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CrazyHorse on 20 July 2010
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kowenicki said:
CrazyHorse said:

It's also the one country out of all the main markets that is significantly culturally different.

I'm not going to say that there aren't other factors resulting in low sales for the 360 in Japan but as I mentioned in an earlier post, when the PS3 has exclusives such as Yakuza, MGS and Final Fantasy are you really surprised the PS3 is by far their HD console of choice?

no you hit the nail on the head...

japanese buy japanese.    (apart for a VERY few notable exceptions)

I see what you did there!

Yes those games are made in Japan but they are very popular franchises which have been around for years so again, it's not surprising to continue to see them sell well and shift consoles.

These games are designed for a Japanese audience where as Gears and Halo are designed for a Western audience and so we see each sell far better in their respective regions.

Again, I'm not going to pretend there isn't any national issue involved but you really can't deny that a PS3 is far more suited to Japan than the 360 can you (for the same reasons the 360 is more suited to the West)?