Should Microsoft give up in Japan?

[Michael-5]

mutantclown said:

Michael-5 said:

Should have added a poll.

No.

The 360 sold 3x as good as the original X-Box in Japan, and while 1.5 million isn't much, PS3 only got 8 million. If MS grows, even just by 50% that's still 2.25 million units it wouldn't have sold otherwise.

Plus Microsoft has big pockets and will publish games Sony and Nintendo might not (or at least they won't pay as much). This is why we saw games like Lost Odyssey, Shenmue 2 (localized), and Panzer Dragoon Orta.

Plus competition from MS, however small it is, will encourage Sony to make better JRPG's.

So I see no reason why MS should leave. They might not be making much profit, but it does add a couple million sales in Japan, and maybe even a million extra sales outside of Japan from people who have to have all JRPG's.

9.2 million PS3s in Japan and counting and by mid 2014 will have eclipsed the Wii and be the most successful 7th gen console in that territory. Nothing to sneeze at. Yeah, the PS2 sold 2x that figure but hey, not all consoles can have the market for themselves like the PS2, PSone, NES and SNES pretty much did in Japan.

PS3 is never going to surpass Wii in Japan.

And yea, competition is a good thing. 360 isn't much competition, but it's something, and it's more direct then Nintendo to Sony. I don't think MS should give up, but they should release Japanese style content regularly, not like on 360 where we had a bunch and then nothing. Maybe they could try to produce games which appeal to both Japanese and Western gamers, much like Forza appeals to Europeaners and Westerners.

Wii is at 12.7 million, that's 3.5 million ahead of PS3, and yes PS3 is doing okay ATM, but as soon as PS4 releases, people are going to stop buying PS3's like they did with the DS.

P.S. I know PSP is doing okay, but compared to before it's sales are crap. Plus Vita took a long time to get a price cut and people were still making PSP software in Japan.