Does the 360 need Japan?

[DarkNight_DS]

elendar said:

So the 360s sales are horrid in Japan and will most likely never recover. I live in NA as I’m sure most of the members of this site do. I’ve seen many, many sales posts relating to Wii passing 360s sales numbers. Well of course they are they sell a ridiculous amount of wiis in Japan. But does that matter? I’m going to say nope. =) The only thing 360 needs from Japan in my opinion is developer support. Capcom, Namco, etc are producing great games for the 360. Of those 90% of sold out side Japan.

So it may not be possible for the 360 to take the lead in a ‘world wide’ sales but to me its not a big deal. I’m very pleased with my 360 so far. =)

Thoughts?

 If the 360 wants to be taken seriously as a contender.... it needs to do way better in Japan.  You can't get the best games from all three markets if you're losing in one of the markets (much like other's have stated) and you'll lose your biggest markets if you can't hold onto Japan.  Look at the DS vs. PSP, the PSP came out roaring in U.S. only to be steamrolled by the D.S. once the D.S. started getting the best games and an updated design.  The same is happening to the 360.  The Wii is steam rolling it's way through...  it can't be stopped now.