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Lawlight on 07 January 2015
mii-gamer said:
Not surprising as home consoles are increasingly becoming less popular.


Handhelds too.



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Frogger on 07 January 2015

No it's not. The Japanese console market is fine.



mii-gamer on 07 January 2015
Lawlight said:
mii-gamer said:
Not surprising as home consoles are increasingly becoming less popular.


Handhelds too.


Keep telling yourself that



Lawlight on 07 January 2015
mii-gamer said:
Lawlight said:
mii-gamer said:
Not surprising as home consoles are increasingly becoming less popular.


Handhelds too.


Keep telling yourself that

Why would I keep telling myself a fact?



outlawauron on 07 January 2015
mii-gamer said:
Lawlight said:
mii-gamer said:
Not surprising as home consoles are increasingly becoming less popular.

Handhelds too.

Keep telling yourself that

How can you argue that there's not a decline......



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DerNebel on 07 January 2015

The PS4 is gonna at least get the japanese home console market out of its recession, with the help of a massive new Level 5/Japan Studios IP, a FF XV that is going to reignite the series and DQ XI. B.E.L.I.E.V.E.



mii-gamer on 07 January 2015
outlawauron said:
mii-gamer said:

Keep telling yourself that

How can you argue that there's not a decline......

Sure when you compare it to the enormous height of the DS. The 3DS has already surpassed the GBA, as far as i see it, the market has normalized for Nintendo



outlawauron on 07 January 2015
mii-gamer said:
outlawauron said:
mii-gamer said:

Keep telling yourself that

How can you argue that there's not a decline......

Sure when you compare it to the enormous height of the DS. The 3DS has already surpassed the GBA, as far as i see it, the market has normalized for Nintendo

But the market isn't just about Nintendo's handhelds. The userbase they had with the DS didn't disappear, they just starting spending money on mobile gaming. That's the handheld market becoming less popular (it's even more lopsided when you consider the massive 60-70% drop for Sony's handheld).



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Lawlight on 07 January 2015
mii-gamer said:
outlawauron said:
mii-gamer said:

Keep telling yourself that

How can you argue that there's not a decline......

Sure when you compare it to the enormous height of the DS. The 3DS has already surpassed the GBA, as far as i see it, the market has normalized for Nintendo

Looking at VGChartz numbers, the GB sold 31,301,489 in Japan.



OfficerRaichu15 on 07 January 2015
DerNebel said:
The PS4 is gonna at least get the japanese home console market out of its recession, with the help of a massive new Level 5/Japan Studios IP, a FF XV that is going to reignite the series and DQ XI. B.E.L.I.E.V.E.

sorry dernebel but not even that will not help

we need a phone like handheld

or a console that actually has japanese centric games at its launch(wii u and ps4 had like nonthing except mh 3 and mgs gz)



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