Why do people keep saying that the PS4 is doomed in Japan?

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zippy on 22 May 2014

benao87 said:
Because praising the PS4 sales in the rest of the world became boring?

Because WiiU will look slightly less floppy?

Because teh hype?

After seeing Smeags post comparing the first 13 weeks of sales, it does make the Wii U look less floppy.

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dharh on 22 May 2014

Consoles themselves are 'doomed' in Japan. Or a more likely way to think if it is that the sales in Japan are dwarfed by almost any other region.

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Aerys on 22 May 2014

I noted 2 kind of persons :

- Those who are happy to see PS4 "fails" somewhere and can now say " gaming is dead, same for every console" without even waiting how market reacts to system seller. ( if we listen to them, market is dead since 3DS launch)

- The childs who live their first generation/people who forgot older generations ( the same that will say " i dont see the gap, it was better before" juding next gen with cross gen games or " consoles are doomed !! " because consoles dont sell without system seller)

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Pavolink on 22 May 2014

BasilZero said:

Because they need everything that they can use to make the WiiU sales look good in Japan.

How is the PS4 selling good at the same level of Wii U?

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NintendoPie on 22 May 2014

I don't know why either. People just like to lie a lot, I guess.

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Mummelmann on 22 May 2014

benao87 said:
Because praising the PS4 sales in the rest of the world became boring?

Because WiiU will look slightly less floppy?

Because teh hype?

Your last sentence is probably more correct than you know; a lot of people had high expectations for the PS4 in Japan. Now that these expectations aren't being met at all, it is a good time to come out and d0me the machine.

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Maybe because the PS4 is, in fact, doomed in Japan? Shocking, I know!

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DarkRPGamer007 on 22 May 2014

"Once games like 3D World, WindWaker HD and Tropical Freeze come out for Wii U it will sell like crazy in America." They were wrong. If the consoles aren't marketed right they aren't gonna make it

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