Would it be in the 360's best interest for MS to pull it out of Japan?

[Rei]

BTFeather55 said:

Rei said:

BTFeather55 said:

mrstickball said:
Oh, btw, I thought this was a 360 discussion? Why has this become a 'PS3 is superior' discussion, BTF?

 

 Because in order to outline why the 360 will never be a success in Japan.  I have to discuss the biggest reason why it won't and that is the PS3 and exclusivity of FFXIII, FF Versus XIII, and other upcoming PS3 games that are destined to have tremendous success in Japan

 

    What are these other games?

 

 Hideo Kojima's Next Project, Tales of Vesperia PS3, Star Ocean4 PS3, Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, Team ICO Project, games from NIS like the upcoming Eternal Mana game, Level 5's next PS3 rpg,  there will be a ton of exclsuive games coming to the PS3 in Japan after it hits 5 million sales there this holiday season with the release of GT5 and FFXIII, and even more after FF Versus XIII pushes the PS3's install base up to 7 million in Japan.  If Kingdom Hearts III comes to the PS3, then it will sell over 10 million consoles in Japan this gen.

Neither of these games is "destined to have a tremendous success in Japan". Half of them are late ports that wont do any good in sales, some of them are not even announced for PS3.

   Aside from Final Fantasies and Gran Turismo there is nothing big coming for the PS3 in Japan.