I blame Barack Obama.

Tales of Eternia is awsome. Also, try Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness and Jeanne D'arc and Final Fantasy Tactics: The war of the lions for SRPG goodness. I personlly love Riviera: The Promised Land, but you may/may not like it. It has great character development, great music, nice anime pics, good 2D graphics, and a unique point and click type interface.

There is no 20gb clearance in Japan. The Arcade/20gb/Elite models are still the same prices that they've been for awhile.

The ToV bundles should spike 360 sales a bit in Japan. :)

kinda ironic the same people who calls 11K ps3 sales "dead", while calling 360's 3K sales "turning the corner"

Actually that's not ironic. It's called different expectations.

 Yeah well....they're both pretty dormant at the moment...I'd say the 360 has rolled over in its sleep and is shuffling around....might wake up...might not. Lets face it, it prolly won't but what will be will be.

If I may ask what figure should the PS3 be at in Japan to be called a success or doing reasonable?

Sorry for the OT question, just a quicky, thanks.

@kingofwale

Sony had all the advantages a console manufacturer could have asked for. They had the home field advantage. The brand name recognition. Plus they had the best selling console of the previous generation. For them to go from number one to getting their asses handed to them by Nintendo by a margin of four to one. In answer to your question yes it is abysmal for Sony to do so poorly in japan.

Microsoft had no advantages at all. They have actually had to break into a market that takes pride in its domestic production. I shun the term nationalism, but perhaps it is closer to home town pride. So for Microsoft to even break a million this generation which could happen if they get to five thousand units in weekly sales. Then that is a real accomplishment. They would have really climbed the mountain. The way Japanese auto manufacturers broke into the market in the United States. That did not happen over night either.

Unfair different standards perhaps, but I am more impressed by someone overcoming rather then someone who had all the advantages. The same way I am more impressed by someone learning to walk again after being in a traffic accident then I am with everyone else who takes it for granted.

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I think it is probably a culmination of two factors future releases, and established library. Basically I think the 360 is probably reaching the point where its library can stand up for itself in the eyes of the Japanese public. A few new releases is always good, but also having a few more titles already established doesn't hurt either. Especially when the other two consoles have yet to really deliver on that front. Having Square supporting Microsoft now, and Microsoft having Mistwalker is probably not hurting that perception either. Given that Cry On is coming, and the almost inevitable sequels to Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey.

2000 to 4000 would be 100%, not 50%.

I still think its funny that Sony is making all these FPS games to cater to the American market yet they still have awful sales in Japan and not much better sales than 360 in NA. Shouldnt they be making more effort to capture the japanese market?

a wrong translate for E3 maybe ?