Of course we blame Microsoft! It was their product and they wanted to sell it in Japan but failed and just accusing all of the japanese gaming community of not wanting to buy american products because they are american is not only ignorant, it's plain racist.

Also I don't know how to effectively market to japanese people, but you know who might have clue about that? The people that have made other western products successful in Japan, like McDonalds or Apple or maybe you know japanese people might know a thing or two about the matter as well.

Yeah, japanese have different tastes, but they are not automatically ignoring a product just becase it's not local, so maybe Microsoft should have redesigned the 360 in Japan or give it another name or change the marketing as a whole over there but they didn't do that.

What they definitely don't need though is our pity because the "xenophobic japs" didn't buy their very western product, it's their fault and they need to do something about it if they wish to change it in the coming generation.

nothing wrong with the currency. something terrible with the country's poiticians.

Here on this site you are a marked man. It would be best for you to just post and ignore most responses to you in my opinion. 

At this point I doubt if there is anything microsoft can do to sway the Japanese audience. Too much focus on that market can have negative effects on the american market at the same time not gaining any ground in Japan would be what most likely would happen. American loyalty is fickle compared to Japanese.

Side note, Americans might generally prefer the manly feel of the xbox controller compared to the light feminine feel of the ps3 controller. Gat to take into account that Japanese people are on average smaller structured than americans so the sony controllers probably are more comfortable for them.

At launch both systems will sell every unit produced. On top of that these gens are years, not a few weeks. Heck if my memory is correct the Vita had a better launch than the 3DS. Did that mean anything in the long run?

Nope.

Pre-launch interest is of course good, but it's such a small factor in the grand scheme of things.

Really? Thats what you got from this? How about suggesting to him to refrain from making stupid claims that everyone claumed no one claimed

Mmmm no, xbox better online, better remote , better launch and better follow up in 2014, titanfall, halo, fable,  quantum break, more to come since ms spend over 1 billion in game development for x1........x1 is the one

true and the last 3 gens show how well Sony plays the long game

It sounds like Xbox One is gaining some momentum. A few months ago, about 19 in every 20 gamers preferred PS4. And now I'm being told that only 2 in every 3 gamers prefer PS4?

Mmmmm yes. Closing you eyes, plugging your ears and shouting doesnt always work.