Slow and steady doesn't win console races

That man is on a roll, I got a good laugh at him blaming the PS3 failures in general (though in context of this probably just Japan) on Japanese developers not being up to par on developing on the PS3 or not having enough of them, he did is in such a friggin amazingly diplomatic way that I couldn't stop laughing. He was basically saying that it's the developers fault and not Sony's.

JDeveloper "Excuse us for you overshooting the market that we are viable in."

Does anyone one know any major title that caters to the japanese being announced other than WKC?

The gape between WTC and FFXIII will be pretty big and if there is NOTHING in between them that appeals to the Japanese market then Sony is in big trouble.

From rumours around GT is a late 09 early 2010 release and lord knows when GoW3 is gonna hit retail.

Lets hope some of those unannounced blockbuster can plug Sony's leaking hole until FFXIII arrives.

In a way, WKC really is Sony's White Knight of Japan, without it Sony would have nothing to show its Japanese install base this Xmas holiday.

All?

You are quite mistaken, my friend.  First there are the two biggest ps2 franchises in Japan, which you've already mentioned: FF and DQ.

Then there's the juggernaut that is Gran Turismo.  And I'm talking the *REAL* Gran Turismo.  Not Prologue.

Then there are smaller titles like Tekken 6 and the actual Yakuza 3 (not that spinoff Kenzan).  And then there are franchises that may not hit the ps3 at all, like Tales and Star Ocean (Tales of Vesperia will likely get ported akin to Eternal Sonata, but Star Ocean 4 is less of a certainty, and even if they were ported, the timed exclusivity would hinder any help they coul providealso  the ps3).

There's also the lack of JRPGs in general.  So far, in almost 2 years, the ps3 has only gotten two late ports (Enchanted Arms, Eternal Sonata), two SRPGs (Disgaea 3, Valkyria Chronicles), and the only "big" JRPG they'll be getting in the near future is White Knight Chronicles.

I think Wii faces the same exact problem. There is practically no support as of right now for the System in terms of JRPG's (Tales of Symphonia 2, but that doesn't really count).

For some odd reasons, despite being the least successful, Xbox 360 is getting the most JRPG's, I wonder how they managed that?

Eh, Sony has been harping on how important their own first party is lately that I think it's just as much a knock on themselves as it is third parties.

Tbh, when I first read the OP I immediately thought about how long WKC has taken to finish, and how much longer GT5 has to go.

It's called moneyhatting. Being first to the market only means so much. Dreamcast was first and the only major 3rd party RPG I can think of that it got was Grandia II. If Sega was passing out moneyhats for RPGs I'm sure they would have gotten more before the console died.

PS3 is suffering because outside of FFXIII no one is bringing any major RPGs to it. So far it's getting low profile titles and ports of 360 bombs from companies I'm prety sure werre expecting it to sell better.

Wii isn't really suffering. In the past year there's been about 5-7 RPGs announced with more to come at TGS. The only thing you could really say about those games is that they're not high profile SE games, but when SE is tying all of its major titles to sinking consoles it's not really a surprise. 

People fell for Emotion Engine hype. Many learned the CELL may be in the same category.

Hardware and software need a certain balance. PS3 is certainly lacking in software so the hardware won't be selling much. Obviously obvious.

When a CEO say the obvious, s/he makes the news. For the rest of us, we're just rambling crazy fans.