Is the Japanese gaming industry in crisis? (BBC article)

[Solid_Snake4RD]

Mr Puggsly said:

Solid_Snake4RD said:

Mr Puggsly said:

Solid_Snake4RD said:

720 needs to have japanese support from the start

Why? So they can sell more consoles in Japan. It ain't worth much in regards to software sales.

People boast about PS3 doing great in Japan but they've only sold 25 million games there. In NA the PS3 sold 145 million games.

i was not talking about it benefiting 360 but it benfiting the japanese games industry

this thread is about japanese games declining not west struggling

 

and the PS3 sales in japan and west isn't the topic

it is how japanese games sell everywhere that is both the west and japan

I see, but I don't think support is the problem. They just need to start putting out better games.

they already do put out great games

 

its just that if over a period you get used to west games then you don't like japanese games anymore

 

when the gen started,360 had alot of western games cause XBOX brand is more western so people's choice changed

 

this didn't happen earlier as ninty was dominating so we were used to their games

 

then Playstation came in,they brought all kinds of games but japanese games were supported from the start so people started liking it but as PS3 didn't do well this gen people got used to western games

 

the japanese game industry would be alot better if PS3 was like PS2 succesfull

 

by this  idon't mean sony being succesfull but the game selling on that platform which as sony supported japanese development,people would have still liked their kind of games

 

and ninty isn't really open outside first party