Nintendo has won Japan for the year

[Aiemond]

dahuman said:

axumblade said:

Aiemond said:

axumblade said:

Aiemond said:

outlawauron said:
Sorry to bring this old argument back, but if Asians are so cheap. Then why do they pay more (much more) for games and movies? Why did 400k+ pay more than $100 for the standard edition of MGS4?

Its the reliance on Digital Download and the price that is going to hurt the go. DD will kill it.

 

Also, I don't have a prediction for Sam Warrior. It could do that, or it could do alot less. I really don't know much about the series or the spinoffs that released.

I don't understand why you think DD will kill it..

Because the Japenese market likes physical copies of software. I don't think their level of acceptence of DD is near what it is in the west.

How do you know that though? We don't really get a listing for the PSP DD sales and Nintendo's offerings on the DSi have been terrible thus far so I wouldn't doubt that most people wouldn't bother buying them. The only game I'm interested in on the DSiware is Mario vs. Donkey Kong 3.

1 thing is that used game market is very big(or piracy) like you've stated before as I remember, when you try to force people to spend that money, they will just wait longer for a price drop instead because they know they can never sale them back, for some reason, westerners don't mind people leeching their money away(XBL, out of warranty 360s breaking down then buying new ones, itune actually more expensive, zune fucks you without subscription, all these services you don't even need, the average american spending is the highest in the world etc.) it's actually quiet mind blowing.

Western world is a very "right now" oriented society. As long as it works now and I can have it now. Thats why RROD etc has not been as big an issue as it could have been. Convienience is king.