Japan UP - 22nd August 2010

[hatmoza]

D-Joe said:

kain_kusanagi said:

yo_john117 said:

Japan is always the most boring section out of all 3.

I wonder why it is that the Japanese don't buy Xbox 360. The rest of the world does. Western gamers love Japanese style games so why don't the Japanese enjoy western style games? It's like they refuse to acknowledge anything outside of their island nation, no matter how fun it is.

http://scrawlfx.com/2010/08/niitsuma-xbox-360s-low-japanese-sales-a-cultural-thing

” but I think Japanese consumers usually require a bit more guidance.”

“They tend to be in need of further explanation, so you have to say, “This is big and awesome! And this part is made of this and that’s why it’s good. And this could do this much things and that’s why it’s good,” and I think Sony is probably, so far, better in explaining things to the Japanese market.”

That is the dumbest reason I've read to why 360 fails in Japan.

Culture and PS3 getting more RPG are more believable reasons, but 360 being an alien device, and Japanese consumers needing more guidance is nonsense.