Japan is still an area to be very worried about. The only game making company that has a platinum title in Japan alone is Nintendo. They have 5 there. No other company has been able to do that with a single title which is a very scary thought. Hell I think the closest another company has come has been Square Enix with DRagon Quest Swords. But that's another title on Wii. Any on PS3 or 360 just ain't doing well there.
I mean I guess that can be explained by the mass difference in userbase but this is showing a nasty trend. 3rd parties are having problems having success in Japan on the Wii and its got the top userbase. They are also having problems having success on PS360 not only because of smaller userbase but because they aren't being bought too much there otherwise at all.
This is quite a problem and really I don't know what 3rd parties are going to do about it. I mean they complain about things not selling on Wii but PS360 situation over there is just as bad. So who are Japanese companies going to support down the line when it comes to Japan? Personally I think they are going to go with Wii cause even though the 3rd party situation is sketchy down there, the larger the userbase still the best chance for a profitable game and less risk with the smallest amount of cost to make it.
Now in 2008 a lot of those guys have chosen PS3 or 360 or both but I think they know that the success isn't going to come out of Japan and they are mainly focusing on Europe and America.
So 3rd parties in Japan is quite disturbing eh. What yall think.
