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Posted by Brenden D. Chase on 02/17/07 20:20
"Zackman" <zackman@SPAMISEVILearthling.net> wrote in message
news:C-ydnanu6bQFwUrYnZ2dnUVZ_sKunZ2d@giganews.com...
> asjbiotek@gmail.com spake thusly:
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>> i was surprised to see this
>> graph, which shows it actually is outselling the PS2 when that was
>> first launched...
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>> http://www.vgcharts.org/aconscomps.php?name1=PS2&name2=PS3&type=0&align=0
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> ... because the PS2 launched only in Japan first, whereas the PS3 launched
> in Japan and North America. Duh.
I didnt think of that. Good point.
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>> PS3 game is top-selling game:
>> http://ps3center.net/story-259.html
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> ... in Japan. No PS3 game has cracked the North American top 10 yet. And
> VF5 will vanish from the Japan charts in two weeks. Nintendo owns Japan.
Actually, Game Informer has Call of Duty 3 AT the 10 spot for December of
2006. So i guess that makes you wrong about the top 10. For what it's
worth, it was the ONLY PS3 game on the Top 20 list that was mostly dominated
by PS2 and DS games.
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>> PS3 is most pre-ordered console:
>> http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=22810
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> ... in the UK, where the PS3 is launching six months late. The upside to
> that is they actually have lots of stockpiled product on hand (maybe
> because demand is so tepid in North America and Japan) and can actually
> meet the pre-order demand, a rarity for a new console launch.
>
True, and i'm thinking Sony is going to bank on the Europe launch. It could
be the difference maker.
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