Wman1996 said:
Pretty sure. Xbox Series has obviously done a lot better since launch than PS4 in North America. That goes without saying. The PS4 is over 7 years old at this point and the USA is Xbox's largest market. But as myself and others have said, Xbox usually gets steamrolled by old and new consoles from other brands (PlayStation, Nintendo) in Japan because Xbox is pretty much a nonfactor there. However, the Xbox Series has better momentum in Japan at the moment than the Xbox One had. It's already about halfway to the Xbox One's lifetime sales in Japan. Xbox claims Japan is their fastest growing market right now thanks to Game Pass and other Xbox services across devices and the Xbox Series. The Xbox Series S seems to be hitting it off with Japanese consumers. It seems like they enjoy the small, minimalist design. And of course the low price is great too. Now I'd imagine their not the fondest of it being digital-only (a sentiment shared by many regions) but it seems to be a worthy trade-off. I think the Xbox Series S/X can match the lifetime sales of the original Xbox in Japan (0.53 million), possibly exceed them. However, matching or exceeding the Xbox 360's sales in Japan (1.66 million) is going to be a tall order. The Xbox 360 did the best out of Xbox consoles in Japan due to its headstart over the PS3 and Wii, as well as its Japanese software (true exclusives, timed exclusives, and multiplats). I think Microsoft is really going to have to push Game Pass and get even more Japanese software support if they hope to continue their momentum. |
That's interesting; I guess while Xbox will almost certainly never be a competitive force in Japan, it would be cool to see it potential rise above being a complete non-factor. I can see the S's low price and small/cute form factor especially being more to Japanese tastes than its predecessor.
