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Jules98 on 16 July 2024
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zeldaring said:
Kneetos said:

Why is everyone talking about quality and not "what games are most fun to play"

No one really cares about budget or scope or how many A's are tacked onto a game.

Also, having spoken to an Asian person, they tell me that customer goodwill is a lot more important over in Japan, and with how Sony has been treating the Japanese market for the past few years, shipping less ps5 systems to Japan in the early years of the systems life, to undershipping games like stellar blade, closing a lot of it's Japanese studios and having a lot of their games "cater to the west"

Is it really any wonder why games on playstation are not doing as well as they could be.
And I'll say it again, PlayStation's failings are Sony's fault and has nothing to do with Japan being a handheld/mobile country

 I disagree  ps2 sold 160 million WW and litterly  had every single big Japanese and western game exclusive, as well as Sony making more Japanese style games, with only 23 million coming from japan so of course they are going to focus on the west and need a bigger console for more power meaning and western games. Still it's crazy to me that having every thirdparty game exclusive for generations cause Xbox is dead there and still can't break 12-15 million, and almost impossible to have a huge success with a western game as well in Japan. So no I don't Blame Sony. Let's not also forget that n64, wii, GC sold like horrible in Japan compared to the rest of the world, if your not a handheld you are dead in Japan. 

Just FYI, of the 4 consoles selling better than PS2 in Japan, 3 released after the PS2. At the time it was very much the big cheese in Japan, so this idea of yours that Sony has always been weak in Japan just doesn't work. It's flat-out revisionist history in an attempt to shift the blame for Playstation's recent underperformance away from Sony.