Japan UP!

[Dianko]

Sephiroth357 said:

Dianko said:
Wow, the sales are down hard this year in Japan. What's going on? Is Wii reaching market saturation (I could almost believe the DS is)? When was the last pricecut for the PS3, and what's the outlook for the upcoming exclusives? Xbox 360 is up, but I would've expected more considering this is around the number it's been hovering at for a few months (no holiday boost for MS?)

What's going on in Japan?

 

 The world is at its greatest moments right now.

Are you referring to the recession? System sales appear to be largely unaffected (and considerably higher) almost everywhere else in the world, why is Japan different? I know that the unpopular HD consoles will probably die alot sooner in Japan than elsewhere, but whats with the drop in Wii and PSP sales, and to a lesser extent DS sales? Is Japan simply losing interest in gaming, or is it a price issue, or a software issue? Is it a different mindset that Japan has compared to the western world on how to deal with an economic recession?