| Poliwrathlord said: I'm very uneducated in this, but is the economy in Japan not doing all that well? Do people not have enough money to spend on consoles than they did before, or do the Japansese just not have an intrest in home consoles anymore? |
I think it has less to do with the economy and more to do with the fact that they have a tightly spaced, busy and highly competitive society where handheld formats simply fit the bill better in modern day, the average home console software production has also taken a large step towards more Western centric philosophy and values, thus catering less to the Japanese audience in general. Even Europe and the US during the worst bout with the financial crisis had a thriving videogame and console market.
The Japanese gaming market appears to simply have vastly different priorities and preferences when compared to other major markets and this trend is likely to grow in the future; I've been saying all along that no home console in the 8th gen will sell 10 million sales lifetime and I see no reason to back out of that seeing the weekly charts.
