When does Sony reach the point of no return in Japan?

[Erik Aston]

staticneuron said: TheSource said: So my question is...At what point is the PS3 officially at the point of no return in Japan (as in the point at which it can't come back and massacre the Wii)? Sony needs a huge boost at some point, because Super Paper Mario, Brain Academy, Mario, Brawl are all huge...and thats without considering Wii Play & Wii Sports as killer apps... Um... they are playing to different crowds. If anyone looks at the PS3 lineup and do not get excited over more than 2 or 3 games then you are really not in that crowd. I have a wii and I am only looking forward to very "few" titles. I am not in the same camp as most wii fans are. No matter who sells more or less the crowds have always been different.

Uh, it doesn't matter what "crowd" a game sells to. PSone didn't sell to the Nintendo crowd. Didn't matter. It sold to a new "crowd" faster then Nintendo sold to its "crowd," and Nintendo turned around a few years later down 2:1 in WW console sales with little 3rd party support. The gain of support for PSone meant it was more likely to get games that did hit the Nintendo crowd. Of course, it helped that it was aiming at a wider crowd then Nintendo was, but then again that's exactly what Nintendo is doing today, on a much larger scale.