Gamerace, i think you quite possibly correct but i'm not yet convinced that it is too late, but we are on the cusp. Looking at Japan in isolation we can see that it is becoming a relatively small market ,but it is it's potential to affect other markets that interests me. If none of the home consoles take off in Japan, by which i mean pick up and maintain sales significantly above current levels. then Japan will simply fail to have any significant impact on this generation in sales or developer support.
Sure Nintendo would love to make more money from the Wii in their homeland but I actually think Nintendo has less to lose than Sony here. The Wii has proven itself in Western markets and i think failure to gain significant sales momentum in Japan is not going to adversely affects it's success in the West where it's fate is largely sealed. If on the other hand Sony managed to gain some momentum in Japan i could see Sony, particularly if they maintain their long term plan, leverage it's way to better sales and acceptance in the West off the back of their success in Japan.
In the end i feel failure of the Wii to make a resurgence in Japan would be of little significance if the PS3 failed to capitalise on this weakness.
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