I think the Wii U will outsell PS4 in Japan

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BeTa77 said:

S.Peelman said:

In Japan I agree WiiU could come out on top, but I think PS4 will still win there as well even if it isn't with spectacular numbers. Final Fantasy will probably make sure of it. In any case, if there's any region WiiU has a fair chance to win, it's Japan.

The PS4's as of now disappointing sales there are just proof that console gaming is as good as dead in Japan.

It's crazy how japan is now basically a handheld country, they always used to buy lots of home consoles.

 

I wonder why home consoles are declining there.

It's not only home consoles, though they've arguably been hit the hardest, the dedicated handheld market will also be severely down this gen, it's just the market is shifting to another type of gaming entirely, the more interesting question would be if this development is going to be premanent or if it#ll go back someday.

OT: With the amount of games for the japanese market that the PS4 has right now being more or less zero (not counting crossgen games here), it seems to be pretty difficult to really estimate the potential the PS4 has in Japan. The Wii U on the other hand already has some historically pretty big hitters for Japan out on the console and is still selling pretty much... well bad, now if this is a problem with the console or with the market itself is something we'll see when the PS4 gets some big japanese games.