More like Japan abandoned Sony. And Nintendo. And home consoles.

And pray tell me, what PS3 Japanese game came near the caliber of Legend of Dragoon, ICO, Shadow of Collosus, or Rogue Galaxy? Exactly. They just don't have good Japanese games. A bunch of mediocre ones do nothing.

Huh?

For the Vita, Sony has backed projects like Freedom Wars, Soul Sacrifice, Gravity Rush, and Oreshika. With the PS4, we know that they're co-developing Deep Down, Bloodborne, and at least one more.

They're using a different model than in the west, sure, but even in the west, Sony has a long history of co-developing games with third-party studios. That's not abandonment.

Personally, I think this gen will see less wholly owned studios and more contracted development situations. Both Nintendo and Microsoft are doing the same.

Sony didn't mess up Japan, Japan messed up Sony.  Sony's early life with the PS3 was a japanese nightmare with all those 360 exclusives and Wii titles...

Then Sony abandoned Japan a long time ago. For a long time the only 1st party titles selling big numbers in Japan have been Gran Turismo and Hot Shots Golf. With Bloodborne, Deep Down, a new Gran Turismo and some few quality JRPGs that's already more 1st party big sellers than ever in PS3's life so I wouldn't say that Sony abandoned Japan.

Wow so much this i cant handel it! though also i think the culture help overpupolarise phone gaming.

Are you unfamiliar with the recently released 1st party Vita titles + those still in development. SCEJ has supported the Vita very well.

I don't think Japan 'abandoned' Sony, just like I don''t think Sony abandoned Japan. What I do think is that this thread is premature; The fact of the matter is that 2014 is unprecedented, and new obstacles must be overcome in an ever changing landscape. This generation that simply means pulling focus away from Japan and winning back the US where we will generate more sales than Japan could ever hope to; With that being said I don't think Sony will EVER abandon its home country. They have, with literally every generation of their consoles, delivered on the games front across the widest genre known within our industry. I am extremely confident that this generation will be even better than last and there will be TONS of japanese titles released.

I also don't consider Japan a dead market in regardes to the home console space; Rather, their interest just needs to be piqued.

You told PS3, i show you Its untrue for PS3 ( and i see others already show´you its untrue about vita, at the contrary, sony develop more japan games than on Psp since they havé to support it )ADN why PS3 had less games from Japan studios ADN why it CAN Only be better for ps4 SO let them somme time Before making pointless judgement baséd on 6 months.

And i didnt Know PS2 released all thèse games the first year... You dont understand how meaningless is your thread made 6 months after the beginning of the New generation? You compare 8 years of PS2 with 6 months of ps4...You could start to judge the generation in 3 years . Now, Thérèse is just nô reason to do that

It seems as though, outside of a few small examples, only Nintendo cares about their home country anymore. Games like Tomodachi Life are a testament to this. What other Japanese developer would release something like that to the west? I know it isn't a "console" game, but it's a dedicated cart for a dedicated device.

Nintendo are going to end up holding the beacon for all of a Japan pretty soon.