| welshbloke said: @tjallern I think Tokyo certainly has space constraints based on real estate value and population but is this true for the rest of Japan? I did ask for some examples of space in Japan based on average sizes not just the headline space issues faced in the larger overcrowed Japanese cities such as Tokyo. The concensus at the time is the average home in Japan is roughly the same as a home in the UK. Kinect certainly needs space and 6 foot would be the least you would want to try and get away with and even then you will find some games will not let you play two player. |
Of course, Tokyo is not the whole of Japan. I know this... But there is about 13 million people in Tokyo Metropolis, not counting the whole Metro area which houses about 35-39 million or something. The prefectures houses 8,4 million or something with a density of 5,847/km2. In comparison. Yokohama (2nd biggest) houses 3,6 million with a density of 8,335/km2 and Osaka (3rd biggest) houses 2,6 million with a density of 11,893/km2. So as you can see. Japan's total population is about 124 million or something, so Tokyo houses about 10% of Japan's total population and is still not as densely populated as neither Yokohama nor Osaka (if I understand the numbers correctly). With these numbers in mind, and with the total 360s in Japan in mind (1,4 million VGC numbers), I think it's fair to "guess" that many of the 360s sold in Japan is located in Tokyo. Of course there is no proof of this, but I like to imagine things. When I can't even find a Kinect friendly apartment in Tokyo, how the hell am I gonna find it in other cities which have LESS people, but are more densely populated? Yes, there are farm houses and everything around in Japan, and I have been to some of them as well (visiting gf's family), but they are not really the 360s demographic. So IMO, I feel that I have a pretty valid argument, based on the numbers. Of course, IMO.
Oh, and lets not forget the best piece of info. All the rumored 360s selling to American soldiers stationed in Japan =D
Numbers are taken from... Wikipedia... Where else? =)
