Japan - Was it really that great of an idea to delay PS4s to 2014?

[Nem]

Viktor said:

Nem said:
I will put this blatantly. Japan does not carry much weight as far as home consoles go. Its not completely irrelevent, but its not where the console wars get decided. Sony chose to focus on other priorities, even if they lose one holiday season to nintendo, it wont matter for their ultimate goal.

What exactly does this have to do with the topic at hand? This topic isn´t about Japans relevance compared to other markets. It´s about if the 2014 release was a good decision to get the Japanese market in the pocket or not. Seriously it´s funny what kind of excuses are brought up, when it comes to Sony.

You want to analyse the japanese market in a vacuum, but that is just not possible. Home conoles are worldwide products, japan is part of a whole. It does not make sense by itself.

In your vacuum, of course releasing you console in time for the holidays is very important. But, this vacuum scenario is completely irrelevent.