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pbroy on 20 October 2009

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kingofwale on 20 October 2009

how about make a handheld console there?

or, not focus so much on FPS?

or, just not carry a company name that is so hated in most part of the world?



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dbot on 20 October 2009
KingArthur said:
I think ms should just ignore Japan. They tried and it did not work. Japan is a small market so why waste any more resources there.

I think Japan is important for MS if they want to get continued support from the Japanese third party developers.  These games may not sell millions but they add a lot of value to the overall software library.  



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tedsteriscool on 20 October 2009

Japan, although smaller than other regions in potential install base, is still an invaluable market. They're just doing...something wrong. Something that causes people to not see passed the brand name.



damndl0ser on 20 October 2009

Microsoft should have never put so much effort into Japan to begin with. As a home console market, its dwindling anyway. They should redouble their efforts in Europe and America. Japan was nothing more than a pipe dream anyways.

Atleast in Europe and America they have made significant headway. The more they continue to work things out there the better. With Natal and a few select titles Europe can easily head back over toward M$'s camp.



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KingArthur on 20 October 2009
ultima said:
^LOL @ Japan is a small market. DS consistently sells >50000 units there every week.
But yeah, Japan no likee foreign products.

MS does not have a handheld console. How many home consoles have been sold in Japan this gen? 13 million or something. 1 million consoles for MS.

That is a small market for them and they should not bother with it.



ocnkng on 20 October 2009

Has anyone considered that the Japanese might not like that bulky Xbox controller?



 

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Scoobes on 20 October 2009

Don't the Japanese favour hardware reliability and national pride quite a lot? With them being a foreign console vs 2 home consoles and the least reliable of the 3 Microsoft are pretty screwed this gen. In fact, they screwed themselves somewhat last gen too with the PSUs that set alight. If MS want Japan next gen they need more reliable hardware.




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V-r0cK on 20 October 2009

The absolute ONLY way MS will ever get Japan to favor them is to buy DQ and FF lol



FinalEvangelion on 20 October 2009
ultima said:
^LOL @ Japan is a small market. DS consistently sells >50000 units there every week.
But yeah, Japan no likee foreign products.

how many Starbucks did I see in Japan again?  How many people had iPods?

 

Products like the original Xbox that really scream America F*** Yeah (let's be honest here) with a game lineup that does the same really rubbed them the wrong way.  It was too difficult re-change their views.  For quite a while in Japan - a few months Nintendo is in and a few months PlayStation is in.  It will probably continue that cycle for a while.  Right now, both are having adequate representation.



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