It wasn't the Japanese consumers fault, it was largely Nintendo for failing to follow the times, not following technical and format norms, pissing on 3rd parties in the past which cost them a great deal of support and generally selling out Sony, abandoning their CD console joint venture.
Why doesn't anyone ever blame Nintendo's problems on Nintendo? It's not a huge conspiracy, they have made some grave mistakes up over the years, just like any other major company in history.







