Why does 360 suck in Japan?

[dschumm]

As bad as people have been on MS in the US over RROD it is a much bigger deal in EU and Japan. No amount of new IPs will help that; Japanease or not. Also the Japanease are really favoring known entities right now, so while Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey are nice, it is the effect of Tales and Resident Evil I would be more interested in.

The Xbox brand has represented exactly what the Japanease market was moving away from.

For the next gen there are some major things they can do.

1. Hold off- Don't worry about getting to Japan first, it won't help. What will help is a reliable system with lots of games, one that isn't a huge size or sound like an air-craft carrier.

2. Game Partner- Help from a few eastern devs is not enough. They need to have an exlusive relationship with one of hte big ones.

3. Tech Partner- Also partner with a Japanease tech company like Toshiba. It would go a long way to assuading peoples fears about reliability.

4. Portable Games- Making a portable game system is probably a bad idea given the competition. But getting your IPs on the systems with the most gamers is the best way to advertise. They junked a perfectly good Halo DS game. They should have pressured the devloper to get Blue Dragon DS out around the same time as the console game. I really don't feel multiplatform DS/360 games are going to harm them in Japan.

5. Big IP- The Japanease love them some Pokemon, Monster Hunter, Final Fantasy, and Dragon Quest. It doesn't matter what money it takes if Microsoft is serious they need to get a huge exclusive franchise. Those four are impossible but a truck load of cash might convince Capcom to give them RE6 as a launch title.