Yakuzaice said:
This just doesn't hold up though. In the first week of July 2012 (this is post Japanese pokemon launch and pre US launch), the 3DS was 47.5x the DS in Japan. In comparison in the US it was only 1.2x the DS. Even if you go back to July 2011 it was still 3.7x in Japan, and that's pre price cut. If you look at post price cut, the ratio doesn't match the US ones a year later. Even if we look back two years it was 2.16x the DS in Japan first week of April 2011, compared to 1.88x in the US last week. Also you can't say the US lags a year because of Pokemon, and then say it doesn't matter if its 3 months or a year. Now I'm not saying that the US doesn't lag Japan in sales trends, but my point is it has little to nothing to do with Pokemon, and it's not strictly a year. |
You don't understand the point so I'm not going to try harder. And yes, 3.5 months might as well be a year if that 3.5 months puts you smack dab in Christmas shopping season when most of your systems are sold.
It's a simple point. US gets games later than Japan, and adopts the handhelds at a rate that trails Japan by about a year. It's the case with every Nintendo handheld. Pokemon is a significant factor as it ends up launching in the US on the old system while Nintendo is trying to convince people to buy the new one.