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Forums - Sales - Why isn't Japan moving as much hardware as the other territories?

tokilamockingbrd said:
Japan has around a pop of 100 million
UK had about 40 million

I'd say the UK is more hardcore right now...

Japan: 130

United Kingdom: 60

That being said, I thought casual gaming was supposed to EXPAND the market. Not all is well in Nintendo fantasy land it seems.



 

 

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The gaming market in the West seems to be growing, but Japan is a puzzle. It looks like their market is shrinking, but it remains to be seen if this is just temporary lull, or a permanent thing.

Then again they're selling notably more console now than a year or two years ago. Maybe the insane numbers from the much larger, and more quickly expanding Western markets are just screwing our perception? Kind like how every launch since Halo 3 has seemed small and disappointing.