360sales up in japan need an explanation

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@kingofwale

Sony had all the advantages a console manufacturer could have asked for. They had the home field advantage. The brand name recognition. Plus they had the best selling console of the previous generation. For them to go from number one to getting their asses handed to them by Nintendo by a margin of four to one. In answer to your question yes it is abysmal for Sony to do so poorly in japan.

Microsoft had no advantages at all. They have actually had to break into a market that takes pride in its domestic production. I shun the term nationalism, but perhaps it is closer to home town pride. So for Microsoft to even break a million this generation which could happen if they get to five thousand units in weekly sales. Then that is a real accomplishment. They would have really climbed the mountain. The way Japanese auto manufacturers broke into the market in the United States. That did not happen over night either.

Unfair different standards perhaps, but I am more impressed by someone overcoming rather then someone who had all the advantages. The same way I am more impressed by someone learning to walk again after being in a traffic accident then I am with everyone else who takes it for granted.

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I think it is probably a culmination of two factors future releases, and established library. Basically I think the 360 is probably reaching the point where its library can stand up for itself in the eyes of the Japanese public. A few new releases is always good, but also having a few more titles already established doesn't hurt either. Especially when the other two consoles have yet to really deliver on that front. Having Square supporting Microsoft now, and Microsoft having Mistwalker is probably not hurting that perception either. Given that Cry On is coming, and the almost inevitable sequels to Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey.