought , it is a video game system of course its gonna start selling adventually, and the only schmuk here is the one who cant make valid points and instead just slanders the other commenters with the word schmuck ya schmuck.

The other guy commenting def had way more validty then u. thats for sure.
PreciousRoi 27 Sep 2008 14:04
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FSM, you're thick, or young, or uneducated.

A phenomenon (from Greek) is any observable occurrence.[1] In popular usage, a phenomenon often refers to an extraordinary event.

I did not say it was phenomenal, although it would be technically correct to do so.

And no, unlike yourself and fanboys like you, I do not respond emotionally to console sales figures...unless there's something unusual or unexpected (and I don't think you can say that PS3 sales are that much of a shock) going on I don't pay any attention to them at all.
Pudgestation3 27 Sep 2008 14:07
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its like if Obama was polling better than McCain in Utah, or conversely, if McCain started picking up points among Chicago blacks. It'd be the same story if the positions were reversed.


WHA ?

Your american i got that, But race and polictics is not even close to japanese game sales figures, they are not buying the console cuzz of its color. Thats an extremist way of looking at it I guess, You sound like a confussed liberal my friend,

So, xbox selling consoles cuzz they picked up 4 or 5 JRpg is A big deal, ....... Microsoft outselling sony is a big deal...... after sony release its console, but sony coming back isnt. I get what u mean. well im sure if you get rrod like i have twice, and im not a fan boy , i had an xbox and ps2 as well, I thought the xbox had better hardware, but I prefered my ps2 cuzz it just was better. Same with xbox 360 and ps3, While I think live is a great online platform for gaming I dont think its the whole package, I can do way more with my ps3, Install Any linux distro, Stream movies from my computer and or pc games, I can store divx movies on my 500g laptop harddrive. Ill be getting play tv which turns my ps3 into a DVr, not to mention wireless hdmi and blueray all built in and wireless controllers that recharge withou replacing a batter, it also syncs with ipods and other mps3 devices 7.1 surround if I wanted to take it to the max, I have the 60 gig model so i can play and playstation game ever made, and it has a media card reader in the front which in turn allows me to take my sd card from my camera and put it in and check out my pictures and or 2 other forms of cards that are stander on the market, also I can use usb hubs and usb sticks to transport aswell, I can go online and read with it. The THing is a monster, Also ,.. my whole libray of music from my computer is streamed to my ps3. and last but not least. i can play ps3 games. and Itoy, ..... I cant do alot of these things with my xbox 360. I also forgot.. The ps3 can print 2.
PreciousRoi 27 Sep 2008 14:12
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Actually, I'm pretty far to the right...couldn't be arsed to read the rest of your post...what passes for Internet English among you tragically undereducated kids makes my eyes hurt.

And if you don't see the parallels...well, you don't know much about Japan either...

As for your previous charge of slander...well, its not slander if its true...or didn't you know that either?
Pudgestation3 27 Sep 2008 14:20
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FSM, you're thick, <----- I guess. or young < ---- Sorry also wrong , or uneducated < --- How u determinded that is you took yourself, the allmighty god of education and compared it to my comment and then your unbiased opionion came up with this conclusion, ....lol Thats sad, your a pompise thats for sure.

A phenomenon (from Greek) is any observable occurrence.[1] In popular usage, a phenomenon often refers to an extraordinary event. <- Cut and paste..... sad. thanx for the definition.. although I did know what the word ment. Your not smart cuzz u can google words. lol

I did not say it was phenomenal, although it would be technically correct to do so. <- acutally you can "technically... cuzz its not "extraordinary event" , lol.. its a console.. its suppost to sell, so it pushes more units and its all of a sudden a phenomenon lol.. give me a break... if a 360 or ps3 layed eggs.. then yes you could say that.

And not, unlike yourself and fanboys like you <---- I guess you not a fanboy even thou u take the time out of your day to stick up for MS the greadest company in da world) , I do not respond emotionally to console sales figures <------- Thats cuzz they dont favour your side this year. unless there's something unusual or unexpected (and I don't think you can say that PS3 sales are that much of a shock) <---- right making 360 sales even less of a shock considering there lower but im sure you click on those articles. going on I don't pay any attention to them at all <- Then why the need to say im insane for posting them if u dont care lol. Seriously, ... Your not even close to as smart as you think you might be, its easier to read through what u are trying to say and what u are not trying to show in the process .

