Phil Spencer Says Xbox One Isn't As Big In Japan Due to Preferring Games Like Persona 5 or Nioh

[Mr Puggsly]

Swordmasterman said:

Mr Puggsly said:

Does NA and European have the exact same taste? Ofcourse not, some genres sell better between them. For the most part though, they buy similar games.

It doesn't matter if MGSV sold better on PC, that doesn't determine whether or not Xbox One is supported in the future. A lot of PC gamers probably played MGS on Playstation consoles but bought MGSV on PC.

While the Japanese market waits for games they care about, UK is already buying games in bigger numbers and will continue to do so. This is why the UK is a more signfiicant market to Sony and MS.

You're cherry picking sales. I'm simply pointing out UK buys more console games than Japan in spite of being a smaller market. The home console market is Sony's and MS's focus.

Even when games like FFXV and DQ11 finally hit the market, the UK will buy more home console software than Japan.

The biggest games of the UK already launched, while the biggest Japanese games will still launch. One sold 430-450 thousands in 1 year as a best sellet, the other sold 500 thousands in 1 year (outside of the 2 biggest franchises of the UK) as the best seller. How is one  relevant and the other isn't ?

The biggest games in the UK also annual or see numerous releases in a single gen. That's also a reason UK sells more home console games than Japan.

MS and Sony are more concerned with western markets than a niche market like Japan. No need to argue about it, that's just the way it is.