Yeah if NX can run these big budget Japanese games I can see them being released on it because it seems like it'd be easy money for Japan.
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PS4 surpassed Wii U in Japan
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Yeah if NX can run these big budget Japanese games I can see them being released on it because it seems like it'd be easy money for Japan.
Banjotanooki
Member
Wii U is STILL very popular here! Nearly all my students own it for Splatoon and Minecraft.
OrbitalBeard
Member
It'll be mainly used as a portable in Japan, so maybe.
InfiniteCombo
Banned
Holy shit, the amount of salt on display by some Nintendo fans in this thread is... Quite something. Come on, y'all are better than that.
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On topic: I always see these Japan market threads, and I guess I have to ask the silly (maybe even stupid) question: what is the significance of Japanese video game market trends? Do Japanese video game publishing companies still cater to Japan, or do they pretty much cater to the West at this point?
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On topic: I always see these Japan market threads, and I guess I have to ask the silly (maybe even stupid) question: what is the significance of Japanese video game market trends? Do Japanese video game publishing companies still cater to Japan, or do they pretty much cater to the West at this point?
GarciaHotspur
Member
WiiU is a mess, from the beginning until the end
Sammy Samusu
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JetSetRadio
Banned
I still like how they delayed the ps4 launch in Japan, probably didn't expect much from it the first years and they weren't wrong.
Gai Murakumo
Member
I would have expected the PS4 to outsell the Wii U sooner.
I don't see much salt. Really, it's crazy it look this long considering how fast it outsold Wii U every else.
If Sony doesn't launch a new handheld for Japan they may slowly lose Japan.
Nintendo is still mostly a Japan-first developer and then releases the same games in America. Sony has been extremely western focused for a good while now. Square Enix and Calvin I believe still have a big Japanese focus.
LolYou ruined my thread with your short/crappy thread -_-
Anyways:
PS4 is the best selling mome console of this generation in Japan
According to Media Create, we have a new No.1 home console (for this generation) in Japan.
WiiU launch: December 8, 2012
PS4 launch: February 22, 2014
PS4 LTD: 3.267.243
WiiU Japan LTD: 3.265.329
XBO LTD: 68.224
Live camera of the home console race in Japan:
PS4
WiiU
XBO
right, and how much did it take for PS4 to surpass it in every other part of the planet?
KillerMan91
Member
PS3 install base was around 4 million when FF XIII launched. PS4 will be probably somewhere between 3.5-4 million when XV launches so not a big difference.
Soapbox Killer
Grand Nagus
If Zelda BOTW came out this year that might change, if only for a little bit. It Still might.
Is it crazy considering the state of home consoles in Japan?
How is a "big" milestone?
Nah, the Wii U is done for, just look at the current weekly numbers.
Expect Paper Mario Colors Splash to not do well.
Not that many people buy a PS4. At least the new Yakuza is PS4 only so that could help.
Katana_Strikes
Member
Did it in a weekend in the UK, shame it took so long here but that's the sad state of affairs of home consoles and pubs/devs in Japan.
Be interesting to see how FFXV fares but it's a decent install base and should have a strong Xmas ahead.
Be interesting to see how FFXV fares but it's a decent install base and should have a strong Xmas ahead.
Not really. PS4 still had bigger Japanese focused games than Wii U and way more games in general. I do think a lot of it has to do with the handheld market though, so if Nintendo is making a handheld that can play PS4 games (with a little less bells and whistles) then Sony might have a problem staying relevant in Japan (emphasis on MIGHT) unless they continue to do handhelds as well.
Becoming the home console market leader in a main market is a big milestone that every company would like to achieve.
Of course it's obvious that the japanese market has shrinked a lot for dedicated consoles so we're not here discussing about huge sales, at least compared to the past.
Banjotanooki
Member
Zelda's.......really not that popular in Japan....
Handheld Zeldas do pretty well. Console zeldas do worse. I expect Zelda on NX to do extremely well in Japan, not so well on Wii U.
In the end it still comes down to Handheld v Console. Japan prefers handheld and I think that's why Nintendo is making NX a powerful handheld as opposed to a console that is more powerful than PS4.
Katana_Strikes
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You do for posting in here?
Devilgunman
Member
I don't think SQE cares that much if FFXV can't hit 1m in Japan. It will sell a shit ton everywhere else.
Sales Gaf cares. You don't have to click on every thread, you know?
The whole home console market in japan struggles. And in a struggling home console market, PS4 is king.
How is it stuggling when the PS4 beat its main competitor in Japan who had more than a year head start in sales? Last week PS4 sold nearly 100K (well persona did help) units while the Wii U sold around 3K.
GarthVaderUK
Banned
It took this long? :O
Consoles being dead in Japan and handhelds being dead in the west is exactly why the NX exists. It's both, and neither.
Hope it works
GregLombardi
Member
A moment to be proud of
Possumowner
Member
Not exactly impressive in a dead console market,can NX give it a much needed shot in the arm...
They released a Slim model.
Not saying P5 had no effect, but "saving grace" seems a bit dishonest. Unless you were just making a joke. Hard to tell on this forum sometimes.
Says a lot about the Wii U sales considering it got overtaken by a console released a year later.
Devilgunman
Member
So the NX will be the next dead console in Japan and dead handheld in the west?
test_account
XP-39C²
It didnt really take a new model and a pricedrop. It was already on the way to outsell the WiiU. The new model and the price drop just sped things up.
PackAPunchedMick
Member
68,000 in it's lifetime, Scorpio will do less.