Well the japanese gaming market imo has fragmented and i do think there is one console to blame. And that is microsoft and their xbox 360! I know u guys might be thinking this is some kind of fanboy rant to something but it really isn't. Think about it. Xbox 360 was released 1 year before the competition in japan. I guess japanese devs had a choice- start development with the 360 or wait for the PS3. I guess most decided to start making games for the 360 (I dont really blame them though). If there is one thing we learned about japan it is that they don't really like western and Xbox is pretty much the face of western gaming. So why the hell would japanese companies start making a lot of their games exclusive for xbox 360 for 1 year???Correct me if im wrong but japenese games this gen that were exclusive for xbox 360 for about a year in japan were-eternal sonata, star ocean, monster hunter, tales of vesperia, and some others. Square enix single handedly destroyed the entire star ocean franchise by releaseing the final game for the xbox 360 while the 1st 3 were on a playstation platform. What was the point of that? were they insane? So i guess japanese gamers had to decide- support the western xbox 360 or wait for the ps3 which at the time didnt have many games on it because many devs were stupididly were making their games exclusive for xbox 360. I think japanese devs have brought this upon themselves. It is clear now that in order for many japanese devs to be succesful there has to be only one super dominant console like the PS2 was.
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