Is Nintendo Taking Another Software From Sony Again?

[Otakumegane]

riderz13371 said:

Otakumegane said:

riderz13371 said:

noname2200 said:

riderz13371 said:

noname2200 said:
Pezus has clearly never played Risk. Cede even one territory to your foe, and they'll use it as a secure base to steamroll you with the bonus troops they get each round.

Good thing this is real life and not risk.

I'll remember that when the extra three troops a turn Nintendo will generate from this are sweeping aside Sony's forces in Asia, then Africa, then, Europe, then...

then....? Then you wake up?

What he's saying is that Nintendo can branch out from Japan using it as their stronghold.

What's extremely important is the growth of China and it's console market which has been plagued by bans and piracy for years. If China ever obtains a fixed market for videogame consoles, then it is highly likely that it will be Nintendo and not Sony that gains more ground there attributed to a closeness in culture to Japanese games more than Western games. I don't agree with Europe/Africa but the rest of Asia? It is entirely possible.

But do you actually believe China will get rid of their laws against video games/consoles? I honestly doubt it, at least not in the near future.

The console ban isn't a gigantic problem, it exists on paper but not heavily enforced.

What is rampant is software piracy, and it is the main reason that videogame consoles out of China. There are some loopholes that companies have taken advantage of, and China doesn't have a ban on videogames, just the consoles. (Online gaming is the most prominent in China)

If you search for iQue player in China you will see what I mean by "loopholes". Also recently, the PS3 got approval in China.

http://www.slashgear.com/ps3-might-finally-be-on-the-way-to-china-04255589/

Which means we might get to see a growing Chinese market for Video games along withn the rising Chinese middle class. As most of the Asian centric teams that will appeal to this demographic are located in Japan, to secure this market one pretty much requires the Tecmo Koei, the JRPGs, and the fighting games.

It might be fine to dismiss the console market of Japan because of the low percentage of total sales there, but only foreign companies like Microsoft are allowed to do that. A company not supporting its domestic customers will get a lot of hate. Japan is just as symbolic to Sony as it might be strategic. In the games industry, Asian games=Japan. 

(Though I agree, risk wasn't the greatest analogy)

Just take my word for it, Japan will become increasingly prominent in the coming years, this gen Japan held the least amount of importance ever.