Whaaaaaa. A MonHun MMO was never going to sell in big numbers (and it still cracked 100k which is good). That's not an evergreen at all. If they released a new, proper MonHun, it would have done super well (MonHun will sell on any platform as evident by the awful MMO still selling) on any platform.

It's not really about one million more, but tripling their userbase despite only caring about the region for the first 30-40% of its life there. There's a glass half full/half empty argument here.

Maybe... you have something there. It was a huge boon for the PSP, after all. But alas, Ninty cockblocked that for everyone (I don't like MonHun, so I don't care ).

But we see it differently, that is true.

Release offline Dragon Quest XI exclusive and it will be a success.

we all know that will be on 3DS after the success of IX and VII Remake

Promo their Azure-tan worldwide

http://msdn.microsoft.com/ja-jp/windowsazure/claudia/

HAHA that's freaking awesome lol. I bet there are guys out there thinking "Azure-tan Kakkoii!"

She does have the cool vibe to her. Maybe she is indeed Microsoft's key to conquering Japan. I mean just look at Hatsune Miku. There was even a guy who said they would buy an Xbox One if Idolmaster came out on it. So yeah, make Azure a new computer generated idol. That's the recipe to success.

I think RROD was the main reason that the PS3 was able to make a comeback at all. That said, in Japan both the PS1 and PS2 had terrible failure rates. While the PS1 had issues outside of Japan, the western PS1 was Sony's third revision of the console. Initial two versions of the Japanese PS1 had even worse overheating and DRE issues than the western launch consoles. The PS2's failure rates were so bad, Sony settled a class action lawsuit and offered free repairs. Yet that didn't stop both the PS1 and PS2 from dominating in Japan.

I am surprised they haven't given up yet.

A lot of people forget just how poorly the Xbox 360 launched in Japan.

The Xbox was a complete failure in Japan, and for a good reason. So, when Microsoft launched the 360 in 2005 it needed to fit the Japanese tastes because the Xbox refused to.

Microsoft, instead, tried to make the Japanese change their taste! Look at the Japanese launch titles for the 360: Every Party, FIFA 06, Need for Speed: MW, PDZ, Ridge Raaaaaaccceer 6, and Tetris: Grand Master Ace

Unbelievable weak lineup. That was an insult to Japan - the 360, which NEEDED to appeal to the Japanese right away to make up for the Xbox, was even worse than the Xbox (which at least launched with Dead Or Alive 3, DOA4 wouldn't come out for another month after the launch of the 360).

What MS should have done is either delay the console so it could launch with Blue Dragon, Final Fantasy XI, Enchanted Arms, Dead or ALive 4, and Eternal Sonata. MS should have also commissioned more games for launch, like a Mahjong game. If this would have happened, the 360 would've started off a lot better in Japan, and then games like Star Ocean, Lost Odyssey, and Tales of Vesperia keep up the momentum.

Basically, it needed a strong launch, then every month or so needed a hit game to keep the momentum going. The 360 could've probably sold around 7 million in Japan if Microsoft wasn't so stubborn.

Nothing could stop the PS1 or Ps2 from dominating Japan. The game library for both of the consoles was so fantastic and had such an enormous amount of exclusives, there was no other platform to  buy. If Nintendo didn't screw up the N64 and Gamecube, I don't think they would have dominated in such a way.