im sure it has nothing to do with a faceless multi billion dollar corporation spreading another of its many tentacles into the console buisness because theres more money for them to be made sony and nintendo are pretty much about video games only while the xbox is just another tool to make cash out of another overfed market..
if they were more successfull than mp3 or gaming consoles.. microsoft would also created its own dishwasher
when the ipod was new and successfulll microsoft created the zune to join the cash in... when the playstation 2 sold so perfectly well ..microsoft created the xbox to join in all that sweet money to be made...oh so we have no games yet...oh look "halo" lets buy bungie and make it a exclusive "what do you mean mr 3rd party developer youre not convinced yet? have some more of our pile of cash to easy your worries"
yeah yeah its exagerated... maybe... but if you think about how they got the tech and the games and how well it obviously works its a little scary
another reason why it isnt as successfull in japan is probably because japans customers are different from americans so if youre a outsider its hard to understand the market and its customers as well as your 2 native competitors
