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Zod95 on 29 June 2014
Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:

3/10

Not enough anime, not enough tits, not enough anime tits, they fail to advertise to their target audience in japan who are more into anime sorta deal than pew pew pew, western stuff

 

jk, looks great but I think they seriously need some more jrpgs though

You think very little of the Japanese gamers. Moreover, naive anime and tits are the easy way. Microsoft is doing it the hard (but right) way. They are showing what they do best and, quite frankly, there's a lot of things on those 3 minutes. The video is very well done and it shows both quality and diversity. 10/10 in my opinion.



Prediction made in 14/01/2014 for 31/12/2020:      PS4: 100M      XOne: 70M      WiiU: 25M

Prediction made in 01/04/2016 for 31/12/2020:      PS4: 100M      XOne: 50M      WiiU: 18M

Prediction made in 15/04/2017 for 31/12/2020:      PS4: 90M      XOne: 40M      WiiU: 15M      Switch: 20M

Prediction made in 24/03/2018 for 31/12/2020:      PS4: 110M      XOne: 50M      WiiU: 14M      Switch: 65M

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Blood_Tears on 29 June 2014
justiceiro said:
Is japan still relevant? I'm worried about X1 not only because the games, but because the taxes hike and the development on overseas are going to be against them, against them hard.


Why wouldn't it be?   For instance Wii + PS3 +X360 in Japan last gen was around the same as all 3 consoles in the UK. UK is a very strong and relevant market in the video game industry so why wouldn't Japan?  Tax hikes or no tax hikes, Japan still has it's place.



Zod95 on 29 June 2014
Mystro-Sama said:
Those are all Western games. I doubt Japan is going to give a shit about them.

Are Metal Gear Solid and Final Fantasy western games?



Prediction made in 14/01/2014 for 31/12/2020:      PS4: 100M      XOne: 70M      WiiU: 25M

Prediction made in 01/04/2016 for 31/12/2020:      PS4: 100M      XOne: 50M      WiiU: 18M

Prediction made in 15/04/2017 for 31/12/2020:      PS4: 90M      XOne: 40M      WiiU: 15M      Switch: 20M

Prediction made in 24/03/2018 for 31/12/2020:      PS4: 110M      XOne: 50M      WiiU: 14M      Switch: 65M

Zod95 on 29 June 2014
VanceIX said:
Japan isn't going to be sold on that. Hell, Sony is doing abysmal due to their lack of Japanese games. Does Microsoft really think that they can win over Japan with a bunch of western titles and a small handful of Japanese games?

If Sony is doing abysmal, who is doing great on Japan's home console market? PS4 is doing almost 40% of the sales every week in there. That is not abysmal.



Prediction made in 14/01/2014 for 31/12/2020:      PS4: 100M      XOne: 70M      WiiU: 25M

Prediction made in 01/04/2016 for 31/12/2020:      PS4: 100M      XOne: 50M      WiiU: 18M

Prediction made in 15/04/2017 for 31/12/2020:      PS4: 90M      XOne: 40M      WiiU: 15M      Switch: 20M

Prediction made in 24/03/2018 for 31/12/2020:      PS4: 110M      XOne: 50M      WiiU: 14M      Switch: 65M

Blood_Tears on 29 June 2014
Zod95 said:
Mystro-Sama said:
Those are all Western games. I doubt Japan is going to give a shit about them.

Are Metal Gear Solid and Final Fantasy western games?


They're on PS4 though and will have 96% of that games marketshare % in Japan. The small niche group of people in Japan who actually like Xbox are "core" gamers and already know that MGS and FF will be on X1. Mystro's point still stands. Japan will not give a shit about them on X1.



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Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 29 June 2014
Zod95 said:
Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:

3/10

Not enough anime, not enough tits, not enough anime tits, they fail to advertise to their target audience in japan who are more into anime sorta deal than pew pew pew, western stuff

 

jk, looks great but I think they seriously need some more jrpgs though

You think very little of the Japanese gamers. Moreover, naive anime and tits are the easy way. Microsoft is doing it the hard (but right) way. They are showing what they do best and, quite frankly, there's a lot of things on those 3 minutes. The video is very well done and it shows both quality and diversity. 10/10 in my opinion.

Guessing you didn't read the spoiler part? Loll



                  

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VanceIX on 29 June 2014
Zod95 said:
VanceIX said:
Japan isn't going to be sold on that. Hell, Sony is doing abysmal due to their lack of Japanese games. Does Microsoft really think that they can win over Japan with a bunch of western titles and a small handful of Japanese games?

If Sony is doing abysmal, who is doing great on Japan's home console market? PS4 is doing almost 40% of the sales every week in there. That is not abysmal.

The PS3, an older console, is selling just as well as the PS4, even better some weeks. The Wii U is far outpacing it. Yeah, that's pretty abysmmal, especially considering that this has easily been their worst launch ever in Japan, and no notable Japanese games are available and will be available for a while.

Also, how is it accounting for 40% of sales? The PS3 is selling 7,000 units, the PS4 is selling 8,000, and the Wii U is selling 11,000. That's 27%, far behind how well it does in almost every other territory. 



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Zod95 on 29 June 2014
Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:
Zod95 said:
Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:

3/10

Not enough anime, not enough tits, not enough anime tits, they fail to advertise to their target audience in japan who are more into anime sorta deal than pew pew pew, western stuff

 

k, looks great but I think they seriouslyj need some more jrpgs though

You think very little of the Japanese gamers. Moreover, naive anime and tits are the easy way. Microsoft is doing it the hard (but right) way. They are showing what they do best and, quite frankly, there's a lot of things on those 3 minutes. The video is very well done and it shows both quality and diversity. 10/10 in my opinion.

Guessing you didn't read the spoiler part? Loll

Guessed wrong. I just didn't know what "jk" meant. I thought it was a game. Now I conclude it's "joking". But then why give a score when you are joking? It didn't seem you were.



Prediction made in 14/01/2014 for 31/12/2020:      PS4: 100M      XOne: 70M      WiiU: 25M

Prediction made in 01/04/2016 for 31/12/2020:      PS4: 100M      XOne: 50M      WiiU: 18M

Prediction made in 15/04/2017 for 31/12/2020:      PS4: 90M      XOne: 40M      WiiU: 15M      Switch: 20M

Prediction made in 24/03/2018 for 31/12/2020:      PS4: 110M      XOne: 50M      WiiU: 14M      Switch: 65M

small44 on 29 June 2014

Just like Playstation 4 they only show West games



PS4 - over 100 millions let's say 120m
Xbox One - 70m
Wii U - 25m

Vita - 15m if it will not get Final Fantasy Kingdoms Heart and Monster Hunter 20m otherwise
3DS - 80m

small44 on 29 June 2014
HokageTenshi said:
Mystro-Sama said:
Those are all Western games. I doubt Japan is going to give a shit about them.

don't forget there are still many foreigners working in japan, and i believe many of them were XB fans so it will still have a launching hype for these people, after that will depend on how M$ get whatever up coming exclusives they have to attract japanese gamers...

They are Playstation 4 fans now



PS4 - over 100 millions let's say 120m
Xbox One - 70m
Wii U - 25m

Vita - 15m if it will not get Final Fantasy Kingdoms Heart and Monster Hunter 20m otherwise
3DS - 80m