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zeldaring said:
Phenomajp13 said:

Shouldn't the NES be treated as an outlier though since it was supported longer than any other platform? I remember reading it had an absurdly long life, with even the PS2 not having as long.

ps2 had massive long life as well, it was pretty close. Doesn't really matter the next gen even proved the point in bigger way. we had  260 million home consoles sold WW with japan selling the same amount as 6th gen, with the amount of growth we were seeing japan never  even got close to growing in home console sales like the rest of the world. The nes should have been the beginning but it was basically near the peak.

There are several factors to why things are what they are, you don't get to determine what Japanese people are allowed to purchase. If Sony/MS want to do better in the region, then they should build a platform that can compete. If third parties want to do better in the region then they should release on platforms that Japan wants to consume such as PC, Mobile, and/or Switch.