I never said you were racist. I said "take your accusations of xenophobia elsewhere". I strongly suggest you look up the words "accusations" and "xenophobia". And I live in Japan and seldom see people in the Xbox corner either. But that's not what I was saying.
Ugh, making me grab my type cover for this...
I know what xenophobia means. How you got xenophobia from my post makes no sense. I took it as you calling me racist because hey, you're telling me I am misjudging Japanese people's interest in foreign technology. You said you live in Japan, you know how much word of mouth is used by companies there. What with the megaphones and paying high school girls to basically make up trends via text and such. The Japanese are far more likely to "lol MS" or "lol anything" if it fails to work for the general consensus, because popular opinion becomes even more popular.
Yes. They are. As are Microsoft. Not sure what this has to do with anything I've said.
You're again, completely and deliberately misunderstanding what I initial point was. Sony/Nintendo/Sega etc. are the big names in gaming. Xbox isn't popular, so no one is talking about it, so people don't get to know this event is happen and even if they did, they aren't told that it is a good product so they don't waste their time. We're talking about a country where people protest KPop to be removed from being aired on television because it's "Korean" rather than deciding for themselves if they like it or not. If you want me to talk about xenophobia, I would move away from video games and Microsoft hardware/software that Japanese people DO in fact enjoy once they get their hands on it. Hating Xbox makes no sense, enjoying its games should be taken in isolation, and they don't get the chance.
I suggest you read my posts again, because I think you're failing to grasp the point I was making. You started off by saying it was a shame that people aren't interested in something that isn't Sony and Nintendo. You then went on to say it would be a shame if you only like western games. That right there is an implication that the Japanese are only interested in Sony and Nintendo. You might not have meant it that way, but that's how it comes across.
Hold up. The point YOU were making? You attacked me (for the wrong reasons). You haven't made any point. You're just "calling me out". I'm telling you, that you are wrong to do so.
What is with you being so offended? I said ENGLISH entertainment, not western games. I am currently watching BBC Luther on Netflix. If it wasn't for America speaking the same language I wouldn't know much about X-Men etc. same way I don't know much about Japanese popular culture or what trendy games they have over there that don't get released over here.
To say MS shoudn't bother would mean Japanese people never get to try out Halo or hell, Titanfall, Minecraft, what have you. This has NOTHING to do with xenophobia.
Listen. I live here. I've seen next to no advertising. People in this very thread are calling this a soft launch.
I saw tons of advertising when I was there in April. Not gigantic adverts on the huge screens of Shinjuku, but in the game shops and MSN JP Titanfall was everywhere.
Okay, before we go any further, do us all a favour and look up the definition of Xenophobia.
Xenophobia is fear of those aliens that have acid for blood right?
I'm speaking from the perspective of the Japanese market. I don't care what you do or do not prefer. Microsoft's biggest franchises tend to involve guns and explosions. Typical dudebro fodder. I'm not taking a swipe at you or your preferences, but I'm saying that those games are more popular in western countries.
This is massively naive. Look at the X360 lineup and tell me that. The Japanese weren't interesting in a console and decided to just freaking rent the damn thing when TORIYAMA made designs for it. Not to mention the Slam Dunk dude for Lost Odyssey! Japanese are careful with money, even the rich ones. Japanese made products are viewed as being more convenient as a whole there, so when a foreign piece of hardware comes out such as the Xbone they're nothing about 1080p and 900p, they are thinking, "why not get the one that has always been popular?" -- when it comes to trying things out, like every damn human being, they won't really care if the console was designed by a Japanese company or not. It's trying it out that is the issue.
Hahahaha. I am not microsoft bashing. I'm just trying to explain to you why the Xbox is not very popular in Japan. And GT4 was never ported. To this day it's only playable on PS2. And I happen to like Forza, but not enough to buy a whole console for.
No you just really love PlayStation 4. I thought GT4 had a HD port for PS3, if it didn't that is even worse. There was a big following for sim games in Japan, and unfortunately because it belonged to the 360 they didn't give Forza a go and just waited for GT5. That's a shame.
And finally, since you posted your personal preference to like Forza but not buy the console, what we are seeing in this thread is that gamers didn't even give any of the Xbone games a try. They just wrote the whole system off before giving it a go. If they are upset with MS not treating them like a 2nd class country (in a way they do lmao) then that's no xenophobia, that's just them missing out on experiences they may or may not enjoy.
