Moore: Sony's Business 'Crumbling' in Japan

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ckmlb said:
Well besides the point that MS is in no place to talk about Sony's Japan strategy crumbling, the Sony strategy is simple: games.

The following games are going to be sales drivers for the PS3 in Japan to different extents:

Hot Shots Golf 5
Metal Gear Solid 4
Final Fantasy XIII
White Knight Story
Gran Turismo 5

I'm sure there are others too, but these are the biggest I think.

So before we call the Sony strategy in Japan is crumbling, let's see how FF XIII and these other games do.

Wait until late 2008 for Final Fantasy XIII? Come on, Ck, that's not how this market works. Even if FF XIII does well, you're still looking at a 200 percent decrease in market share in the meantime! 

This is just a more vague, less immediate form of the "Wait until X game comes out, then you'll see." Wait another year, or even more? Sony's Japanese market share is crumbling right now! You can't wait two years in to a generational lifecycle to have a killer app.