The 360 would sell great in Japan...if Sony or Nintendo owned it.

JRPGs are not the greatest genre in Japan, really.

Same way the PS3 would do better in America if MS owned it :|

well of course

Blue Dragon

Lost Odyssey

Enternal Sonata

Tales of Vesperia

Infinite Undiscovery

Phantasy Star Universe: Ambition of the Illuminus

Phantasy Star Universe

The Last Remnant

Cry On

Diario: Rebirth Moon Legend


These are just the JRPG's. Then others like Ikaruga and other games too. Why isn't it big in Japan? Why don't these games sell so well? Because it's on a Microsoft console. It's the only thing that makes sence. So far the 360 easily beats the PS3 in terms of Japanese aimed games yet the PS3 beats it every month, hell it could even give the Wii a run for its money. It only sold 1000 units this month. That is truely awful.
Hell if I was Microsoft I'd either forget Japan or remove every trace of western gaming from it. Name change, new look, new icon, everything. Make it completely Japanese. Hell even give it an anime character as its mascot. Maybe then it would sell more because if you look at the stats...well it should be selling pretty damn well.
Look at the PSP. It isn't beating the DS, not even close, but when a new popular game comes out it sells like crazy and even beats the DS for a few months. That should be how it is with the 360 but it's biggest seller sold **** all.

If games like Lost Odyessy were on the Wii, PS2 or PS3 it would sell TONS.
darklord888

Possibly. It seems to me that the Japanese have the "Buy Japanese" mentality; similar to how Americans used to with "Buy American". I remember watchin a new story how a grass-roots movement in Japan had started to try and get Japanese citizens to buy Japanese made motorcycles, because Harley-Davidson had become the #1 seller. Same story, different product.

Same way the PS3 would do better in America if MS owned it :|

thrones

No..not at all. Both the Wii and PS3 are selling well in America. The 360 has almost completely stopped selling in Japan.

JRPGs are not the greatest genre in Japan, really.

Same way the PS3 would do better in America if MS owned it :|

thrones

But the ps2 did great in the US...

That's an interesting take.
The 360 might not have the RRoD if Nintendo or Sony owned it.
There wouldn't even be a 360 if Nintendo or Sony owned it.
All of those games wouldn't be exclusive if Sony or Nintendo owned it.
These are some interesting takes as well.

It seems that Microsoft have made a large attempt in the Japanese market, but it has shifted to more casual games and parlour games. The arcade industry there is still goign well, but it's not the huge shining mecca it once was. The Xbox 360 is holding it's own and it seems to have a libray of games suited to core gamers, but the mass market of Japan has moved on from the core games and on to less challenging titles, training simulators and half baked games. Still, the core Japanese gaming industry that makes games for worldwide audiences have thrown support behind the console, which is why you're even seeing the likes of Square make games for it, exclusives for it, and the like.

Microsoft aren't making an impression on the Japanese gaming public, but the Japanese development community is behind them.

It seems that Microsoft have made a large attempt in the Japanese market, but it has shifted to more casual games and parlour games. The arcade industry there is still goign well, but it's not the huge shining mecca it once was. The Xbox 360 is holding it's own and it seems to have a libray of games suited to core gamers, but the mass market of Japan has moved on from the core games and on to less challenging titles, training simulators and half baked games. Still, the core Japanese gaming industry that makes games for worldwide audiences have thrown support behind the console, which is why you're even seeing the likes of Square make games for it, exclusives for it, and the like.

Microsoft aren't making an impression on the Japanese gaming public, but the Japanese development community is behind them.

Sagacious_Tien

Except the best ones, the ones Nintendo has on board :P

Yeah, I'm not sure what to think of it. I feel like its one of two things, and I hope one of them isnt what the case is in Japan.

Either M$, being a western company, doesnt understand how to market to the Eastern culture...

Or its bias against the west.

Japanese people wont buy a console thats made by an American company, deal with it.

Because they look for quality, and so do I. Why would anyone buy junk.CubanBlunt

Aw, come on, Cuban...

You're better than that, man.

The 360 has hardware issues, I certainly wouldnt dispute that, but its certainly not junk.

[QUOTE="CubanBlunt"]Because they look for quality, and so do I. Why would anyone buy junk.JediRiff

Aw, come on, Cuban...

You're better than that, man.

The 360 has hardware issues, I certainly wouldnt dispute that, but its certainly not junk.

LOL, I 'll call it a lemon then, I went that RRoD and read disk route, thats not for me. People always say electronics break, but T.V.'s are on more then the 360, they dont over heat, microwave dont break down after 6 months, VHS players still works.

I'm not saying that electronics dont break, but the 360 has a lot more goin on with it.

I dont mean to sound raciast but Japan doesn't like American products..heck even Europe isn't too fond of American products..one might go as far as to call them racist in that sense. They have a sense of national pride of sorts or atleast an anti-American product pride. agni_1

Im an American....look who started it, we did!

[QUOTE="JediRiff"]

[QUOTE="CubanBlunt"]Because they look for quality, and so do I. Why would anyone buy junk.CubanBlunt

Aw, come on, Cuban...

You're better than that, man.

The 360 has hardware issues, I certainly wouldnt dispute that, but its certainly not junk.

LOL, I 'll call it a lemon then, I went that RRoD and read disk route, thats not for me. People always say electronics break, but T.V.'s are on more then the 360, they dont over heat, microwave dont break down after 6 months, VHS players still works.

I'm not saying that electronics dont break, but the 360 has a lot more goin on with it.

well you´v had no problem calling the PS3 a gaming machine so whats the problem?

well you´v had no problem calling the PS3 a gaming machine so whats the problem?st1ka

you went there......under the belt

why you gotta hit us where it hurts?

