Japanese like 360 more than Revolution?
When: September
What: Survey
Findings: Bizarre
At the Tokyo Game Show a few months ago Microsoft got to show off playable Xbox 360 games. That may have been part of the reason that of those surveyed at the show, 23% said they were “looking forward to picking up an Xbox 360″. What about the Revolution? Only 20.3% interest.
Hmmmm… I always thought the Japanese preferred Nintendo over Microsoft. The fact that the Xbox 360 was playable while the Revolution was just a twinkle in Nintendo’s eye may have had something to do with it. And it was just a survey and all. But still.
How did the PlayStation 3 (PS3) do? Seventy percent. That’s 70%.
Discuss here or in the new forums.
(after 3 weeks... but for 23.5€ I cannot remotely complain!)
So merry Christmas!
December 3rd, 2005 at 8:15 am
It’ll all depend on the games, and X-box games (sports, racing, etc) don’t tend to interest the Japanese. The current monthly sales in Japan of the X-box are dismal, less than what the original Gameboy Advance still sells (not the SP or DS or the other new one).
And let me tell you, the DS is *very* popular here. I see it everywhere.
December 3rd, 2005 at 11:03 am
This time around Microsoft is trying hard to make games that appeal more to the Japanese. We’ll see how well it works.