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Famitsu conducts survey: Japan's holiday purchase plans

Posted Nov 24, 2008 at 12:03PM EST by Glenn M.

Listed in: News Tags: Christmas, Chrono Trigger, Famitsu, Japan, PSP-3000

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With December just around the corner, the holidays are ready to go on full gear. One big question remains: what are you getting this Christmas? It happens every year - so much to buy, cash just can't compete, and stores left and right are screaming for your wallet's contents. Famitsu went around and asked the Japanese how they'll be spending on games during the holidays.

What will you get?

Nintendo DSi
Animal Forest: Dobutsu no mori
White Knight Chronicles
Wii
Chrono Trigger
New Xbox Experience
Ad-Hoc Party for PSP
Dissidia Final Fantasy
PSP-3000
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PSP-3000
Dissidia Final Fantasy
Animal Forest Dobutsu no mori
Nintendo DSi
Wii
White Knight Chronicles
Xbox 360
The Last Remnant
Xbox New Experience
PlayStation 3

Which system will sell most this holiday? (Retailers)

PSP: 33.4%
Nintendo DS: 25.9%
PS3: 18.5%
Wii: 14.8%
Xbox 360: 7.4%

Which system will sell the most this holiday (Consumers)

PS3: 34.4%
Xbox 360: 31.0%
Wii: 12.1%
PSP 12.1%
Nintendo DS: 10.4%

With the upcoming release of White Knight Chronicles and Dissidia: Final Fantasy, the PlayStation brands are expecting a boost in Japanese sales, while the Xbox 360 keeps up with the New Xbox Experience and its lower retail price. At least that's how things will go in Japan.

What about you? What are your holiday spending plans? Let us know!

Read more on the survey from the source link below.

Here's what the experts think:

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Japanese gamers and retailers expect Sony sales to be high but then at the same time say that they will be mainly purchasing Nintendo.

Another way to look at this is "Who really cares what Japan does?". Seriously, even Japan doesn't care how Japan does. They are looking towards the West and following our sales trends. Even Square is touting "No more exclusives!"

Sooo... why should we care again?

-V

# And the "Mst Ignorant Comment of the Months" goes too... — Xis 2008-11-24 19:23

I honestly dont have the time and truly replying to this comment I'm pretty sure SOME one will I have Home to get into I'm sorry I was really ganna go in with this one but I loast it past the subject.

# THANK YOU Viphid, You Cared Enough To Post! — xche78x 2008-11-24 21:45

this is news, even if you dont care someone else may!

and those are survey of different groups, outcomes may or may not match. my guess is they will purchase nintendo soft for their already owned nintendo hardwares but moreover they would want/purchase sony hardware which they haven't got yet.

and many foreigners cared about what japan does! Although not as eager anymore today than from those days way back when ONLY Japan creates Consoles and Games! Japan was the hollywood of gaming a few years ago! As of today Japan still delivers phenomenal Games such as Super Mario Galaxy, Devil May Cry 4, Ninja Gaiden, Final Fantasy series, Metal Gear Solid 4, Street Fighter 4 + Tekken 6 just to name a few!

# no news like no news... — Viphid 2008-11-25 16:12

Yea, sorry, this is a slow news week and what Japanese retailers and shoppers think -this- Christmas has little to no effect on us -this- Christmas. All the big games have come and gone and now it's time to go crazy on Black Friday. So what if some store manager thinks a game or specific console will sell well? Mom and Pop American are probably looking at getting their kid a Wii. Kids to pre-teens that have a Wii will probably trade it in to get a more affordable 360. Consumers who want hi-tech will get a PS3.

'Xis" may be a shock... er Xis... but if you are too busy to be posting, then why did you bother to tell us in broken English? Stay on topic and use spell/grammar check.

Che... yea, Japan makes great titles. That was my point, Japan is still making great titles, but with the West in mind. Capcom knows that Resident Evil will sell well in Japan just on company name and brand alone. It's the Western market they want to tap big time so they've adopted a Gears of War type camera system and co-op scheme.

All in all this article is a big waste of time but if you want to keep reading this and "Tomb Raider sells a bunch on PS3... in Europe!!" go right ahead. Anyone who follows trends knows that the Eurpoean market is owned by Sony for the most part and is more of a big deal if Microsoft can penetrate that. Japanese thoughts on what people might buy versus what they actually buy is more of a story. I appreciate that it's on 360 QJ but seriously, more actual numbers on a relevent topic would have been nicer. Guess I'm just tired of reading "This is what a group of people think will happen in the gaming industry" only to find out they were dead wrong. How many articles have we read about such and such financial group or self important business man predicting this or that for Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo? Seriously... this isn't news.

-V

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