| shams said: I don't agree with you. Sony has been targeting Japan, and as hard (if not harder) than everywhere else. They have the cheapest PS3, more models/colours, more bundles, more games - and yes - a HEAP of "mega" games for the Japan market. "...There hasn't been one big game on the system that the japanese would like, and it seems to be focused too much on the west..." - Prologue, MGS4, Everybodys Golf, DMC4, Tekken, VF, DragonBall Z, Winning Eleven, Yakuza, Winning Eleven, Disgaea3, Armored Core, Gundam (several), etc... (so don't say the PS3 hasn't had "one big game on the system", because that is clearly a fallacy) The problem Sony has, is that just about everything they have thrown at the market hasn't taken hold. ... Almost all of the recent "mega" selling titles in Japan, represent some form of "new gaming experience". That and handhelds. Its not like the old PS2 games that have been released on the Wii do well - they haven't, they have done terribly. The same applies to many PS3 games. The only way Sony will win Japan with the PS3, is to bring out some truly innovative (and "casual?") gaming experiences that haven't been possible to date. |
I was talking about sony specifically and not third parties. The only big games you mentioned that are sony's are Everybody's Golf and GT5p(not a full game). Also alot of those games weren't big in japan on the ps2 examples being armored core,tekken, and Devil May Cry(both tekken 5, and DMC3 only sold about 300k in japan ). We've seem some support from 3rd parties, but not too much from sony. Oh and you listed Winning Eleven twice. ALso you see more games such as Uncharted, R@C, REsistance, Heavenly Swords, Etc from sony than the two that target japan.
