Thats the thing though. People are so used to dismissing the Wii U in the west that they forget the Wii U has sold more than the ps4 in japan. At the current pace things arent set to change. As it stands, following the logic of the highest installed base in japan, its either 3DS or Wii U.

I will be very surprised if the PS4 does not pass the Wii U by the end of next year at the latest.

They were actually willing to take chances with their game library, too. Parasite Eve was literally a fanfic sequel to a novel, and Xenogears was out there for fantasy RPGs, despite Gundam's popularity. 

This is how much production values have risen over the generations, though. There were literally sprites with jagged pixels up through the PS2 era, but these days a PS4 game which isn't wowingly beautiful won't sell AT ALL. S-E has actually done a very good job of keeping their production values consistent, even if their rate has plummeted--every installment in XIII was a full 40 hour game, which is really impressive these days. Slow development is one of the costs of high production values.

I do wish more developers would drop their production values, though, and toy with some low-budget, low-overhead projects with PS2-era like graphics intended to cost $20-40 (think Journey or even Ghost Trick) and if something takes off, THEN you put the effort into a full gen 8 experience.

IN other news Square is planning to release FF XV on the holidays of 2050.

Likely no. It's just the only other real option unless they want to put it on 3DS, which I think is the most likely option.

Yeah, the Wii U is outselling the PS4 in Japan and the PS4 won't pass it for awhile only gaining 2-3k sales every week.  The thing is though, something that a lot of people disregard, is the same thing I've been saying daily about the PS4.  The  PS4 pretty much has nothing but ports.  In Japan, the PS4 has less games because the only exclusives on the console are titles aimed towards the west.  Sure they have Yakuza Ishin and Nobunaga's Ambition create, but those games are also on PS3.  Just like in the west with games like Thief, Tomb Raider, Assassin's Creed, etc, there's really no reason to drop $400 on a new console when you can get the same games for your current console, or wait until a lot of good exclusives come out before you purchase that $400 console.

Once Japan gets some games that are worth getting the PS4 for that can't be played on a console they don't already own, the Japanese will support the console.  Until then, the support from the userbase in Japan will be limited.  Although if the PS4 keeps selling 2-3k more than the Wii U, it'll pass Japanese sales.  Only 400-500 more weeks to go :P.

At the current pace, its pretty much impossible. The PS4 needs to rise in sales above the current 10k and Wii U needs to not be boosted from MK8.

I am pretty sure the PS4 wont outsell the Wii U in Japan until the end of the year.

It might be so, but the Wii U might rebound aswell. We really dont know at this point wich one is gonna come up on top, though i'm sure the dominance that the PS4 has in the west will open the floodgate of games and will eventually affect Japan aswell. Japanese developers themselves will feel safer supporting it knowing that the west might support the games aswell.

Though sometimes its difficult to predict. We all still remember how Tales of Symphonia was a sales sucess on the GC. I think that a new DQ main entry is more suited to the Wii U audience than the PS4. The last 2 games were in Nintendo consoles and DQX itself has already brought some of the audience to the Wii U. Though lets be honest, the most probable platform is the 3DS.

I disagree. They're only about a million units or so apart, in spite of the two-holidays lead the Wii U has enjoyed, and the fact that the PS4's software library to date isn't very Japan-centric. Plenty of time and opportunity for the PS4 there.

I dont see it happening this year at all. Realise that the PS4 is only selling an extra 2-3k more a week. In the future, who knows? But this year there are no releases that are set to change the situation.

But, everyone is entitled to their opinion. :)

On that we actually agree. I'm thinking more ahead to late 2015, when any hypothetical Dragon Quest XI may come out. Which will almost certainly not be on PS4, but that was the original premise of the question.