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

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AnthonyW86 said:

RolStoppable said:

 

 

I don't understand your logic. If home consoles don't have as much competition, yet are doing even worse than handhelds, then isn't that a worse situation to be in? It means there's really not much demand for home consoles whereas handhelds could come up with new tricks because there is a serious demand for gaming on the go.

Launch-aligned for home consoles, we are down to 4m from something like 10m. I haven't looked up the numbers, but it should be in that ballpark.

 

Home consoles are doing better than handhelds, only Japan is the exception. So like i explained, i fear a delayed shift in that region.

 

And on the home consoles, the core business is solid and growing. PS4 is starting to match PS3 and will start outpacing it soon enough. Wii-U is selling ok, and the drop off is solely the casuals moving on from Wii. If you look at less casual games the sold really poorly on Wii if you look at the size of the install base, so that drop off again doesn't influence the core gaming market to much.

 

As you stated there always will be demand for gaming on the go, however consumers seem to be less and less willing to buy and carry around an extra device for solely this purpose. Nintendo is going to develop for mobile gaming for good reason. The question to me is not what tricks will be pulled out of the hat to make dedicated gaming handhelds more appealing, it's what tricks will show up that make smartphones and tablets more capable gaming devices.

What wii u is selling ok are you serious it will probably not even sell better then Gamecube