S4NDM4N wrote:below are the five best selling software on the system since its launch (also as at Nov 16):

1 Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Konami Jun 12, 2008 671,706

That's right. MGS4 is the best selling PS3 game since it launched. Sorry goofy and methos (good luck in Iraq btw), but MGS4 didn't bomb in Japan.

did you just say that the best selling ps3 game has under 1 million sales? *sigh* remind me never to hire you as my lawyer.

As always, some sales data were shared. According to Enterbrains data, 2,469,448 units of Sonys struggling console have been sold as at Nov 16 and below are the five best selling software on the system since its launch (also as at Nov 16).

That doesn't sound very positive Sandman. Seriously.

What we can get out of this is that Sony is doing worse than we thought. Take a look at the VG chartz numbers.

In all honesty, that's not befitting a triple A title like MGS4. I mean, the worldwide numbers are pretty average, but this is low for a Metal Gear.

When games are selling at least 1,000,000 in almost ever other major region, this is low. And there was a story a while back (if you want proof ignore this, cause I lost the link), I believe it was somewhere on Gamesindustry.biz or Kotaku, but Hideo commented on his dissapointment for the Japanese sales for the title.

Black_Emperor wrote:

S4NDM4N wrote:

nerm2k wrote:

S4NDM4N wrote:below are the five best selling software on the system since its launch (also as at Nov 16):

1 Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Konami Jun 12, 2008 671,706

That's right. MGS4 is the best selling PS3 game since it launched. Sorry goofy and methos (good luck in Iraq btw), but MGS4 didn't bomb in Japan.

did you just say that the best selling ps3 game has under 1 million sales? *sigh* remind me never to hire you as my lawyer.

It is Japan. Console gaming is unimportant there. It is only handheld that is popular there

That's not true at all. How ridiculous. PS2's numbers are still strong in Japan, and they're overselling the PS3 regularly! People just don't want to purchase a console for over $400. It's common sense.

Please don't make false claims.....

S4NDM4N wrote:

Please don't make false claims.....

lol, that's one horizontal line! Thought that was the border of the table but then saw the legend... :p

V_O_R

S4NDM4N wrote:

Voice_Of_Reason wrote:

S4NDM4N wrote:It is Japan. Console gaming is unimportant there. It is only handheld that is popular there

...O_o

V_O_R

It is. Look at the DS and PSP sales.

Monster Hunter 2nd G sold like 3 million in a few weeks.

Even the Wii doesn't sell that well. 17 million Wii systems sold in USA. 7 million Wii systems sold in Japan. They sell like 40 000 a week now

True, but you can't say that 7 million isn't a lot of sales for a console that's only been out for 2 years. I'd say the Japanese prefer handheld over consoles, but still buy gaming consoles throughout :)

V_O_R