crumas2 on 15 October 2008
360 may not be burning up the pavement in japan, but it's definitely doing better than it was.
The PS2 numbers are worrisome... Sony seems to have gotten itself into a pickle. Removing BC from the PS3 allowed them to reduce the price, yet buyers in Japan still prefer the PS2, probably due to the much lower price and the ability to play a large legacy collection of games. If Sony had left BC in the PS3, they would have addressed the ability to play the legacy games, but made the price gap even worse. Sony has to be wanting the PS3 to quickly replace the PS2... if it doesn't, then that will badly balkanize their PS console brand and slow PS3 adoption.
Perhaps a good raft of new Japan-centric PS3 games that *aren't* on the PS2 will help.
