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

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Tim_Duncan said:
However you spin it, fact is the 360 bombed hard in Japan.

With tons of exclusive (mediocre but still) JRPG which didn't sell 1 million combined, it didn't manage to sell 1 million consoles yet in Japan, while PS3 is already at 3 millions while costing twice as much and arriving one year later .

Right now the PS3 outsells 360 4:1 in Japan, that's an amazing gap considering all the efforts made by microsoft in this region. I think Japanese people really hate microsoft because they like quality products and they hate their bad business practices too (paying for online play, nickel and dime for everything, and so on).

The 360 is all but dead in Japan, but no, of course MS won't pull from this country since it wouldn't make sense : selling 5k consoles a week is still better than nothing. Still, it's a very humiliating failure for MS.
PS3 is now selling even more than the Wii in Japan week after week, so in the long run, it could follow the path of the PS2 and take back the first place, but it will be hard since Wii focus is on the casual gamers. Anyway, I think Sony is happy with the japanese sales right now, especially since PSP sells a lot too (more than 45 million consoles sold worldwide is quite impressive).

 

Yeah, it's a shame. At least the 360 only bombed in one region, meanwhile your loved sony console is dead last in two regions and last worldwide =/

Maybe Sony should pull out of the videogame business?

Gosh, the new wave of trolls shitting up the forum to plug in the products of their beloved corporations are sure annoying.