| seece said: "You can't win without Japan" What bollocks. Ok so lets say (by some freaky coincidence) Playstation 3 had 5 million consoles sold in that reagion, 360 had 2 million and the Wii completly failed with 2 million. WW Totals ? Wii would still be ahead of its closest rival by 11 million. And that would pretty much be worst case scenario for Wii in Japan. You need Europe, America and UK to win IMO. |
It's true that Japan doesn't hold the weight that it used to however the OP is talking about dominance. Dominance means not just selling the most consoles but also being the most successful across all regions. And in that respect I do not foresee Microsoft having the Worldwide success of the Wii or the PS1/PS2.
BTW UK is a part of Europe although it is the country in Europe with the largest console market individually.
edit- And just to add for all the talk about the shrinking Japanese market so far they have bought close to 8 million wiis and just under 3 million PS3s. And these figures would likely have been higher were it not for Sony's blunders and the great shift to handhelds which is evident by the massive success of the DS and the relative success of the PSP in Japan.
These trends can change in the future and home consoles could possibly regain their place. So as much as you may like for Japan to be a non deciding factor in domination I would argue that it is.