I bid u adu
Pudgestation3 27 Sep 2008 14:28
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Actually, I'm pretty far to the right...couldn't be arsed to read the rest of your post...what passes for Internet English among you tragically undereducated kids makes my eyes hurt. <--- wow, I didnt know not using the proper english language as programmed to is a way to determine my education level. I always though when u are at home you could let your gaurd down on things like miss spelled words and or missed letters on the keyboard as a common respect that no one wants to be critical all the time as a human so they dont feel systamatically placed. But I guess thats what comes with living in a country where no matter what u do your controlled no matter who wins the election and for you sake.. you better hope its obama.

And if you don't see the parallels...well, you don't know much about Japan either... <------ Yeah I guess your right.. cuzz once again, you ESp is so strong that u can determine this due to the fact of a comment post. lol.

As for your previous charge of slander...well, its not slander if its true...or didn't you know that either? <---- Actaully it is slander as im trying to make a point and your bringin other subject to filter my point with edjucational mishaps... althought I have my full High school degree and graduated College as well apperently I have to be american 2, well considering the rest of the world looks at your country as a bunch of oil loving dicks, i guess im just happy to be where i am. Also, Your country isnt know for its edjucated performanace at all, lol. keep it coming thou, you have almost stimulated me to think you are a complete tard.
PreciousRoi 27 Sep 2008 14:36
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This guy isn't nearly as intelligent or perceptive as SS4...so putting them in a metaphorical forum jar and watching them fight would be dullsville, SS4 would eat his lunch for him, but hes too thick to know it...plus reading his crap is painful...and we don't need to give SS4 that kind of stimulus anyway, it would only serve to reinforce his own position, since this guy is empirical evidence that Sony fanboys are mental defectives.

It sounded fun though.
Was p 27 Sep 2008 14:53
19/29
PreciousRoi wrote:
This guy isn't nearly as intelligent or perceptive as SS4...so putting them in a metaphorical forum jar and watching them fight would be dullsville, SS4 would eat his lunch for him, but hes too thick to know it...plus reading his crap is painful...and we don't need to give SS4 that kind of stimulus anyway, it would only serve to reinforce his own position, since this guy is empirical evidence that Sony fanboys are mental defectives.

It sounded fun though.


Agreed. I think he's having some kind of episode, looking at his last posts. Maybe when the doctors work out the right drugs, we'll get some thing more like a sentence.
Was p 27 Sep 2008 16:44
20/29
PreciousRoi wrote:
This guy isn't nearly as intelligent or perceptive as SS4...so putting them in a metaphorical forum jar and watching them fight would be dullsville, SS4 would eat his lunch for him, but hes too thick to know it...plus reading his crap is painful...and we don't need to give SS4 that kind of stimulus anyway, it would only serve to reinforce his own position, since this guy is empirical evidence that Sony fanboys are mental defectives.

It sounded fun though.


I think there are two possible reasons for these new posts.

1) It’s art. Stripped of form and point, you’re just left with the pure, unreasoned anger of the piece. Maybe I should forward it to Tate Modern.

2) Negative intelligence is seeping into the universe. I’d blame that collider thingy. Bloody Swiss.

mrAnthony 28 Sep 2008 12:33
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the thing is... its not from a registered user....

it could be..... SS4 is disguise!!!

it makes sense, he sits on the opposite side of the fence, game playing affiliation wise, and he really really cannot spell. So to make SS4 look better in comparison.

if anyone has said this before, sorry, i cant read EVERY post made.
Joji 28 Sep 2008 18:59
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Wow, this one has really kicked off.

Pudge, I think its a shame that you haven't listened and taken onboard my previous post enough, to see that while you might not favour the 360, what's is happening in japan is an economic equivalent of westerners turning up in japan for the first time.

Its no surprise at all for PS3 or Wii/DS/PSP etc to sell in japan, because the japanese are very loyal in that respect to japanese companies and product sometimes.

The only real western product to break the japanese market of late has been the iPod, iPhones etc. For a western console to do the same so far has been an uphill struggle for MS (check the 3DO console to see how had it can be). Now while even I didn't at first dig MS entering the games market, I can happily admit I was wrong now, because of my 360, I've learned to cut those loyalty ties to any console or company (and I was well into Nintendo too), while enjoying something new from MS.

PS2 and PS1 have sold everywhere, so obviously PS3 was expected to do the same. Just look how many developers/publishers backed it, only to loose their fingers in the fire.

These days, I try to hold no loyalties to consoles, and buy them all to get the best of all. Gamers should learn to have open minds, as a console or PC is a door or an open window to games (good or bad).

All consoles have their pros and cons., and more importantly, fun games can be had and played anywhere. I'm glad that japanese gamers are beginning to wake up to 360 for this reason. I'm just sorry you are too blind to see the real big picture of why this news is positive for us all, even you Pudge. Its cool to have your favourites, but just don't get too territorial about it.

