wraggster
February 6th, 2009, 16:04
In Japan, the DS and PSP are wildly popular. But what about home consoles? Despite being the home ground for two of this generation's three machines, things aren't looking as rosy.
That's according to Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, anyway, who says:
Perhaps, the Japanese market is the least robust market in the world today with regard to home console systems. In the U.S., the home console market is very robust. If the U.S. sold two or three times as much as Japan, it would be tolerable. Yet, I feel that something is wrong when the U.S. is selling ten times as much as Japan on a weekly basis. So, I do not believe Nintendo should be content with the current situation in the Japanese market and believe that we have other methods to confront this.
Like telling Microsoft Japan and Sony to life their game, perhaps?
http://kotaku.com/5147752/nintendo-boss-says-japanese-market-least-robust-in-the-world
That's according to Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, anyway, who says:
Perhaps, the Japanese market is the least robust market in the world today with regard to home console systems. In the U.S., the home console market is very robust. If the U.S. sold two or three times as much as Japan, it would be tolerable. Yet, I feel that something is wrong when the U.S. is selling ten times as much as Japan on a weekly basis. So, I do not believe Nintendo should be content with the current situation in the Japanese market and believe that we have other methods to confront this.
Like telling Microsoft Japan and Sony to life their game, perhaps?
http://kotaku.com/5147752/nintendo-boss-says-japanese-market-least-robust-in-the-world