There is a certain sect of racists/nationalists in Japan that equate company loyalty with country pride
Really?
I'm not an expert, but I heard that brands like Apple or McDonald are doing really well in Japan.
There is a certain sect of racists/nationalists in Japan that equate company loyalty with country pride
Really?
I'm not an expert, but I heard that brands like Apple or McDonald are doing really well in Japan.
As i said, its only shown in certain industries really, because a lot of the other ones are obviously far more mainstream commodities. As you go into more specific things like game consoles, a traditionally japanese insulated arena, it becomes much more of a defensive reaction. It was the same reaction MS got from mainstream Japanese devs and publishers when they were just starting out, trying to jump in on 'their' turf.
Its only super multiplied by how utterly insane the game industry wars are in Japan. You can't go two messages without hearing about ninbuta's or cockroaches.
Just thought i'd leave this here.
Shows cumulative shipments worldwide for each year of the last 3 console generations.
My predictions are the green X's.
Thanks for this, for all the hype about ps4's success, the console market is clearly in decline from last gen. I Also think disruptive vr tech will eat into it more.
Well, that's quite low. Patcher being conservative this month after vastly overestimating sales last month, I see. At least he has the PS4 on top this time.Without further ado, here are Pachter's USA NPD predictions for February 2015:
PS4: 200K
XB1: 168K
WIU: 100K
Well if a Xbox1 version of Japanese AAA game sells like 30% of PS4 version then they should still make it multiplat IMO. The question is how far the ratio should be slanted toward PS4 version to make X1 version unprofitable.
I'm expecting 90% ish for Type-0. Better for FFXV but I'm not sure how much.
I'm expecting something like that too.
If FF XV sell badly on Xbox One, S-E and other may even give up of some games for the console. I believe Xbox One will maintain sales to comfortably receive western titles, but with japanese games the situation is different.
I bet Konami is looking at the sales data of other Japanese franchises, to see if its even worth releasing Silent Hills on Xbox One, or just try and make a deal with Sony for exclusivity.
When does The NPD get announced?
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PS4 is doing very well. The decline is mainly due to Nintendo (at least thus far).
Went from "better than PS4 sales" with the Wii -to- "worse than GameCube sales" with the Wii U.
If i have to put my 2 cents i will say that apart from Wii, Kinect also pushed sizable units and helped 360 reached to the numbers it manages in the end. So my personal opinion is that after the recent GDC and many reviewer praising PS4 VR and MS also following Holo Lens?, things can change. I agree that VR is coming on PC from other vendors and may be earlier, but console can be the biggest beneficiary if VR is easy to setup and provide a unique experience.
But definitely some exciting times ahead.
Thanks for sharing. Do you think there's any potential for the Morpheus to bite into the Wii market? It looks like something that market would eat up.
Thanks for this, for all the hype about ps4's success, the console market is clearly in decline from last gen. I Also think disruptive vr tech will eat into it more.
Yeah it seems like it came out of nowhere but the variables were moving in place for a while now. Sucks.The fuck?!
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