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Just 99 Xbox Ones were sold in Japan last week
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Gut n9ne n9ne prolls bought an exbox won.
Just curious, what Xbox news not posted on GAF this week was good?
Nothing Microsoft could do could even give them decent performance in Asia. This was apparent when the OG Xbox released. Nothing at all.
There is no fix. There is no solution. There is nothing that can be done.
paragonpro
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I love the xbox...but is it possible that the relative failure of this system will scare microsoft away from future consoles?
I think he meant American Football.
homelessscootaloo
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Xbox One needs better games
lol no what are you talking about? It's doing better than the Wii-U. Xbox's been in second place before, in fact it's always been the second place option. That's just the way things are.
Yeah, more games for Asia to ignore lol
super-famicom
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They're all Xbox One
Bear Force One
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I hope Platinum got a good deal because I don't see Scalebound selling heavily in any market. It's not in the Xbox One regular game space. I don't think their market will support it.
It's below WiiU everywhere but US and UK tho
Yeah i hated how i couldn't find a single iPhone or mcdonalds last time i was in Japan.
Sounds more like American ignorance at its greatest.
It'll sell more than The Wonderful 101 and that game was a mega bomb.
It'll pass the LTD for the other regions soon enough. Wii-U's on it's last leg with the NX approaching.
Haha I vote for this one!
Yeah, that'll be it.
Or maybe it just brings nothing at all to the Japanese market? "Ooohhh if I buy this, then i'll barely be able to play any Japanese games on it! Fantastic!"
Maybe the ad slogan is "Buy this and be unable to play Dragon Quest and Persona!".
cyber_ninja
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And they all X1.
It's obviously strictly because of ethnocentric pride.
Definitely not related to a severe lack of software that would appeal to the Japanese audience nor the Xbox platform's history of having a much smaller focus on Japanese games in comparison to other platforms.
I see your point but
Japanese game culture still has an issue with ethnocentralism in both the consumer base and the industry there itself.
Look beyond the headlines. Sunset Overdrive stuff in Rocket League turned into "I wonder if there will be enough people to play it". New BC titles turned into "gimme Red Dead or scrap the whole program"
It's almost as if there can be no good news. Good news? We'll see about that!
No, its just sales day...
maquiladora
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I just noticed his hat for the first time lol
And what would be the reason for that?
And yet GTA and CoD sell better than the vast majority of Japanese games?
This is some of the dumbest shit I've ever read. What is a relative failure? Is this the Ricky Bobby if you're not first, you're last? They're selling at a faster pace than Xbox 360 did. Just because their competitor is selling better than that, doesn't mean the console is a failure.
Yes they struggled out of the gate, but everything they've done since the 180 has been to right the ship. Even last gen, they lost Japan and most of Europe to PS3. The only difference this generation is that they're losing in NA/UK as well, but those territories are still strong sales for Microsoft, enough that it causes them to outsell what 360 was doing.
It's roughly a little over 2 years from launch, there's still at least 3 years left in this gen, which will naturally be shortened. They have no reason to drop consoles altogether, if anything, going forward, you probably won't see Japan matter most to western devs, or console manufacturers. Even PS4 and Wii U barely selling there compared to historical sales. Mobile is just too dominant. It's why Nintendo is doing the NX.
When I look at Scalebound I see it as something with no appeal to the Japanese market at all.
Cow Goes Moo
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i think it will do better than most of their other games in western markets
not that is particular hard to do... -but I wouldn't know offhand either way-
the game is has a lot of "typical" AAA "characteristics"
that would probably appeal better to say a western market
-open world
-pretty graphics
-hyperrealistic graphics
-accessible (well in comparison to their other games) combat
-online multiplayer
male protagonist
As far as sales numbers, I'm not sure how that'd change no matter where you get your news from. They should all be the same.
So let me guess, you're the Sony version of SpeedyBlueDude huh?
ethomaz
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Is it? It is the first time below 3 digits, no?
The console has always been unappealing to the general audience from the OG Xbox's disgusting design aesthetic, the lack of games that appeal to that player base and the lack of effort made to push those games, the pricing was always high, the games had shitty ports, etc.
I genuinely believe that the Sega/MS relationship continued that their Japanese support today would be...less than average . Which is better than nonexistent
Exception to the rule. Even Halo 5 did...okay in Japan. Those franchises are popular there. Popular EVERYWHERE.
Bear Force One
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maquiladora
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Nah I've never seen the numbers that low before. But it is usually ~300, which isn't exactly great either...
waitwhat42
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The apt American sport comparison would be football, basketball is massively popular in Asia, you have no idea.
Everything you just listed is correctable, so why is there no fix, nothing that can be done?
why not just "Xbox has No games" to their tastes? Asking to much? lol
clevbrowns94
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Damn, came here to post this lol
They tried making Japanese centric titles for their consoles multiples times, and they failed multiple times. OG Xbox never got a sleeker redesign outside of the handhelds. Even the MS published titles got quality ports to accommodate people in JP (Halo CE being a prime example)
Nothing can be done.
Oh I see so because Microsoft fucked up the Xbox brand and its selling very poor as a result I must be a Sony fan?
Jesus fucking christ.
TheBryanJZX90
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Personally I'm more worried about how little the PS4 is selling in Japan. It doesn't matter if PS4 beats xbone if all of the Japanese devs are on mobile.
They made fewer Japanese titles than you can count on your hand. Whereas Sony has bought multiple American game devs how many has MS brought under their umbrella from Japan?
Releasing a couple of games is not supporting a market.
Because they tried with Xbox 360, their version of trying and it didn't work. This just cements it. Japan is a declining market overall in terms of the games industry and console industry is pretty much dead at this point. Some of their most powerful devs are or have moved to mobile, Microsoft would be better served to instead just focusing on NA/EU and East Asia. Japan has long had a higher history of ethnocentrism regarding consumer purchases than other territories. It will always be harder for Microsoft to convince them to buy their console over a Sony, Nintendo, formerly Sega one.
Just look at overall Japanese console sales for the PS4 and Wii U. PS4 is a juggernaut worldwide, and struggling in Japan. Why would Microsoft want to go through the trouble?
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