Under what I've just told you his numbers paint a significant story.

You havent told me anything that pertains to what i said.

American domination though.

It pertains to what you said because his point outlined in the thread is tackling the very notion that Japan is irrelevant and not important which if you're arguing against him that becomes your stance.

Very true, though I would say this thread does prove that there is at least somewhat of a market for home consoles there. Home consoles are at an obvious sales disadvantage, but PS4 can easily sell 10 million + consoles there, which is still no number to scoff at, especially after looking at the home console competition there. I think Sony is handling the market very intelligently by removing their main first party focus from there, but still putting money into third party content so that there is little loss, but still a good amount of gain. 

I literally just told you i dont think Japan is irrelevant for Sony.

Yeah and I've just told you why his numbers still paint a significant picture.

And i never said they didn't, i said they dont paint the whole picture.

You keep trying to argue with things i never said so please just stop quoting me.

One thing to consider.
Yes in raw numbers Japan as a country is 2nd. Yes, all of you can say that we cannot compare it by region but here's the thing.

EU and NA most of the time share the same taste in genres in gaming.
FPS is dominant on this 2 region. Third person action games, Open world games ( AC, GTA, Watch Dogs, Horizon, Witcher and etc. ) as well.
These 3 are the dominant genre when it comes to sales.

Japan- mostly JRPG and MonHun.

Sony console now is not the same console before. PS1 and PS2 are dominated by Japanese games.
PS3 and PS4 are now dominated by Western games.
Their first party games which is from the Western side gives Sony the most sales. As opposed with only few from Japan Studio and PD.
When PS4 launch first in the west and Japan later on is very evident on which market they prioritize.

But yes Japan is important and Sony still cares. That's why you have exclusive deals from them from Japanese 3rd party studios. 

But what I like with Sony now is they are investing more in the emerging markets.
Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia has their own PSN now. That's what is great with Sony. They are always first when it comes to establishing a market.

Japanese 3rd party devs are also expanding on Asian markets lke Singapore, HK and SEA.
A lot of anime games are being localize in English or Chinese for this market.

Dont forget sports sims. FIFA in Europe & Madden/NBA in America are huge.