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They sold 31 consoles last month alone!
62 is fastest growing, thats 100 %.
They sold 31 consoles last month alone!
62 is fastest growing, thats 100 %.
Now we need a new Arstechnica graph to understand...
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Yeah, I wouldn't be sleeping on functional game streaming in the Japanese market. If it works as well as I've heard elsewhere, xCloud could actually do well. I don't think Nintendo or Sony have much to worry about, but it could at least turn a nice little profit for them.I can see xCloud be a thing in Japan
Didn't Nintendo try that with one of the Resident Evil games on Switch? I'm guessing it didn't have the uptake to continue it going forward. Maybe times are changing and it would be more welcome now.Yeah, I wouldn't be sleeping on functional game streaming in the Japanese market. If it works as well as I've heard elsewhere, xCloud could actually do well. I don't think Nintendo or Sony have much to worry about, but it could at least turn a nice little profit for them.
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I'm not sure what you mean, sorry. Nintendo tried streaming one game? The difference to that, I suppose, is that we're talking about Gamepass. xCloud lets you play the content on your phone - a fully functional next-gen library on the go in a country that actually has the infrastructure to support it. Potentially quite an attractive offer.Didn't Nintendo try that with one of the Resident Evil games? I'm guessing it didn't have the uptake to continue it going forward. Maybe times are changing and it would be more welcome now.
Exactly this. This is why I really dislike all this vague % talk. It's on purpose to make it look much, much bigger than it is.100% growth sounds great until you see that it was just a jump from 1 to 2 consoles sold.
fixedIf anyone can crack up the Japanese market, it's Microsoft.
Yes, but Nintendo have a stranglehold on gaming in Japan currently and it tried with RE7 and Assassin's Creed Oddessy. If it looks like a non-runner to them, it will be very difficult for Xbox to crack Japan with gamepass whether its good value or not. The current gen sold 100k consoles in 7 years.I'm not sure what you mean, sorry. Nintendo tried streaming one game? The difference to that, I suppose, is that we're talking about Gamepass. xCloud lets you play the content on your phone - a fully functional next-gen library on the go in a country that actually has the infrastructure to support it. Potentially quite an attractive offer.
The sad truth is that the Dreamcast barely sold better than Xbox360 in Japan.They need to drop this and it will be over for everyone else in Japan.
But it says right in the tweet that it sold out in Japan and at more units than 25,000 at least.
Maybe to scalpers.
Video Games Chronicle reports that the more expensive Xbox Series X sold out in less than 20 minutes on Amazon Japan after pre-orders went live at midnight. One hour later, the Series S was also out of stock. Many major Japanese electronic chains also reported that both consoles sold out within hours of becoming available, including Microsoft's official Japanese store. All of this came just hours after Microsoft Japan announced a small price cut to the Series S, but it is not clear if this had any direct impact on sales.
Needs a 2 or II after Dreamcast.They need to drop this and it will be over for everyone else in Japan.
You know that Minecraft is super popular in Japan too right?They are happy coz minecraft had 3 levels by Japanese users, one of them living in usa.
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You know that Minecraft is super popular in Japan too right?
There are a lot of books on it in Japan and a lot of JP streamers/YT creators make Minecraft videos.
All the kids I’ve talked to Elem. age and up either know of it or watch videos and/or play it themselves.
Anyway, on topic I can see gamepass (xcloud) becoming popular especially since they just started it in Japan a few months ago.
The only problem might be that the iphone is the most popular smartphone in Japan and Apple hasn’t let xcloud on iOS (worldwide).
Consoles definitely seem to be declining. Even the PS5 will probably sell less tan the ps4 did. The ps4 itself also sold less than the ps3 despite being the only viable console for awhile (against Wii U/X1).
Switch is definitely dominating everything.