What was Microsoft thinking with those X1 Japanese launch games!!!!!

[Mr Puggsly]

Dr.Henry_Killinger said:

Mr Puggsly said:

It would be a waste because there would be little reward.

What could MS possibly hope to accomplish in Japan? 1 or maybe 2 million units sold?

Instead spend that money on the west and try to achieve 80 million units sold again. Its not like the 360 needed Japan to achieve that.

If its a good console, brand preferences are irrelevant. 

Even 2 Million is substantial because its a lot more important to be an international brand then an American Brand, the US, which has no brand loyalty, is not a good place to put all of your eggs so to speak.

And 80 Million is extremely optomistic, with the market shrinking as a whole and most of the 360 advatanges lost, not to mention, rebuying of consoles frankly not happening in this gen probably. We're talking 50 million tops, best case scenario WW. And even that is optomistic.

All I'm saying is, if this is a marathon, not a sprint. 

and If they are even bothering to Launch officially in Japan anyway, they might as well go all out.  

Spending a fortune to get 2 million units sold in Japan is not substantial. It seems like an even bigger waste when you consider that market is moving away from consoles (home or portable).

Many of us would prefer that money instead go into getting western game that have more hardware moving potential.

I know 80 million is optimistic (I expected you to say that) and it ain't gonna happen from wasting resources on Japan (that was my planned response).

MS invested in big budget Japanese games for 360 and had little to show for it. No need to do that again.