AKA pooperscooper said:
Yes Ps3 is tracking lower in Japan around the same time BUT... DW6 released (November 9th) Then Winning Eleven (November 22nd) Then GT5:P (December 13th) This year it goes Winning eleven (Nov 27th and will be the first year without Ps2 version) Some Gundam game (December 18th) Then WKC (December 25th) so last year Japan didn't release anything after GT5P (Which was on the 13th) This year WKC releases on the 25th... (Basically everything started earlier last year and will end later this year) |
These games could help. But not much. The problem in Japan is that Wii has a stranglehold on the market. It is ridiculous. It is still sold out in several stores from time to time. And the Nintendo section always dominates the gaming stores with huge displays and more floor space for their products. Thats how it works here. The core Japanese gamer is kids and they play Wii or DS.
As for the HD systems they are left to fight over the scraps. Neither can make much ground while the Wii is around.
Overseas though, the core gamer is a bit older, and are in that odd medium that exists between the HD systems and Nintendo. But even then the Wii has won out because they appeal to wider variety of gamer and had a cheaper product for the majority of their run.
