| Zucas said: I think the worst thing about all of this is that people are going to get false hopes that MS will do better in Japan when in reality your only setting yourself up for disappointment. Yes its a start to leading 360 in a more positive direction with the Japanese crowd, but don't be lead to believe that it's the 360's savior. What we need to realize is that this is a step in the right direction for MS in catering to the Japanese market. No matter how much I disagree with their tactics in doing that, it still gives a more positive outlook. Start creeping up and little milestones such as getting a weekly average of 10k. When this starts to happen then speculation of these things can fly. Anyways I hope the game opens to good sales because obviously it deserves it. 360 fans in Japan need something like this. *not trolling simply putting perspective on the situation... of course people nowadays think everything is trolling* |
I don't get people who "disagree" with their tactics. They are fighting a war for second place with Sony. They have the money to fight this war, and they have a good install base to back them up. What do you expect them to do, lay down and let Sony trample them in Japan? They had the money to secure some JRPGs and make them exclusive to the 360, so they did it, and it WILL move hardware. No one title will single handedly save them in Japan, but several put together could.
Microsoft could have gone the wimpy route in Japan. Sometimes in business, a company will take a very passive route if they're being defeated in a certain market. They usually just put their product in that market so they have some sort of presence and can maybe steal a small slice of the market share and maybe annoy their competition a bit at the same time.
Microsoft is NOT taking that route. They are using their resources to make sure that Japan knows that they have not only a viable console, but also a superior platform for JRPGs. And it seems like it's working, at least a little bit. There are long lines for this game in Japan, and there are people walking out of stores with new 360s as well.
And trust me, the vast majority of developers do not want to see Sony as the only player in town. Not this generation. It may have been ok in the hey day of the PS2, but the PS3 ain't the PS2. There are other consoles on the market that are both more popular and have a bigger install base thus far. In other words, developers make more money to consider ALL THREE platforms when making a game. Of course there have to be exclusives in order to sway the market one way or another, but once that happens, the main thing for developers is to pull in more money.
