The Japanese console market is the lowest it has been in 24 years

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DerNebel on 07 January 2015

OfficerRaichu15 said:

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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)

Ah babababababa

There just needs to be that one game that 10 million japanese kids and gamers want to play on PS4 and everything should be fine. :P

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mii-gamer on 07 January 2015

outlawauron said:

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).

I think we are going to disagree on the topic. In my view, last gen was a blimp on the radar (much like the Wii was) capturing a lot of non-gamers and grandma's. I agree that mobile has taken those consumers away, but the market has returned back to normal levels, much like how nintendo's home console market share has returned to normal after the Wii.

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DerNebel said:

OfficerRaichu15 said:

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)

Ah babababababa

There just needs to be that one game that 10 million japanese kids and gamers want to play on PS4 and everything should be fine. :P

dont think yokia watch will ever go on console(its practically a mobile/3ds franchise right now

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Lawlight said:

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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.

Maybe you should read my comment again

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mii-gamer said:

outlawauron said:

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).

I think we are going to disagree on the topic. In my view, last gen was a blimp on the radar (much like the Wii was) capturing a lot of non-gamers and grandma's. I agree that mobile has taken those consumers away, but the market has returned back to normal levels, much like how nintendo's home console market share has returned to normal after the Wii.

A fraction of those grandmas still bought the 3DS.

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mii-gamer said:

Lawlight said:

mii-gamer said:

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.

Maybe you should read my comment again

How much did the GBA sell in Japan?