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LivingMetal on 12 January 2013
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Nsanity said:
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So it outsold it for the other 5 years, doesn't really change my point which you side stepped because I was right.

In others the PS3 outsells by a fair margin it is comparable with the reverse in the US.  Whether you like it or not Japan is the difference between the 2 consoles, pure and simple.  I didn't say ignore where the PS3 sells well, I pointed out one regions clear dislike of the Xbox brand which is a completely different trend to the rest of the globe that skews the figures.  

Well then Microsoft should work on Japan to try to get them interested.

It's not Sony's fault that their console is actually performing good in Japan. You can't just count out a region because it "skews" numbers.

360 will never succed in japan for obvious reasons.

Just as obvious as the reason why the PS3 can't outsell the 360 in the US.

Except the PS3 as well as its predecessors have sold millions of software and hardware in the US.

360 too in Japan...USA is just a far bigger market. The USA's preference for the 360 is just as obvious as Japan's preference for PS3. No matter how hard Sony tried, they couldn't outsell 360 for more than a few weeks there. They dropped the price by $100 there and released a slimmer, sexier model for christ's sake, yet their lead only lasted a few weeks. 

BUT, does that mean we shouldn't count USA because it "unfairly" picks 360 over PS3 by almost 2:1, despite PS3 outselling them in the rest of the world easily? The simple answer here is "no", but if you say "no" to this you also have to realize that not counting Japan at the same time makes you a hypocrite.

Your kidding right?

http://vgchartz.com/embeds/japan_totals.png?a=209

http://vgchartz.com/embeds/north_america_totals.png?a=156

Actually it doesn't. Comparing Japan to us in sales numbers just doesn't make sense on any level.  Also us preference for 360 is not even close to the Japan market, but you already knew that.

The numbers speak for themselves.


And the numbers say that Microsoft is still selling and consumers are still buying the Xbox 360 in Japan.  So it counts.