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Famitsu Publisher Forecasts Trends For PS3 And Wii

Posted Sep 1, 2006 at 2:10AM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: Wii, PS3 Tags: Famitsu, Japan, North America, Sony
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Wii + PS3


Nintendo's Wii and Sony's Playstation 3 are two of the most-awaited game consoles that have been sending players and game enthusiasts alike on constant lookouts for the release dates of the said consoles. For Nintendo Wii, the predicted date is tacked at November 3, while the PS3 has been announced to hit Japan by November 11 and North America by November 17 of this year.

Before these launch dates come around however, Hirokazu Hamamura, president of the Enterbrain publishing house which also publishes the popular Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu, has already set up a sales forecast in for both the Wii and the PlayStation3 in Japan. Hamamura calculates that the Nintendo Wii will sell in millions within the next five years because of its attractive price of, at most, 20,000 Yen (euro 133/USD 170). For the Sony PS3, however, Hamamura forecasts slow sales with only 500,00 consoles selling themselves rapidly after the initial release, and then slowing down afterwards. Within the next ten years, he also predicts that the PS3 would only sell around 15 million, even with the addition of the Blu-ray feature to the console.

Whether these predictions are on the money or not will remain to be seen when these consoles are finally released to the public.

Via GameFront



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# Not good for SonyGuest 2006-09-01 03:17
Famitsu doesn't write stupid rumors and they make good predictions. If PS3 doesn't do amazing in Japan than Sony isn't looking pretty.

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# Guest 2006-09-01 03:35
> "Whether these predictions are on the money or not will remain to be seen when these consoles are finally released to the public."



Yeah we just have to wait 10 years to see if they are right or not. :major rolleyes:

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# Teh PS2 sold the same amount in JapanLoudninja 2006-09-01 03:36
So how is this different? Teh PS2 sold 15 million , but not that number is higher

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# Guest 2006-09-01 05:14
That guy is stupid. It's probably the opposite. People will buy Blu-Ray and PS3 when the price comes down. That's what everyone is saying they're going to do.

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# 4 thats what he saidGuest 2006-09-01 06:02
he said not alot of people will get the ps3 on launch but rather a while later for when the price goes down.

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# FoodGuest 2006-09-01 06:54
Whats with the "only" 15 million in Japan?

PS2 sold 15 mill in Japan. And Xbox sold "only" 23 million WORLDWIDE.



Oh well, predictions are predictions.

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# Guest 2006-09-01 07:30
I doubt Ps3 will even selll 3 million units befor it gos out of buisness. Its gonna be a disaster.

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# you must be a tardGuest 2006-09-01 09:48
Wow you must be in "special" classes

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# Oh, great.Guest 2006-09-01 13:58
Another unsubstantiated prediction. Let's just wait for both consoles to be released and see how they sell, eh?

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# too bad!!!Guest 2006-09-02 16:35
everybody will be waiting for the ps3 price to go down, and before the price goes down the ps3 will be going out of bussiness... that is a good move for nintendo to release before the expensive ps3...



i would also wait for the ps3 price to go down before i buy it... but i will definitely have a wii by xmas....

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