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It couldn't be the 4-500 pricetag for an oversized, grill-shaped toy.
Crypto said:I've heard this so many times that there has to be some truth to it. Seriously.
Japanese homes are small, but I didn't know they were THAT small.
JunoTaksumi said:Well since they've had HDTV since like mid 90s, are you surprised by the penetration?
Raist said:They have to make a choice between a PS3 or a bathroom actually.
So there you have it:
1) PS3 not selling well in Japan due to size (didn't we hear this excuse with xbox last gen? :lol)
2) 360 not selling well in Japan due to AC power adapter lol)
3) Wii development difficult due to over-usage of controller shaking lol)
Crypto said:The standard was made in the 90's, has it been realistic to buy one for very long?
beermonkey@tehbias said:People have been buying MUSE-standard (analog!) HDTVs in Japan since 1991 (the standard was created years earlier). It was a niche, but people did buy. I even have friends here in the States that imported MUSE Hi-Vision laserdisc players and movies many years before BD and HD-DVD.
MUSE has of course been replaced by digital-carrier HD standards. But you can still use the sets via 1080i component input.
PhoenixDark said:Japan doesn't like big things?
theBishop said:Heh... I think once the Japanese people throw out their CRT SDTVs in favor of LCD/Plasma HDTVs, that'll free up a lot of space for their PS3s or Xbox360 power supplies...
:lol
PhoenixDark said:Japan doesn't like big things?
Arthursw1 said:Yes homes in japan are very small just look at this!
Images from:
http://www.beernut.ca/japan/archives/002511.html
thetrin said:That's pretty spot on. That's a bit like what my apartment looks like, except I have a 36" Hitachi HDTV, and a bunch of consoles...and piles of gaming artbooks.
http://www.eyesoute.com/trin/Photos/apartment/
I was watching Zoolander last night, so I'm loving that quote.Ryu1999 said:Yeah they're at least like...twice, maybe even three times that size
theBishop said:Everyone will know discipline!
Ranger X said:"1 and a half" appartments over here aren't really bigger...
(here = America)
Arthursw1 said:Yes homes in japan are very small just look at this!
Two PS2s duct-taped together.Satter said:
You're Three Sixty Four????
Oh wait. I see the GC tucked back in the lower part of the shelf. And the PS2 and PS2 slim.
360GCPS2PS2S64.
Declined to offer further details? Maybe whoever wrote the story should do a bit of research:He went on to reveal that NanaOn-Sha has been working on "a very casual, one-button game" - but declined to offer any further details.
PALGN said:Matsuura then gave a quick demonstration of this idea in practice with his current project, a one button casual game called Rhythmica. A handheld game for mobile platforms, it plays with the user's own mp3 files stored on the hardware, and it creates a moving visual motif with them. While the song plays, "mysteriously letters appear one after another" on the screen, and the player must press the button the moment they see a letter that is part of the song's title.
D.Lo said:Declined to offer further details? Maybe whoever wrote the story should do a bit of research:
http://palgn.com.au/article.php?id=7170
Matsuura then gave a quick demonstration of this idea in practice with his current project, a one button casual game called Rhythmica. A handheld game for mobile platforms, it plays with the user's own mp3 files stored on the hardware, and it creates a moving visual motif with them. While the song plays, "mysteriously letters appear one after another" on the screen, and the player must press the button the moment they see a letter that is part of the song's title.
Doom_Bringer said:
:lol
WTF? Googled for it and got that....
womfalcs3 said:Sales are closing in on 1,000,000 in Japan 6.5 months in. I don't consider that bad seeing as the good games haven't begun to come out yet.
BocoDragon said:That looks like a million North American apartments I've seen, and I bet you the college kids who live there don't consider space one bit in their purchases....
Oh man, shades of Short Circuit 2.Doom_Bringer said:
:lol
WTF? Googled for it and got that....
What are you talking about? They're separate answers - He's currently experimenting or thinking about a Wii game (work set to officially begin "soon, maybe"), and currently working on Rhythmica for mobiles.pswii60 said:Well maybe not, as that would be pure speculation. The Wii game might be an entirely different one-button game.
Forsete said:Wow.. So people dont use computers either?
If it's truly an issue, why did they design it that way?shidoshi said:I knew a lot of Japanese households that had a laptop as their main computer. While I think blaming the PS3's failings on its size isn't quite an exact picture, it would also be a mistake to think that this isn't indeed an issue.
Forsete said:Wow.. So people dont use computers either?
Mario Party claims another victim.Doom_Bringer said:
That's an excellent point. Considering the Wii attach rate, I can't see how a Wii + pile of games are any smaller than a PS3. :lolWiitard said:If THAT is the reason PS3 tanked in Japan how do you explain the abysmal attach rate of PS3 in Japan? They don't have space to store disks?
You need to only look at software sales to see that size could not have been a really big part of the problem.
Pureauthor said:Us Asians love our laptops, Palm Pilots, and handphone OS.
More recently, game consoles that can go on the 'net too. :lol
Goldrusher said:PSthree, where are you ?