Japanese Retail Employee Says Xbox 360 Having Rough Time

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When is Mistwalker going to come out with Blue Dragon 2? Blue Dragon 2 would do really well on the 360 and it'll probably push consoles. I think Star Ocean 4 narrowly beat it in JP sales but Star Ocean had a larger install base to work with (released early 09. BD was released late 06.) Microsoft should also publish some new first-party Japanese IPs.

And since no one would be surprised by PS3 ports anymore, maybe (even though I admit this is controversial) Microsoft shouldn't stop funding third-party 360 development. I was against this idea at first (since it angered the Tales fanboys and hurt their reputation) but if you think about it, many of these third-party timed exclusives wouldn't even be on the 360 in the first place if it wasn't for Microsoft's subsidies. Some Japanese developers will publish multiplats on the 360 in Japan because they believe in the console (ie. Capcom, Arc System Works, Sega. Yeah it sounds corny but if they didn't believe in the console, they wouldn't have bothered with multiplats) but it's clear that most Japanese publishers don't feel it's worth while and want to publish PS3 only. So the incentives Microsoft gives out for 1 year timed exclusivity have their place. After all, it's better for Microsoft to get these games on the 360 (even without the exclusive content) than to not get them at all. So as long as they don't have "only on xbox 360" on the box (which they didn't with Tales, Star Ocean and Eternal Sonata anyway in Japan. And yes, look at the Japanese cover of ToV. It doesn't have those words. Therefore no false advertising.) or any of the ads. Since that's dishonest. Sure a lot of Japanese will wait it out (as evidenced by ToV) but the hardest of the hardcore will want to get it first anyway (even though the PS3 sold more overall, the ToV sales on the 360 were impressive given the low install base. So theres lots of hardcores that will buy). And 360 owners in Japan are the most hardcore. They have the highest attach rate (4.94 tie ratio vs PS3's 3.56.. gee attach rates in Japan are generally low. Maybe they buy used?). That's some great loyalty they are giving to a dead last console.