Xbox 360 being phased out of Japan

[Shinobi-san]

BenVTrigger said:

Chrizum said:

BenVTrigger said:

lurkerwithnosoul said:

Mordred11 said:

BenVTrigger said:
I'll never understand why the Japanese dislike Xbox consoles and games so much

They only like to play with themselves/own stuff?

There. Now it's fixed.

No its not.  Even western titles that are huge on PS3 everywhere else on Earth usually far lower in Japan.  In general there is certainly a negative bias in Japan towards western software and hardware.

Same thing goes for the American and European market. Japanese-centric games don't do as well here as overseas. It has nothing to do with bias, moreso with culture.

Thats quite simply not true though.  There are TONS of Japanese franchises that are massive in the West.  Pokemon, Resident Evil, Final Fantasy, Metal Gear Solid, Demon's Souls just to name a few.  Not to mention companies like Capcom, Konami, Square Enix, Nintendo, and Sony have all had huge successes in the West.

There isn't the same standard in Japan.  You can't name me 5 western franchises this gen that have sold over 1 million copies in Japan.  Japanese gamers litteraly have words they use in derogitory ways towards Western games, and for years and years now they have seen them as inferior.

This isn't meant to be a slight at the Japanese they're cool as hell its just simple facts.  Japan has a negative bias towards the Western developed games that isn't debatable and the Japanese will be the first to admit it.

You don't get to say whats debatable and whats not.

Japanese gamers do not like western games. Simple as that! If they wanted to play a western game they would, im sure they not not buying western games just because its from the west. Thats insane to even suggest that (which is what you suggesting).

And yeah i too have never been to japan and i dont know many japanese friends, and there probably is a minority group of japanese gamers who think that of western developed games, but it certainly isnt the masses who share those views imo.