So, what really happened to the console market in Japan?

[johnsobas]

Ali_16x said:

zorg1000 said:

That can't be the reason, the decline started a generation before that.

Maybe or maybe not, it didn't help that's for sure. Also the PS2 sold 20+mil in Japan, the PS3 has done only 10+ mil, that is where the decline started. GC and Xbox didn't do well in Japan and that was because both barely had any games the Japanese wanted.

the decline started before that.  Saturn and N64 were far more successful than the xbox and gamecube.  If you don't  believe me that things are declining compare a software sales between the 2 gens, it's not even close.  For example N64 had 11 million sellers in Japan then GC has 3.  PS1 has 29 million sellers compared to ps2's 20.  Saturn had 1 million seller DC and xbox had none.  That's a huge decline.