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DerNebel said:
Aerys said:
DerNebel said:

The japanese console market is collapsing or at least shrinking considerably, no point in denying that. Only a huge miracle would make any console consistently sell over 40k in Japan for several weeks in the summer. Had Mario 64 a lot to do with those N64 sales? Sure, but that still doesn't disprove the notion that the japanese market isn't what it used to be.

It's not totally what it used to be during N64 era of course,  but i dont think it shrinked from PS3 to PS4. There is no evidence about that for now. I'd see easily the PS4 reaching 8-9M, especially if the dragon quest come back is real

I doubt the PS4 will reach 10 million like the PS3, but I'll be happily proven wrong, Dragon Quest will certainly help. The overall market will still be a lot smaller than last gen, the Wii U will not come close to touching the Wiis numbers unless something unforeseen happens and the X1 looks to become a total failure from the get go. Overall I'd say the console market will be lucky to reach 15 million units across all 3 platforms in Japan this gen.

Wii u just like in the west is doing a lot worst that wii because it lost casuals gamers,xbox like usual is doing bad in Japan nothing new here Microsoft is doing less effort then with xbox360.

Playstation 4 problem unlike wii u and xbox is games i strongly believe 2015 line up will save ps4 if it's not the case i would say consoles are really dead in Japan



PS4 - over 100 millions let's say 120m
Xbox One - 70m
Wii U - 25m

Vita - 15m if it will not get Final Fantasy Kingdoms Heart and Monster Hunter 20m otherwise
3DS - 80m