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KH91
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Though, the PS4 did get 1 million during the next 3 days, its been a good 1st year for it. 3DS did the usual. Vita stepped up. Wii U...had its moments. PS3 went down, which was expected. Xbox...*fill in the blank*
Oh, and PSP the GOAT! |
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Mr. Oshawott
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Congratulations to the Nintendo 3DS for being 2014's best-selling handheld console.
As for the Xbox One...Well, let's just say it fared slightly better in Western areas than it did in Japan. |
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enurtsol
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To be fair, PS3 went down everywhere (might as well go for a PS4). Same for the X360 everywhere, with one big exception - the US where it's still selling (indicated by Black Friday figures).
Dunno why they include PS Vita TV - it's seen more an accessory and barely outselling XB1.
Big fish of becoming smaller pond unfortunately. Almost singlehandedly holding up the roof, Japan thank goodness for Nintendo; otherwise, mobile gaming would already pwn the market.
Even China did better in a week than in Japan. Despite the censorship, Asian focus on home consoles will most likely be moving there. |
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Hoppy800
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The Vita is designed for a Japanese audience in mind and has great games that are mostly Eastern developed, which explains why it's in 2nd place and the 3DS has a heavy Japanese 3rd party presence and the most RPGs of the 2 (most of them are Japan only), there is not much of a big non-indie Western 3rd party presence on either platform so the 3DS may also have this affliction except not even nearly as much due to the 1st party titles which are released everywhere for the most part. Also both have strong niche support outside of Japan for the most part though.
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mdo7
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Enurtsol, just to let you know sales for both video game software and hardware are at it's lowest in Japan. |
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enurtsol
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Thanks, that's 'cause they're spending their monies on mobile gaming instead. 2014: Japanese console market down as mobile gaming takes over
So 2013 the year it overtook video consoles already. Japan was late to the iOS/Android party due to holding on to their Galapagos phones, but whoa, seems now they're just overcompensating. Like as a kid denied to own a game system, so when finally allowed one, getting everything on sight to make up for lost time. |
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mdo7
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Thanks for the link, yeah I'm not surprised. Same thing is happening in South Korea although overseas sales is contributing to this (sorry if I go off topic). It's about time Japan stepped into the 21 century. Enurtsol, do you think the tax hike and the weakened yen could also contribute to the low console (and software) sales in Japan? I mean I have read report that the tax hike in Japan did hurt PS4 sales. |
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enurtsol
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The tax hike brought everything down in the next 2 quarters; that's why Japan went into recession.
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Fedora-san
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More specifically, the US. PS4 is outselling XBONE in the EU almost 4:1. America is the only country that's buying the XBONE it seems.
Agreed. The Vita and 3DS have amazing libraries and are pretty much what I spend most of my time gaming on these days. So many great titles for them, especially if you're an importer. I also can't think of any western handheld games that aren't ports of console games (i..e annual Call of Duty, Assassin's Creed, etc) or shovelware tie-in games based on movies/TV shows. I guess western companies pretty much don't bother with handhelds. Japanese mobile games are pretty fun too, even if they're a pain in the ass to play as a gaijin. Luckily the ones I like are the card game ones like Rage of Bahamut and the various Naruto/Fairy Tail card games. Mainly for the artwork and waifus. |
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enurtsol
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America alone accounts for half of XB1 sales; so the other half comes from the rest of the world. (America accounts for a third of PS4 sales.)
Yeah, they instead go for PC gaming. That's where Japan diverges with the West (plus China and South Korea, among other big PC game markets). They pretty much deem handhelds a lost cause and ceding it to mobile gaming (though as tablets become more powerful, especially with nVidia and Intel chips/architecture going into the market, Steam/PC gaming could go there too). |
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mdo7
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Yes I"m aware of that: 
Judging from your message, it looks like the tax hike did hurt video game (both software and hardware) sales in Japan. |
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varmintx
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Those home console numbers are so depressing.
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mdo7
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Yes it's very depressing to see console sales falling in Japan. 
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Sariachan
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Well, for the most part I prefer handhelds anyway, so... ^^
Considering the popularity of mobile games, though, I'm starting to think that the next Nintendo portable console cold have some smartphone features too. °_° |
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Hoppy800
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The games on the feature phones were far better than the cash grab, money pit trash on smartphones. I wish they stayed with them and just upgraded the technology a lot.
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