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Maraccuda on 08 January 2015

Should we be surprised? No.
Should we be worried? Yes.

Since it continues to shrink it means less and less games will be produced AND released outside of Japan.

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cheshirescat on 08 January 2015

kowenicki said:

It will only get worse.

Its not the economy... this is the real reason

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-30653825

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/01/07/japans-birth-rate-problem-is-way-worse-than-anyone-imagined/

The Japanese are like the pandas of the human world, you put a male and female in a room together and they just don't even seem to understand what they could possibly do with one another. Really, the "greying of Japan" has been an issue for decades, it shouldn't surprise anyone.

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Aerys on 08 January 2015

Fortunately, PS4 will improve that

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PS4: 17m XB1: 10m WiiU: 10m Vita: 10m

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kowenicki said:

It will only get worse.

Its not the economy... this is the real reason

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-30653825

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/01/07/japans-birth-rate-problem-is-way-worse-than-anyone-imagined/

yet they still make more games and outproduce countries like UK

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Doesn't count digital sales on the consoles though right?

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kowenicki said:

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kowenicki said:

It will only get worse.

Its not the economy... this is the real reason

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-30653825

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/01/07/japans-birth-rate-problem-is-way-worse-than-anyone-imagined/

yet they still make more games and outproduce countries like UK

well thats relevant... thanks.

Incidentally... you do know the population is double the UK's right?

that doesnt hinder you buying more than japanese or shouldnt hinder you from having any publishers or console manufactors on the other hand.

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