Mr Moose
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Apple buying Xbox, confirmed.Whats an xbox Siries x/s.
Apple buying Xbox, confirmed.Whats an xbox Siries x/s.
People calling him a child for this post, when the actual children are the ones getting mad at some wojaks.
(Pls don't ((perma)) ban me, I love bloodborne and the yakuza on the ps4)
People calling him a child for this post, when the actual children are the ones getting mad at some wojaks.
People calling him a child for this post, when the actual children are the ones getting mad at some wojaks.
Nah. Besides I love those kinda threads, there's always lots of seething going on all directions.
Far from it. Frathouses across Japan are exploding with hardcore Xbox gamers; they're necking Budweisser and listening to Blink-182 and doing rounds of Halo and there's absolutely nothing you can do about it.Party's over lads.
People calling him a child for this post, when the actual children are the ones getting mad at some wojaks.
As almost any wojak. Only ones I like are the edits of those two dudes outside a vegetarian fried chicken store. Good stuff.Those wokaks suck ass though.
Most memes suck because most of them are made by children who, due to labour laws (which will hopefully be abolished in the coming dystopia), have a lot of free time. Wojaks are fine though. They're funny.As almost any wojak. Only ones I like are the edits of those two dudes outside a vegetarian fried chicken store. Good stuff.
I'm not surprised.
Playstation has been dropping balls with playstation 5 thanks to them catering to the western market and Xbox has been steadily improving their services.
This is most likely do to the inability to get a PS5. That's pretty much the reason I went for Series X instead.
Also, Sony has taken this weird turn and completely turned Western and feels the need to pump their SJW agendas into nearly every game.
But didn't the Series X sell more than the Series S? But you are right Series S Is a cheap entry point into current gen. Seems like a good idea after all.Both have to deal with the chip situation, but Xbox has the Series S which we've seen to be much more plentiful and easier to produce than the X, which is probably about as hard to make as a PS5.
Not that they aren't doing anything else competently but obviously the easy and cheap availability of the S is a HUGE part of the success over there.
Why are you defending a banned troll?People calling him a child for this post, when the actual children are the ones getting mad at some wojaks.
PS outsold Xbox this week. Jimbo redeemed
Not defending anyone, I just wish people could have a bit more sense of humor instead of being so easily triggered.Why are you defending a banned troll?
LOL now I got your "no sex" reference on the other thread.
I don't think you are arguing this but do you think a meaningful part of the reason that Xbox is selling is cause of the lack of a PS5. I am not sure about that.The real reason is because PS5 supply is just woefully short in Japan and Series supply isn't as bad. That's all there is to it, really. We're still talking about a system that is 1.6 million units behind PS5 LTD, so we clearly know which one has more demand in the country.
IMO the test for if Xbox is doing "the best it's ever done" in Japan is going to depend on if it can outsell the 360 there (1.6 million LTD), or generate clearly more revenue in Japan than the 360 did. Because as much as people like to think Series numbers in the region so far are historic, they're purposefully only comparing that to the XBO, which didn't even try in the Japanese region.
The 360 did try, at least for a while, and that's why it's still the best-performing Xbox in the Japanese market.
Yeah, the culture war things don't have to make sense to some of these people.So Xbox heads using she/he/her/they/them/zir/xir pronouns doesn't qualify as "SJW"? MS studios putting Pride emblems and items into their big 1P games doesn't qualify as "SJW"? 343i trying (and utterly failing) at a Juneteeth Halo Infinite plate isn't "SJW"?
At least use a reasoning that actually makes some sense and isn't hypocritical, if you really believe in this stuff or the whole SJW/anti-SJW culture war (which IMO is mostly pointless. Mostly)
The Lite is by far the least popular Switch version in Japan, at most you could say that Japan wants hybrid gaming. But really its about the games. To do well in Japan you need to have the right software, and they are still playing a lot of traditional games.
I don't think you are arguing this but do you think a meaningful part of the reason that Xbox is selling is cause of the lack of a PS5. I am not sure about that.
Yeah, the real comparison for that bolded quote gets a bit more complicated now cause of PC Game Pass but yeah, the real comparison is the X360. I think the comparison to the OG is also a good one.
Yeah, the culture war things don't have to make sense to some of these people.
It would been interesting if we could get a similar yougov poll on this issue during a non-holiday period.Personally I do think that is a factor, particularly if we're talking about places where Xbox has generally been weak market-wise compared to PlayStation, Japan being one of them. However, I would never say that's exclusively the reason why Series are doing better; they have their own value propositions and people aren't going to just spend $300 or $500 for something they didn't have some desire for just because another product they may've wanted isn't available.
Otherwise they would just wait until that product was available (and I think we're also seeing more people do both, picking up something they may've considered as a backup or "to-get-later" priority ahead of time since it's more readily available, then picking up what they had as higher priority when it's actually available).
Yeah, I am more focused on the sales numbers and weirdly MS Store support (not doing great on that front) . I don't think we are going to get a similar number of JP exclusive games. Most of the publishing deals seems to be for western studios.I think comparing Series to 360 and OG get interesting because for me it's not just about sales numbers. 360 and OG both actually got a good lot of rather big, exclusive Japanese 3P AAA games. Dead or Alive 3, Panzer Dragoon Orta, JSRF, Outrun 2 (at least until the PS2 port), Ninja Gaiden 1 & 2, Otogi, Dead or Alive Ultimate, Dead or Alive 4, Lost Planet 1 & 2, Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon etc.