Back when Sony entered the games market, against a seasoned game veteran Nintendo, that was the last time such Sony sales were big news, and that was back in the mid-late 90's. With Sony now firmly seated (a decade or so later), its not really news anymore, unless Sony loose their crown somewhat. Even as great a piece of kit as PS3 is, if the games, its primary focus, aren't in good and plentiful supply, not even the Blu Ray film sales will be enough to keep it alive.
SuperSaiyan4 29 Sep 2008 11:50
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@ Pudgestation3

Love your quote 'We have beat xbox all year/2008 in the states and in japan'

The WE comment should be Wii have beat lol.

The PS3 has not beat the 360 all year in the USA I think it was only around for 2 months that it was selling more but the 360 was still selling a lot as well.

For the PS3 to catch up it will have to triple its sales, or the 360 to stop selling.

If you look at it though all 3 machines are selling extremely well, lets all be greatful that we have consoles that actually have games and are getting support from developers beit a very small selection of developers having a favourite system they wish to develope for.
Saveme30 29 Sep 2008 14:17
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yeah again.. I dont really care what you think.. or say, I have both systems, these are my opinions, Im not going over and over this again, cuzz every xbox fan need to be rensured that they system doesnt suck all the time,

Thinkg about it

Ive had 2 rrod, Im a tech so I know how and were to keep my console equipement. I lost all my data off my xbox 360, Then, ... This morning, its not reading disks, i got it back 2 weeks ago man, 2 weeks ago !, If they put right beside the price tag, Your system may fail 2 or 3 times within the next 2 years because we need to get the jump on sony, Which is now kicking them in the ass, I wouldnt of bought it. I do like the 360, but its a piece of garabage at the same time. Seriously

Now Im not anwsering anymore questions, and quit with the conspiracy theorys, i dont know who ss4 is,
Saveme30 29 Sep 2008 14:41
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K HERE ARE THE SALES FOR THE US FROM JAN - SEPT 20 Individually !

If u own an xbox 360 ! Check everyone , and then say to your self, Why dont I tell the truth ?

Jan - http://vgchartz.com/hwcomps.php?cons1=Wii®1=------&cons2=PS3®2=All&cons3=X360®3=All&start=39446&end=39481

Feb - http://vgchartz.com/hwcomps.php?cons1=Wii®1=------&cons2=PS3®2=All&cons3=X360®3=All&start=39481&end=39509

Mar - http://vgchartz.com/hwcomps.php?cons1=Wii®1=------&cons2=PS3®2=All&cons3=X360®3=All&start=39509&end=39544

Apr - http://vgchartz.com/hwcomps.php?cons1=Wii®1=------&cons2=PS3®2=All&cons3=X360®3=All&start=39544&end=39572

May - http://vgchartz.com/hwcomps.php?cons1=Wii®1=------&cons2=PS3®2=All&cons3=X360®3=All&start=39572&end=39607

Jun - http://vgchartz.com/hwcomps.php?cons1=Wii®1=------&cons2=PS3®2=All&cons3=X360®3=All&start=39607&end=39635

Jul - http://vgchartz.com/hwcomps.php?cons1=Wii®1=------&cons2=PS3®2=All&cons3=X360®3=All&start=39635&end=39663

Aug - http://vgchartz.com/hwcomps.php?cons1=Wii®1=------&cons2=PS3®2=All&cons3=X360®3=All&start=39663&end=39691

Sep - http://vgchartz.com/hwcomps.php?cons1=Wii®1=------&cons2=PS3®2=All&cons3=X360®3=All&start=39691&end=39712
SuperSaiyan4 29 Sep 2008 15:06
26/29
LOL VG Charts is well known for its results which are usually false.
Was p 29 Sep 2008 19:15
27/29
Look it's actually happening! This could be titanic, assuming titans ain't that bright.
SS4 has the lead, but how will the tech, who doesn't get analogies counter?
Joji 30 Sep 2008 21:47
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Well, if this happens again for 360, I'd say its highly likely, I'll still say its better for all gamers, and that's my opinion. You are welcome to disagree, I respect your opinion either way.

If you care not for other opinions, I fail to see why you are bothering partaking in a forum, kinda defeats the object it, doesn't it?

Like it or not, Wii is already crushing PS3 into the dust, so waving those stats around is pointless. 360 is just adding to that, because many already have Wii/DS/PS3 in japan. Once other big 360 titles hit, those 360 sales will continue, because PS3 has less games, (you can blame Sony for that.
mrAnthony 1 Oct 2008 08:26
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i dont want to hear your opinion.

lalalalalalalalalalalalalal cant hear it lalalalalalalalala
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