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Captain_Tom on 12 July 2013
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sales2099 said:
Captain_Tom said:
sales2099 said:
 

Please id rather not get into Japans cultural rejection of 360 being the only reason why this is the case. Because for the rest of the world, namely NA, being cheaper while having 95% the same library was a huge factor.

This statement is completely unfair.  It is a two way street buddy.  The Xbox is an American console and surprise: It sold best in America.  So then let's look at an "Unbiased" source: Europe.  Oups!  The PS3 outsold it by a fair margin that keeps growing...

Face facts, Xbox 360 had some great advantages in having a year headstart, a cheaper price, and great initial game support and online services.  These things were muddled by their terrible quality, their shortsighted and corporatized lack of sustainable game support, and just flat out inferior technology for the price.  The world spoke.

Americans don't have half the cultural loyalties as Japan. hence PS1 and PS2 domination in America. 360 was just cheaper and played the same games. Japanese culture perception was a direct influence on 360 sales. I mean from 05-08, MS tried there, they really did.

BS on your last paragraph. Japan spoke, nothing more. I don't live there and neither do you, so i wouldn't lean on them for a crutch because you live on 360 turf.


I actually played with quite a few japanese people online from time to time.  That is the nice thing about having a world wide user base:  There are people to play with at all hours of the day, on all games!  I made friends in England, France, and Germany too.

Oh and the 360 was not  very compelling console for a japanese gamer.  JRPG's asside, there were just as many "Japanese" games on PS3 as there were on 360.  Difference is the 360 required LIVE (Which Japanese gamers didn't want to pay for), it had massive failure issues which were a NIGHTMARE to deal with in Japan, and then you have things like MGS4 and FFXIII coming in the future.  The Japanese gamer would buy a 360 if it was truly a better choice for them.  It wasn't.

Also how and in what way am I leaning on them?  LOL a sale is a sale buddy.  Also this "360 Turf" has all of my former 360 gamer friends playing on PC and PS3 with the exception of the 1 diehard fanboy...

I will say that perhaps Xbox is the console for you.  Having said that, have you ever considered that it just flat out isn't the right console for most others?  Or would would you rather pretend some countries "Don't Count."