| Hyruken said: That is a good point. IF Japan were more open to foreign technology and bought them in the same way they buy their own products like the rest of the world does the gap would probably be a lot higher. In a way 360 has actually been handicapped this gen as can only really sell in mass to the other 2 regions. While Nintendo and Sony can obviously sell to all regions freely. I think the fact the 360 has sold nearly 1.5m in Japan is a massive achievement for it. Who knows maybe Kinect will help to sell a few more 360's in Japan.... |
While MSFT's growth from last gen to this gen should be applauded....their lack of sales isnt because theyre american.
If you really think thats a handicap, we shouldnt even be having this discussion of 360 vs PS3 sales since the 360 had a full year on the market and a nice little bragging right of being the first HD console and next gen console available worldwide.
Id say the later, rather than Sony having earned the foothold they have in Japan is far more of a hinderence in this discussion about head to head sales.
I mean, the 360 had one full year with no Wii or PS3 to compete with as next gen, thats huge in this discussion, but generally isnt brought up because we have accepted it as th enorm. So dont try to bring in the singling out Japan like MSFT is at some disadvantage when comparing numbers, here.
