I recently set up a japanese psn account with the help of a video from youtube and found some interesting things on the japanese store. I had heard previous rumors about the Japanese store having more content but I never knew it went this far.

 The Japanese store has nearly double the amount os PS1 classics compared to the American one including Einhander, Xenogears, Biohazard 2, and many other titles which are nowhere to be found on the US or EU stores. The Japanese store also boasts exclsive demos such as LAIR and Siren: Blood Curse as well as exclusive PS3 games such as a unique garden simulator that looks rather intriguing. The extra content on the Japanese store shows that Sony really needs to get their act together and stop worrying about Home, which will probably be a flop anyway, and start to increase the amount of content across all PSN stores.

It is truly embarassing when comparing the amount of content found on the US and EU stores compared to those on the Hong Kong and Japanese stores.

/Rant

^What do you guys think? Do you think that Sony should focus on improving the content of the PSstore or focus on extra features such as home?

they should focus more on home

I didn't know it had a Lair demo. You will get the Siren demo eventually, when the game is closer to release. Playing the Japanese one isn't bad though since most of the dialogue is in English. Don't forget to pick up a weapon though, or else you will just get owned by the monsters!

The PS1 classic stuff is total BS though. SCEA should show more love in that direction.

Those damn Japs! I swear I'll go in into sony headquarters and blindfold them all with a pair of shoelaces. Blindfold one, steal the laces and blindfold the next until I pwn them all.

I swear their fear of shoelaces is why you have to take off your shoes before you enter their house.

^well a japanese company will ofcourse release stuff earlier in japan,i bet ninty does the same thing with the VC

The reason Japan's PSN gets alot more content is because Sony have come out and said earlier this year that Japan hasn't taken to the PSN as well as Europe and America, so therefore they've tried to make it more appealing. Combined with the fact that developers have found in previous generations alot of success in releasing low budget crazy japanese centric games that never see the light of day in the west (obviously with increase production costs these games arent as possible on the PS3 so PSN games are the way to go), it seems pretty obvious why the Japanese PSN has alot more content.

Racist just a little bit?

If the Japanese haven't taken to the PSN store then don't you think they would release all the stuff in the US and EU stores and make loads more money?

LOL for some reason your thread title reminds me of this

Are you trying to evoke World War 3? Because i don't think the japanese would take that lying down.

It makes no sense as to why they would put that much on the Japanese PSN. There's only around 2 million PS3s sold in japan, and the number of them using PSN would certainly be much lower. Are they trying not to make money by not releasing all that content outside of japan?