WW - 21st August Up!

[Mr Puggsly]

Alby_da_Wolf said:

Mr Puggsly said:

Not really much to argue with. Brand perception plays a roll. But I mostly blame software for poor sales. I mean if the 360 had major exclusives like the PS3 often gets in Japan. We could naturally assume the 360 would be in bigger demand there.

Maybe MS selling Japanese games to the Japanese looked to them like trying to sell ice to Eskimos, not even a cultural thing, maybe it just looked awkward to them. Maybe also some Japanese gamers thought it was presumptuous, or at least shallow, by MS to suddenly release a lot of Japanese games and pretending to have understood Japanese gaming culture. IMVHO there's not a single reason, but a combination of many.

Well the best selling 360 games in Japan are Japanese games. They are either exclusive or timed exclusives. MHFO is climbing the 360's Japanese charts fast. May surpass Halo 3 next week.

Japanese consumers don't seem that complex. If MS would get a hold of more Japanese exclusives (from popular developers) and get them regularly, it could really help console sales there. Even timed exclusivity helps.