PS4 this week outsold XB1 lifetime sales in Japan.

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Azzanation said:

Swordmasterman said:

I don't know if you know, but Capcom, Konami, Square Enix, Sega, Bandai, From Software are Japanese companies. I think that you don't like RPG, but it is impossible to not like any of the games of any of those companies since they make games for nearly every single genre. Unless you  only like 1 genre.

I think you misunderstand what i mean by Japanese games. I mean Japanese games like Anime not Japanese companies. I am a huge RPG fan, World of Warcraft, Mass Effect. The Witcher and Elder Scrolls are western based RPGs. Games like Persona dont sell well outside of Japan. Plus games like Dark Souls are designed for a world wide approach even know its made by a Japanese company.

As for your post before, 1 million consoles sales is nothing for a console. The XB1 has sold over 22million units, 1million isnt crazy. For the WiiU 1million might be considered alot. The Japanese market isnt huge, it adds little to the lifetime sales of a platform. Look at the 360, sold over 85million consoles with 1 million being in Japan. Its honestly not even worth it.

It's not worth it for Microsoft because they're just losing money there this gen. 

 

For Nintendo and Sony it is worth it and a profitable venture.  the xbox got a foothold in Japan.  The 360 showed good growth after Microsoft threw the kitchen sink at it.  

 

Microsoft disagree with you,  hence why they invested heavily in Japan last gen.  Their investments have failed.  doesn't mean they didn't try and doesn't mean they wouldn't like a slice of that Japanese pie. 

 

Unfortunately for them Nintendo and Sony keeping it all to themselves.