Loud_Hot_White_Box said:
Kasz216 said:
Loud_Hot_White_Box said:
The Anarchyz said:
Like i said, we discussed the Japan issue with consoles in a lot of threads, and we came to the same conclusion about the Xbox brand being American...
And about the other brands, i said "survived", not "beat down the competition" because i don't have the sales of them vs the competition (and i might add, Windows doesn't have J-competitors and the other brands are not having a war like the Xbox is having with the Playstation)...
But if you like to give a better explanation of why the Xbox brand is not that popular in Japan despite having a JRPG with part of the Chrono Trigger Dream Team, a JRPG with part of the Final Fantasy original team, a Tales JRPG and two Tri-Ace JRPGs (one of them a popular established franchise), be my guest...
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In Japan, and to a lesser extent in Europe, people prefer to think the goods they buy are of high quality. And low price is not as much of a selling point as it is in America: it tends to connote shoddy quality.
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i believe the effects of the 360 price drop would disagree with you there.
The reason it's doing bad in japan is because JRPGs outside a few namebrands don't matter.
The reason why Playstation is doing better in Europe is becuase osny was the first company to make a real effort in europe.
Sega and espiecially Nintendo's distribution and setups in europe were laughable.
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What I said is consistent with price drop effects: yeah, lower prices have an effect, but in the areas that aren't so discount-oriented, but instead quality-oriented, PS3 does better in general vs. 360. PS3 will see a boost in EU and Japan from a price drop, too.
As for Japan: does the PS3 have exclusives on those JRPG namebrands you mentioned? Because it's beating the hell out of 360.
As for Europe: then it was a horrible blunder for Microsoft not to make an effort there when they wanted to be successful in the console business...oh wait, as I type that, it does't sound reasonable at all. Nope, the more consistent explanation of sales, given how much cheaper 360 is, is that there's a perception that the 360 is a second-rate console.
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FF13.
It also has the other games that matter in Japan
MGS4, Everybody loves Golf, GT5: Prologue.
The PS3 has every game that was big last generation in japan that isn't a JRPG. 360 does not.
