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But it's already got crazy word-of-mouth!
Japan is an irrelevant market for the home consoles.
I get that it's a "traditional" market and some people still need their waifu games and whatever, but there's no reason anymore why we should care about the home console numbers in Japan anymore than we do anywhere else.
It's possible to achieve wild success even if Japan isn't buying your system, as the PS4 is demonstrating. The Xbox One not selling in Europe and lagging behind in the US and UK is a far greater significance for Microsoft.
I get that it's a "traditional" market and some people still need their waifu games and whatever, but there's no reason anymore why we should care about the home console numbers in Japan anymore than we do anywhere else.
It's possible to achieve wild success even if Japan isn't buying your system, as the PS4 is demonstrating. The Xbox One not selling in Europe and lagging behind in the US and UK is a far greater significance for Microsoft.
Triggerhappytel
Member
Oh my God, did someone in MS marketing just say the Xbone is loaded with graphics?!
jedmaxwell
Member
Well excuuuuuuuuuse me for liking Waifu games like Persona 5, Ys, Atelier, Tales of series, Disgaea and the faint, faint hope of Dragon Quest. :|
Okay Persona 5 proves your point, but excuuuuuuuuuse me anyway.
Man, how funny would this pic be if it actually wasn't a photoshop of the old one?
MAX PAYMENT
Member
Why, as English speaking westerners, do we care how Xbox or ps4 is selling in japan?
I know I sure as hell don't. I guess this will be one of those GAF things I will never understand.
I know I sure as hell don't. I guess this will be one of those GAF things I will never understand.
SenkiDala
Member
Because if the system sells well, some Japanese devs' would want to make more games on it. And games are why we're all here, so... that's why.
PdotMichael
Banned
So Xbox One in Japan is basically on the same level as Windows smartphones and tablets in the rest of the world.
sublimit
Banned
Some people like Japanese games therefore they want these consoles to be successful there or at least try to be.
Persona 5, Ys, Atelier, Tales of series, Disgaea and the faint, faint hope of Dragon Quest.
Valkyria Chronicles, going from PS3 to PSP will forever be a stab to the heart.
Drilbit777
Member
No surprise here, I knew Xbox One was gonna sell abysmally just like the 360 and original xbox did.
Drilbit777
Member
Valkyria Chronicles 2 would have done a lot better on PS3 since it had a bigger userbase and wasn't rampant with piracy... Plus alot of the games maps were cut down because of the psps limitations. I'm still sad Sega never brought the 3rd game to the U.S. but who can blame them considering the abysmal sales of the 2nd game,
Who says we are all "English speaking westerners"?
Because we like Japanese games and would rather play them on a console than a smartphone.
Because USA != World
Not everyone likes shooters and not everyone is an English speaking westener over here, some people like Japanese games and want them on their respective console, but if the consoles don't sell well in Japan then the devs are going to rake another route regarding platforms (smartphones, handhelds, which they're already doing)
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Because it determines if certain consoles will get certain Japanese games.
It's always been possible to succeed without Japan... Both the Genesis and the N64 were less relevant in Japan than either the TurboGrafx or the Saturn, but both achieved second-place of their respective generations. Certainly, the Xbox line's success was pretty much without Japan. However, first place always had Japan in prior eras... even the previous generation where Japan was just as on board with the Wii as everyone else was.
Because this is an enthusiast videogame forum where people like to talk about all aspects of the the industry.
himym
thank you for this
Neuromancer
Member
'Binders full of women'
This can be used as a nice gesture for all the other countries they try to sell in.
Could just be that it has that 'murica stigma, Americans may be in shock when I say this but, not everyone loves us
SirMossyBloke
Member
Nope. IT Crowd.
funkystudent
Member
So when do the weekly Japanese sales come out?
That quote is cracking me up. Gotta get all dem graphics in there! I even asked for my Xbone with EXTRA graphics, man. Can't get enough.
serversurfer
Member
Sorry, but the XBone isn't available with extra graphics. Could we interest you in a PS4, where they come standard?
frogger
Member
The ps4 is not doing well as well. Japan is shifting to smart phones, sadly.
Diddy Kong
Banned
Wednesday, my man.
a secret-boss
Banned
Ms knows japan is going mobile. Its a waste of money
In sales? Kinda doubt it.
There is no "America" stigma for this. If there was an American stigma, why does the iPhone sell well in Japan?
It has everything to do with the lack of Japanese development/First Person Perspective (read: mostly shooters) focus (which isn't too popular in Japan) that the X-box has had for a long while. Throw in the lack of Japanese development since 2008 since MS stopped trying to court Japanese development houses... there's no reason to buy one.
Then you get the X-box 720 reveal which was just a trainwreck in slow-motion. Then MS going to the trainwreckage and peeing on peoples corpses to add further insult and it's not hard to see why Japan (and the rest of the world) wants nothing to do with the 720.
Don Mattrick completely fucked up the 720. As soon as he uttered the words "you know, we have a console for you [those of you that don't like our DRM]... the X-box 360," the 720 was perpetually fucked.
MAX PAYMENT
Member
I understand everyone's reason. It's just that a lot people tend to use these topics to be fanboy assholes. I feel like I see more of that than people genuinely interested in games. Sorry if it offended anyone.
Fattony12000
Member
Hmm?
Seems like they have.
Japan never forgot about Titanfall.
(I took that photo in April.)
Bravo.
GameAddict411
Member
thats really optimistic, if the biggest game stores in tokyo has one or two interested buyer every now and then it won't do even 1/4 that.
GameAddict411
Member
while the console market has shrunk significantly over the recent years in japan, its not that bad. if japanese games start rolling for the PS4 it would sell much much much more than it does now.
MikeE21286
Member
Hahaha "this machine is loaded with graphics"
Some of us actually reside in Japan.
Angelus Errare
Banned
Hmm?
Seems like they have.
Oh man 2 days trial of XBL Gold?!? Sign me up!