Should Microsoft fight for Japanese Marketshare next generation?

[DirtyP2002]

loves2splooge said:

The Sony lead over Apple in Japan is very slight though. And this was the first time in like 4 years that Sony overtook Apple there. Still it's very clear that people buy Sony there due to wanting to support Japanese industry. Think about it. Sony is barely on the radar in the west these days in portable audio. And it's not because Americans are all like "oh yeah, I got an iPod, Americuuh Fuck Yeah!!" Apple fanboys don't fit into that demographic. When I think Apple fanboy, I think of some arthouse movie goer at Sundance or something watching a Soderbergh movie starring Sasha Grey.

Interesting to see that Nokia got run out of the Japanese market. Then again Nokia created the epic fail that was the N-Gage (honestly who really thought that design was a good idea?) so it doesn't surprise me that they would fail in Japan. The N-Gage was ahead of it's time though. Now that we have touchscreen technology and slider designs, it's a very good time for someone (possibly Sony) to consider making a smartphone with REAL handheld gaming (not just little games like the iPhone has).

As for the cars, I bet Americans are more likely to buy Japanese compared to European too. The European cars are nice but how many people can afford a Mercedes, BMW, Porsche, Ferrari, etc.? The Japanese cars are cheap and efficient.

You can't compare upper-class cars like Mercedes, BMW and Porsche with a Toyota. You to compare cars from the same segments. And that is what the article did. Comparing BMW and Mercedes with Lexus. In this segment, I think Mercedes and BMW have a better market share than Lexus in the US, even though Lexus is pretty big there.

http://www.bmwblog.com/2009/06/04/bmw-tops-lexus-for-third-month/

http://www.motorauthority.com/blog/1033364_bmw-edging-past-lexus-to-become-americas-top-selling-luxury-brand

 

But the funny thing is, that this even works the other way around. Japanese products which miserably failed all over the world had at least decent sales in Japan. Check the minidisc. A format that just failed in Europe and NA, but it had its moments in Japan.