Really interesting post on gaf about the Sony vs Microsoft in the west and Sony vs Nintendo in Japan. Basically Sony gets Japanese games like exclusives vs Microsoft in the west and western games like exclusives in Japan vs Nintendo.
"The impact of the NX on the PS4 really comes down to Western 3rd party support as much as Japanese support. If it lacks the former, the PS4 will remain the only game in town for major Western titles. And while not as big in Japan as they are elsewhere, at the point at which virtually all Western titles are functionally PS4-exclusives that will matter in Japan over time, even if individually the titles don't match Nintendo's heights.
The big question is at what point Sony decides that is enough for them. Their own first party output has not been doing very well on the PS4, at least in Japan, and at the point at which Western 3rd parties will keep them afloat enough to get every major non-Nintendo Japanese console title, why should they put in the effort. In the West, Japanese software will effectively be PS4-exclusives versus the Xbox family, while in Japan Western titles will be exclusives versus Nintendo."
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