I think they both also delivered better early on with exclusive software that showcased their fuller capabilities clearly, partly because they had some great showcases at launch. Also when factoring in Western 3P exclusives support, the 360 especially had a good deal of that going from early on, which we haven't seen very much of for Xbox Series in the AAA variety.
You know what they means boys! Japan needs us, we must save Japan!LOL now I got your "no sex" reference on the other thread.
Indeed sad.
Yeah I agree with all of that, except to say that Sony's problems in Japan come less from them not making Japanese games (thought that is part of it) and more that Japanese third parties have failed at appealing to their domestic market in recent years.Yeah software is definitely important too. I don't think making a portable is an instant recipe for success in japan. Even more so since Nintendo is the only one of the big 3 still consistently making games in Japan, Xbox has never had much of a presence there and Sony has basically given up on Japanese games aside from securing some timed exclusives with Square.
But I do think portability is very important there and I think the Switch wouldn't have been as successful if it had launched with the exact same Software but as a traditional home console.
Switch Lite doesn't sell that much because it honestly kinda sucks. You loose being able to hook it up to the TV which is nice even if you don't use it often, you loose the detachable controllers and easy portable local coop and maybe more importantly, it has the worst battery life out of any model.
On a similar note the OLED has consistently been the best selling model in Japan and all the upgrades it got (mainly the nicer, bigger OLED Screen and better audio) pretty much exclusively affect portable gaming.
So Xbox heads using she/he/her/they/them/zir/xir pronouns doesn't qualify as "SJW"? MS studios putting Pride emblems and items into their big 1P games doesn't qualify as "SJW"? 343i trying (and utterly failing) at a Juneteeth Halo Infinite plate isn't "SJW"?
At least use a reasoning that actually makes some sense and isn't hypocritical, if you really believe in this stuff or the whole SJW/anti-SJW culture war (which IMO is mostly pointless. Mostly)
It is when they're selective about it. They don't do it in Middle Eastern or Asian countries, i.e., hollow virtue.I'm glad you don't care much for the SJW/Anti-SJW culture war, because you're right it is all stupid. But it will forever be weird to me that the bolded is supposed to be treated as some sort of bad thing that deserves a label.
It is when they're selective about it. They don't do it in Middle Eastern or Asian countries, i.e., hollow virtue.
It would have to be a handheld to sell well in Japan these daysI thought the PS5 DE was such an amazing value yet no one is buying them..
It would been interesting if we could get a similar yougov poll on this issue during a non-holiday period.
Yeah, I am more focused on the sales numbers and weirdly MS Store support (not doing great on that front) . I don't think we are going to get a similar number of JP exclusive games. Most of the publishing deals seems to be for western studios.
Yeah, there is a lack of AAA exclusives irrespective of Western devs or JP. The most that Xbox is doing at the moment is signing up GP deals.
I'm glad you don't care much for the SJW/Anti-SJW culture war, because you're right it is all stupid. But it will forever be weird to me that the bolded is supposed to be treated as some sort of bad thing that deserves a label.
It is when they're selective about it. They don't do it in Middle Eastern or Asian countries, i.e., hollow virtue.
Because you're conditioned to. And again, it's hollow virtue. Don't do business in said countries if you truly stand by your moral conviction, all while brow beating others you're allowed to in.Weirdly enough, I can understand not doing it in Middle Eastern countries. But in Asia? Why not? But either way, it does get on my nerves that these things can't be in all versions of the game (regardless of country). I get that things are a business, but where's their core moral compass?
But I guess business is gonna business. This same thing happens in movies too when it comes to China.
I was going to say the same thing reading the various posts above. If it's that bad ethically, then pack up shop and leave.Because you're conditioned to. And again, it's hollow virtue. Don't do business in said countries if you truly stand by your moral conviction, all while brow beating others you're allowed to in.
At the end of the day, they're playing us all with this shit.
It’s all about buttering their bread on the side that’s greenest. They associate woke as the current and primary audience. This audience doesn’t exist outside of the west, so there is no interest.Weirdly enough, I can understand not doing it in Middle Eastern countries. But in Asia? Why not? But either way, it does get on my nerves that these things can't be in all versions of the game (regardless of country). I get that things are a business, but where's their core moral compass?
But I guess business is gonna business. This same thing happens in movies too when it comes to China.
I'd say rather out-shipped.PS outsold Xbox this week. Jimbo redeemed
But didn't the Series X sell more than the Series S? But you are right Series S Is a cheap entry point into current gen. Seems like a good idea after all.
Yeah yeah, Xbox is winning blah blah blah...
Yeah yeah. Xbox is winning blah blah blah.
But seriously, where are the games?
Yeah, yeah Xbox is winning blah blah blah…
Colteastwood !!!!
Think the more interesting thing is if your BoM hasn't changed much and you weren't making a great profit margin on the HW, then Japan might have gone into a loss making scenario and the row might be break even. The issue is alot of the major currencies have weaken with respect to the USD (not as bad as the JPY)Perhaps the super weak Japanese Yen has something to do with Sony not as willing to ship more to Japan.
Theoretically, if you are a Japanese company - if you sell on stronger currency market, you actually make more Yen - than on a fixed price in Japan, which is basically depreciating.