nofingershaha said:
scottie said:
Uh, the japanese game market is growing, not shrinking. 2009 has so far been down YoY, yes. But that is only because you're not looking at the big picture.
Hardware sales are the msot obvious way to observe that the Japanese game market is growing
7th gen
DS 28.2
PSP 12.9
Wii 8.6
PS3 3.7
360 1.2
Iphone Not many, it only just released
Total 54.6 million in 4 years for most consoles, 3 for others
6th Gen
PS2 21 million
GBA 16.7 million
GC 4
360 0.5
DC 2.2
Total 50.4 over about 10 years or so
The 7th gen consoles have already outsold the 6th gen. How is that shrinking? |
You can go ahead and say the Japanese Market is still as strong as ever, but their gaming industry is no longer the force they once were. As to your previous post saying that Japan is the 2nd largest in a long line of vital markets, even the UK alone (which is of course counted among the E.U.) have surpassed Japan in overall sales.
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UK was bigger last year, but that's the only year it's ever happened and again this year it's not even close UK shrunk big time.
