Jules98 said:
zeldaring said:
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. |
It's all about context. Nes sold 19.5. Million when then market was smaller then half the size of the ps2 era, so yea it was the big cheese but for how big the market was, it differently was weak. Honestly Japan is just a very difficult market to be successful in as traditional home console.
