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MARCUSDJACKSON on 22 May 2014

Silly guy. Can u say system seller? Good.



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brendude13 on 22 May 2014

Because none of the many system sellers coming to the PS4 are out yet.



gooch_destroyer on 22 May 2014

Didn't even have a holiday season yet...



JazzB1987 on 22 May 2014
Aerys said:
Not sure you can say the console "failed" when the console tried nothing yet since it has no system seller, i wonder what is the reason of the problem of a console not selling without system seller? Because it's known you buy a console to look at it's beautiful design.


tell that to the 3DS doom sayers.



PigPen on 22 May 2014
brendude13 said:
Because none of the many system sellers coming to the PS4 are out yet.


Why is everyone saying the same thing.  When the Wii U had no games five months after it launched, it was doomed and still is.  The PS4 is doomed in Japan.



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outlawauron on 22 May 2014

What good games/games with appeal the PS4 does have are shared with other platforms. That minimizes the effect its software can have on hardware.



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Soundwave on 22 May 2014

Both PS4 and Wii U are doomed in Japan. Consoles are finished there period. I told people this many, many times before the PS4 launch, but alas. Here we are.



freedquaker on 22 May 2014

It's too early to call that. PS4 is not selling very well in Japan yet because there is hardly any games attractive to the Japanese audience. Japan is VERY SENSITIVE to system seller game franchises.

So without Mario, zelda, final fantasy, pokemon, tekken, virtua fighter, dragon quest, monster hunter, Yakuza, Resident Evil, Kingdom Hearts etc... you cannot expect to move hardware! It's completely expected what is going on right now!



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exdeath on 22 May 2014

If you guys think it's bad now you'll have a heart attack when Namco or Square launches an RPG and 6 million units move over night.



nitekrawler1285 on 22 May 2014

Because the firms capable of making blockbuster titles in Japan develop slower than molasses on a cold day. HD console development is what killed console gaming in Japan.

As I have said many times PS4 exacerbates the same exact issues PS3 had which is primarily because of specs making games of that scope and visual fidelity that people "expect" on HD systems takes them a lot more time and money. Sales aren't increasing to make up for those extra costs.

Mobile does so well there because development is fast and cheap. It's the space portables used to fill for many of those companies. Until Sony and Nintendo can find a way to make development and deployment of games on their systems at least as fast and as cheap as mobile then there really is no hope for any console there.