Japans PS3 Nightmare

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KruzeS said:
The PS3 is far from dead. Japan might be a nightmare now, but it will save the PS3. It's quite simple really, success is relative. The 360 is doing OK there (success is relative, again), but it'll be no competition there to the PS3.

The problem is people are still looking at this as a three horse race, it's not. This is a two horse race, even Microsoft and Sony predicted that at E3, just with the wrong spin. One horse is the Wii the other is the PS360 (and the PC).

Yes, the Wii wins, hands down, but that doesn't mean there isn't room for the alternative. If you forget the Wii for a second, you'll have the 360 dominating America, the PS3 owning Japan and both spliting differently the remaining countries with an edge to the PS3.

Now, you've got to know that some games just aren't fitted for the Wii (not that I like them myself)! If publishers want to sell them in Japan they have to put them on the PS3, if they want to sell them in America they'll put them on the 360, and if they want a shot at selling worldwide, they'll have to port them all around. We are already seeing this happen - exclusives being dropped or reevaluated - much more than we're seeing support being dropped for these consoles and added to the Wii. There will be a market for these games - the PS3 and 360 combined will be significant.

Of course publishers are now waking up and announcing support for the Wii, but that doesn't mean they'll drop the PS360. Actually, those better be novel things they're bringing to the Wii, otherwise they won't stand up. EA's MySims will be big, but Sims wouldn't be so big - and you can bet that realistic looking life simulator still has a shot in the PS360 (and PC) combined.

What you say makes sense, but if most games exist for both the 360 and the PS3, and the 360 being much cheaper than the PS3 (and that will never change), most people would choose a 360 rather than a PS3, even in Japan right?