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Carl2291 said:
slowmo said:
Take out Japan then check your figures again. One region produces a massive skew when the global sales are so close. The reason is simple. There is demand for the PS3 there but not the 360.

Does it matter? The job is to have games that appeal to as many audiences as possible. Not just one or two.

The gap in Japan is ~7.3m
The gap in USA is ~15m

The gap in America is double the gap in Japan. Lets take America out of the picture. See how things look then. After all the real massive "skew" comes from USA.

When you talk about the "skew", be also reminded a console like 3DS has had  relatively earth shattering figures in Japan and that's when you finalize things with the notion that Japan does not have enough gaming audience and therefore never counts as a significant market. Also the numbers for 360 in Japan speak for themselves. Of course what matters now and for this topic is how PS3 performs relatively in all markets. And prove me wrong if PS3 has performed in US as bad as 360 in Japan.