The reason PS3 does not have the Japanese game support that PS2 did

[Kasz216]

Million said:

If i'm not mistaken , isn't the PS3 selling similarly to the performance of the PS2 in terms of hardware in japan ? . I think it would be quite silly to base your support of a console purely on hardware sales it's important that developers are able to predict the future performance of the console aswell and with MGS4 ,Yakuza and Final Fantasy next year it's becoming an increasingly viable format to develop for.

The Wii probably has had a huge influence in poor support for the PS3 , but I don't think that'll deter the developers , if worse comes to worse Sony will have to finance the development of JRPG's mainly by themselves.

but yeah currently , the PS3 is doing sucky I know I wouldn't buy one if I was japaneese , I'd have a Wii.

Alligned launches

 http://vgchartz.com/hwlaunch.php?cons1=PS2&reg1=Japan&cons2=PS3&reg2=Japan&cons3=SNES&reg3=Japan&weeks=156

and that's with the PS2 being VERY supply constrained.