ViolentPhlegm on 11 November 2009
@Netyaroze: All the pieces are there. Japan is the world's HD leader in most other respects, I believe. I could be wrong on some of this, but I think they have 1) most HD sets per capita, 2) most HD programming subscribers per capita, 3) first to broadcast in DTV/HDTV, 4) first to end analog transmission.
Japan frequently leads the way in adoption of new technology and I think an argument could be made that the initial success of Wii in Japan had more to do with the new tech (motion control) than anything to do with the game selection or Nintendo brand.
