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Zekkyou on 17 July 2014
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RubberWhistleHistle said:
Zekkyou said:
RubberWhistleHistle said:

yeah, im sure japan is on the edge of their seats waiting for bloodborne and everything, but the wii u is going to have MORE games that appeal to the japanese gamer. a shit ton more. FF15 could very well suck major ass (i really hope it doesnt, that series needs to get back on track), who knows if another resident evil even gets made this generation (if it does, i really hope they go back to their roots), KH3 is a megaton, and many japanese people will buy a ps4 for that, but one game isnt going to save the ps4 over there. its clear where sony's efforts are being placed. 

Not in places where home consoles are selling so badly than 1st place is maintained with 9k/w sales? :p

maybe we should consider why consoles havent been selling well in japan. the wii and the ps2 sold well in japan, did they not? the 360, ps3, and ps4 did not. is it because theyre consoles? or is it because they dont appeal to the japanese gamer?

The PS3 sold badly? It sold 10m units in Japan :p If that's bad then the Wii didn't sell well, it sold "less bad" (12.7m).

Anyway, they are selling badly because Japanese gamers aren't interested in home consoles anymore.

The WiiU already has several titles that traditionally appeal to that market, yet is still barley scraping 9k sales a week. That's how irreverent Japan is to home consoles at this point, and why Sony have focused their efforts on the west (which has proven to be the right choice).

It doesn't really matter who wins in japan, it will be pretty inconsequential in the grand scheme of things.