| M.U.G.E.N said:
I'm answering to your response to me You are missing the point here completely. It doesn't MATTER if a market is shrinking and if the other is expanding relative to it. you can't just combine markets as 'you' see fit. Home consoles and handhelds cater to 'different' audiences. Guess who buys home consoles? People who wants them! I repeat DIFFERENT markets. If Japanese are losing interest, that's all good. It just means 'handheld' market is expanding in Japan, nothing more nothing less. You are just running around this for some reason. So fact of the matter is, handheld market leader in Jp = DS/ Console market leader in Jp = Wii. Losing interest in a product = shrinking market, not because they think it's the same thing |
You're missing my point here... it's not even about shrinking or growing markets, it's about blurring markets. DS fills the needs PS2 used to, it's considered the de-facto successor to PS2, and it's unquestionably been Japan's market leader this cycle.
That's the whole point, these literally aren't DIFFERENT markets anymore for the Japanese. The handheld/console distinction in Japan at this point is an arbitrary one, this isn't like how it is in America or Europe. You're coming at this with a completely wrong mindset, one that Japan's effectively evolved out of. And 3DS/NGP just blur those lines even further, hell we're even getting Famitsu articles now about how with NGP, Sony doesn't even need to bother with doing PS4. That's where Japan's at today.
