pezus said:
360 too in Japan...USA is just a far bigger market. The USA's preference for the 360 is just as obvious as Japan's preference for PS3. No matter how hard Sony tried, they couldn't outsell 360 for more than a few weeks there. They dropped the price by $100 there and released a slimmer, sexier model for christ's sake, yet their lead only lasted a few weeks. BUT, does that mean we shouldn't count USA because it "unfairly" picks 360 over PS3 by almost 2:1, despite PS3 outselling them in the rest of the world easily? The simple answer here is "no", but if you say "no" to this you also have to realize that not counting Japan at the same time makes you a hypocrite. |
Numbers speak for themselves.
JP
X360 = ~1.5K
PS3 = ~50K
NA
X360 = 150k
PS3 ~90K
There IS obviously a market for the PS3 in NA but there IS NOT one for the X360 in Japan.
MS has to do with 2 markets whereas Sony has 3. Anyone at this point blaming MS for failing in Japan need to learn a thing or two about cultural differences.
NA is MS' hometurf but the general population is just as open to foreigners. Can't say the same about JP.