[QUOTE="CubanBlunt"][QUOTE="JediRiff"]

[QUOTE="CubanBlunt"]Because they look for quality, and so do I. Why would anyone buy junk.st1ka

Aw, come on, Cuban...

You're better than that, man.

The 360 has hardware issues, I certainly wouldnt dispute that, but its certainly not junk.

LOL, I 'll call it a lemon then, I went that RRoD and read disk route, thats not for me. People always say electronics break, but T.V.'s are on more then the 360, they dont over heat, microwave dont break down after 6 months, VHS players still works.

I'm not saying that electronics dont break, but the 360 has a lot more goin on with it.

well you´v had no problem calling the PS3 a gaming machine so whats the problem?

The PS3 is a gaming machine, so whats your point? Or you like the term a blu-ray player that play PS3 games?

JRPGs are not the greatest genre in Japan, really.

Same way the PS3 would do better in America if MS owned it :|

thrones

doubt it..

if PS3 were released the same day with the 360... i just dont know...

also i think PS2 players are hoping for a better system hardware for the PS3 not with a 33% failure rate

[QUOTE="thrones"]

Same way the PS3 would do better in America if MS owned it :|

darklord888

No..not at all. Both the Wii and PS3 are selling well in America. The 360 has almost completely stopped selling in Japan.

We know this. And yet the 360 sales are still great. Go figure.

[QUOTE="darklord888"][QUOTE="thrones"]

Same way the PS3 would do better in America if MS owned it :|

xsubtownerx

No..not at all. Both the Wii and PS3 are selling well in America. The 360 has almost completely stopped selling in Japan.

We know this. And yet the 360 sales are still great. Go figure.

How do you define "great"? Barely breaking even with the PS3 in North America and lagging in Europe and Japan?

[QUOTE="st1ka"]well you´v had no problem calling the PS3 a gaming machine so whats the problem?Sgt_Grig

you went there......under the belt

why you gotta hit us where it hurts?

hey i believe answering in kind, if your post is rational then i answer rationally, if your post is underhanded then i answer in kind

[QUOTE="xsubtownerx"][QUOTE="darklord888"][QUOTE="thrones"]

Same way the PS3 would do better in America if MS owned it :|

mjarantilla

No..not at all. Both the Wii and PS3 are selling well in America. The 360 has almost completely stopped selling in Japan.

We know this. And yet the 360 sales are still great. Go figure.

How do you define "great"? Barely breaking even with the PS3 in North America and lagging in Europe and Japan?

Barely breaking even with the PS3 in NA? :lol:

You almost make it sound like the PS3 is outselling it..

[QUOTE="mjarantilla"][QUOTE="xsubtownerx"][QUOTE="darklord888"][QUOTE="thrones"]

Same way the PS3 would do better in America if MS owned it :|

xsubtownerx

No..not at all. Both the Wii and PS3 are selling well in America. The 360 has almost completely stopped selling in Japan.

We know this. And yet the 360 sales are still great. Go figure.

How do you define "great"? Barely breaking even with the PS3 in North America and lagging in Europe and Japan?

Barely breaking even with the PS3 in NA? :lol:

You almost make it sound like the PS3 is outselling it..

its no too far off from outselling it

[QUOTE="mjarantilla"][QUOTE="xsubtownerx"][QUOTE="darklord888"][QUOTE="thrones"]

Same way the PS3 would do better in America if MS owned it :|

xsubtownerx

No..not at all. Both the Wii and PS3 are selling well in America. The 360 has almost completely stopped selling in Japan.

We know this. And yet the 360 sales are still great. Go figure.

How do you define "great"? Barely breaking even with the PS3 in North America and lagging in Europe and Japan?

Barely breaking even with the PS3 in NA? :lol:

You almost make it sound like the PS3 is outselling it..

It did for two months, and last month the 360 only beat it by 5k. Let's watch a few more months' worth of sales before saying that the 360 is beating the PS3 in NA, neh?

And tell me, how does outselling its rival -- which is more expensive and has fewer games -- by ONLY 5,000 units qualify as "great"?

It did for two months, and last month the 360 only beat it by 5k. Let's watch a few more months' worth of sales before saying that the 360 is beating the PS3 in NA, neh?

mjarantilla

???

6+ mil lead buddy. And it's not coming from Japan. I didn't know we had to resort to "monthly sales" now to claim ownage.. :roll:

[QUOTE="mjarantilla"]

It did for two months, and last month the 360 only beat it by 5k. Let's watch a few more months' worth of sales before saying that the 360 is beating the PS3 in NA, neh?

xsubtownerx

???

6+ mil lead buddy. And it's not coming from Japan. I didn't know we had to resort to "monthly sales" now to claim ownage.. :roll:

You're right, it's not coming from Japan, it's coming from the one year head start the 360 had.

Sorry, I just think that CURRENT sales figures are more important than past sales when it comes to determining CURRENT health.

[QUOTE="xsubtownerx"][QUOTE="mjarantilla"]

It did for two months, and last month the 360 only beat it by 5k. Let's watch a few more months' worth of sales before saying that the 360 is beating the PS3 in NA, neh?

mjarantilla

???

6+ mil lead buddy. And it's not coming from Japan. I didn't know we had to resort to "monthly sales" now to claim ownage.. :roll:

You're right, it's not coming from Japan, it's coming from the one year head start the 360 had.

Yeah yeah yeah. 360 head start. 360 RROD. Live isn't free.. I've heard it all. Why do you even care so much? You own both systems..