Hundreds queue up for Wii U debut in Japan

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Meret said:

TeddostheFireKing said:

gentii said:
i think this is a Great Strategic management from Nintendo to Capture the Japan ! 3DS+ Wii U= 90% Nintendo

After Japan its too easy to Capture NA and EU

I agree that Nintendo will do well in Japan, but I don't quite understand why that success will extend to America and Europe. Historically your correct that consoles that do well in Japan do well elsewhere, but more recently, the PSP did well in Japan and terrible in the West, the 360 did terrible in Japan and great in the west and the 3DS is doing great in Japan but average in the west. Can you explain your point?


I  must admit, I was hoping to see pictures from Japan in this article :(

PSP did well in Japan, but most of its sales come from the West (from WW 70M Japan is 19M). 3DS is still leading portable game console of this generation (3DS / Vita race, I mean). So it's very simple.

Yes, but for the most part, Western games sell well in the west and Japanese games do well in Japan (excluding first party). These don't normally overlap, the only exceptions are Konami (MGS and PES in areas), Capcom (SF, RE and others do moderately well) and Final Fantasy. Now these games aren't announced for the WiiU yet (PES may be, but I don't think it is), but otherwise, Japanese games won't sell the WiiU to Westerners.

Similarly, the PSP did well in the West when Western games came to the system, when that support died, sales dropped, even when Japanese games kept coming. The 3DS is killing the Vita right now, but it's hardly getting insane sales in the west compared to the DS or Gameboy because although Japanese games are there, western ones aren't.