Well, that's why they get for not launching with a Japanese 3rd party game.

I fully expect 2015 to be PS4 break out year in Japan.

I doubt the PS4 will reach 10 million like the PS3, but I'll be happily proven wrong, Dragon Quest will certainly help. The overall market will still be a lot smaller than last gen, the Wii U will not come close to touching the Wiis numbers unless something unforeseen happens and the X1 looks to become a total failure from the get go. Overall I'd say the console market will be lucky to reach 15 million units across all 3 platforms in Japan this gen.

In today's new: It turns out that if you release a console in a market that barley wants one, with almost no games that appeal to the tastes of that country, it will sell badly.

If i was any more shocked i'd be used as an alternative energy source.

Really though, Japan is a lost cause. I think the PS4 has a chance of overtaking the WiiU there once titles like MGS5 and FF15 hit, but it won't matter much. Winning in Japan this gen (compared to previous generations) will be like boasting that you can swim faster than a 4 year old.

Of course it is, I never suggested it wasn't.  But it is still a worthwhile market and to say it's dead is just silly imo.  The 700k PS4 has right now is more than many countries will sell across the entire generation

For the people that want know my prediction:
I predict 5,000,000 PS4 lifetime in Japan.
So, less than the Saturn and the Nintendo 64.

I think the Japanese market will end up something like this by the end of the gen:

PS4: 7 million LTD
Wii U: 3.5 million LTD
3DS: 21 million LTD
Vita: 9 million LTD

PS3 hadnt so big system sellers in fact, except good multiplatform games, a,nd  was not a joy for japan developers, so i can see PS4 getting more games than PS3, maybe not outselling it but reaching the same numbers by taking back some games  from PS2 era like DQ, it could be

Well to be fair, it's the same all over the world, Wii was an anomaly, never the 3 consoles will reach +260 M in the world. I see Wii U reaching 6M in Japan at the best since the 2 biggest seller release in 2014, after that, only bundles and price cut will help to reach such numbers. ( and maybe X since japan love mecha)

I don't believe I said otherwise, I simply said literally three games. Which is, indeed, true. N64 had three games after launch and nothing until September, as was asked by the person I quoted.

Wii u just like in the west is doing a lot worst that wii because it lost casuals gamers,xbox like usual is doing bad in Japan nothing new here Microsoft is doing less effort then with xbox360.

Playstation 4 problem unlike wii u and xbox is games i strongly believe 2015 line up will save ps4 if it's not the case i would say consoles are really dead in Japan