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pokoko on 05 February 2014
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Goatseye said:
pokoko said:
 

No, that's not what I'm saying.  Microsoft, for various reasons, had a lot of trouble in Japan, including missing out on some games that Playstation got.  They also flubbed with that controller, which the Japanese hated.  They had PR and image problems.  They pissed off Japanese publishers by trying to do business with western methods.  Lots of factors added up to the Xbox brand being scorned.  Microsoft bought a few exclusives and missed out on dozens more.

The 'racism' thing always cracks me up, though, when there are hundreds of western brands doing very well in Japan.  There are like a thousand KFC restaurants there, yet they won't have anything to do with non-Japanese brands?  Hah.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/08/12/business/global/korean-companies-gain-traction-in-japan.html?from=business

I think you're mixed up somehow.  We're talking about western products in Japan, not Korean products.  We already know there is a large amount of tension between Japan and Korea.  

The article also points out that it's mostly a dated misconception among older people (common world-wide) with younger generations being more open--and it's the younger generation that would be interested in video-games.