Xbox 360 S enjoys bigger launch than PS3 Slim (according toGfK)

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CrazyHorse said:

kain_kusanagi said:

In my opinion the Xbox 360's sales in Japan aren't what's really pathetic. What's truely pathetic are Japanese gamer's apathy for a great console and stellar games. I mean look at how successful the 360 is everywhere else in the world. Everybody loves the Xbox 360 except Japan? How is that possible? It's like they are snubing it becuase it's not a Japanese company. Don't try to tell me that the Xbox 360 library only appeals to westerners becuase we buy tons of Japanese styles games. It's not that Xbox 360 doesn't appeal to the Japanese, it's that the Japanese seem to refuse to accept a foreign competitor. Fun games are fun no matter where you live and if they gave Halo a chance they'd probably love it as much as Final Fantasy.

Well that clearly doesn't work the other way around in the West so I'm not sure why you'd expect it to be the case over there. Although the 360 does now have a wider library which also caters towards the Japanese market, when games like FFXIII, Yakuza and MGS and exclusive to the PS3 which HD console do you really expect them to buy?

When games like Halo, Gears of War and Fable are exclsuive to the 360, which HD console do you really expect Americans to buy?

Sure MS has a few Japanese games, but they are nowhere near as big as the ones you mentioned in Japan. E.g. Infinite Undiscovery, The Last Remnant, Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey.

So does Sony for the Western audience, but they are nowhere near as big as the one I mentioned. E.g. Uncharted, Killzone or Resistance.