| Viktor said: The 2014 delay will really bite Sony in the a.. in Japan. Releasing a new console in February isn´t exactly a brilliant idea. The excuse has been, that games would not be ready but it´s launch lineup is still looking pretty lackluster. |
Sony knows the console business is Japan is small potatoes these days. Better to push as much stock to the more important US/Euro markets and try to take as much advantage of that lower PS4 price over the XB1 as possible.
The Wii/Playstation audiences in Japan are pretty different anyway ... the Wii appeals to families, kids, and Nintendo fans, the Playstation is more aimed at teenagers/college kids/otaku nerds and neither is really going to stop the other from having their fans eventually buy the consoles.The battle between the XBox 1/PS4 in the West will be far more intense.
I think Sony made the right call.
