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SjOne on 11 July 2014

It may do worse than PS3's 10 million in Japan. Even the almighty Wii sold only 12.5 million there. The console market is severly dwindling over there



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InnocentSin on 11 July 2014

Ironic considering a Limited Edition Frozen PS4 is confirmed for Japan. Probably won't really help with sales tho.



BeElite on 11 July 2014

needs japan oriented games, not sure its worth making those though.



Brii on 11 July 2014

Way to many cross-gen games and updated ports/remasters from Japanese devs. They aren't doing well at all to boot, which isn't helping instill confidence in the system. The big sellers seem so far away...



Chark on 11 July 2014

Japanese developers did the same thing with Vita game development at first. They stuck to PSP way too long.



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celador on 11 July 2014
Raziel123 said:
celador said:
Ka-pi96 said:
I'm sure it will pick up massively once it gets some Japan centric games. The western release had loads of Western games so the success is no surprise.


As far as I know, there is nothing major until way into 2015


Maybe Deep Down. If they get it done in time.


I keep forgetting about that game.  It is F2P, I don't know if that is popular in Japan on consoles but if it releases soon with good reviews it could shift some units I suppose, though it wouldn't be a lot



Raziel123 on 11 July 2014
celador said:


I keep forgetting about that game.  It is F2P, I don't know if that is popular in Japan on consoles but if it releases soon with good reviews it could shift some units I suppose, though it wouldn't be a lot


It looks great, i'll be itching to try the Japanese beta once it starts



outlawauron on 11 July 2014
Landguy said:
celador said:
Ka-pi96 said:
I'm sure it will pick up massively once it gets some Japan centric games. The western release had loads of Western games so the success is no surprise.


As far as I know, there is nothing major until way into 2015


To add to that, in a market(Japan) that favors quality gameplay over graphic fidelity(just look at the handheld market), why do they really need a PS4 that essentially only gives them upgraded graphics?

This sounds so odd and definitely doesn't hold as an absolute truth. Handhelds are popular because of commuter culture and the low cost associated, not because of any gameplay over graphics rubbish.



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veritaz on 11 July 2014
outlawauron said:
Landguy said:
celador said:

As far as I know, there is nothing major until way into 2015


To add to that, in a market(Japan) that favors quality gameplay over graphic fidelity(just look at the handheld market), why do they really need a PS4 that essentially only gives them upgraded graphics?

This sounds so odd and definitely doesn't hold as an absolute truth. Handhelds are popular because of commuter culture and the low cost associated, not because of any gameplay over graphics rubbish.

It's also rubbish to say that the PS4 only gives them upgraded graphics. Last time I checked my PS4 did a ton of things. 



Landguy on 11 July 2014
outlawauron said:
Landguy said:
celador said:
Ka-pi96 said:
I'm sure it will pick up massively once it gets some Japan centric games. The western release had loads of Western games so the success is no surprise.


As far as I know, there is nothing major until way into 2015


To add to that, in a market(Japan) that favors quality gameplay over graphic fidelity(just look at the handheld market), why do they really need a PS4 that essentially only gives them upgraded graphics?

This sounds so odd and definitely doesn't hold as an absolute truth. Handhelds are popular because of commuter culture and the low cost associated, not because of any gameplay over graphics rubbish.

I agree that it is not an absolute, but neither is your explanation.  In almost every large city in Europe or the US, there is a huge commuter market.  In all markets, the cost is King, so that answer means nothing too.  It will always be a combination of many things.



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