Gamerace on 27 March 2008
First off the Source is right on the money. Japan always has one very clear winner, this time it's Wii.
Secondly - As for 360 it's main fault is it's non-Japanese, it's MS and RRoD. Secondary - too few Japanese centric games and price.
As for PS3 - Price is a factor, but also so is the very highly western game library. It's line-up looks more like the xbox's did than the PS2's did. Another factor may be that's it's just to damn expensive for smaller japanese developers to make games on so they are all going to the Wii (although very few have sold well on Wii either).
Bottom-line: A better Japanese economy would increase video game sales all across the board but wouldn't change the market share spilt from what we're seeing now.
