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MS: Japan their fastest growing gaming market, strong popularity for the Xbox Series S
- Thread starter ManaByte
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this should be an interesting and worthwhile thread to read
30yearsofhurt
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SkylineRKR
Member
Depends on how you spin this. if they go from like 100 units to 600 units then yes, in raw percentages its quite a grow. But in actual numbers its rather useless.
TheThreadsThatBindUs
Member
From the wording, it sounds like they're talking revenue and lumping in digital content and peripheral hardware sales on PC too.... lol.
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Faithless83
Banned
It's not wrong considering how poorly they usually sell in Japan.
But the numbers are barely beating the 3ds.
Come on MS, you're better than this.
But the numbers are barely beating the 3ds.
Come on MS, you're better than this.
cireza
Member
I actually see it the other way round. We are getting more Japanese games on Xbox than we ever had before, he is perfectly right about that.
bender
What time is it?
Come on MS, you're better than this.
Faithless83
Banned
Because it's actually "free gamepass money".
How else would the japanese version of the games pushing any numbers without hardware?
DarkMage619
$MSFT
It seems to be a Capcom thing. Street Fighter 5 skipped Xbox too and I highly doubt it was because Xbox gamers would not buy the biggest fighting franchise.
On topic I'd imagine that the XSS should sell well in Japan because the biggest complaint about the Xbox was its size right? Can't get much smaller than the XSS.
cireza
Member
This is wrong, and demonstrates the bad faith in your post.
The vast majority of the big Japanese games we get on Xbox have normal releases, and eventually come to Gamepass. Both Dragon Quest and Yakuza games are an exception because they were late releases. Like a Dragon had a normal, day one release by the way.
I know this well, I buy and play these games.
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Faithless83
Banned
Geez, let me try to put into different words:
They are not selling IN JAPAN.
How could they if there is next to no user base there?
And this applies to everything other than the switch, it's not about "faith" (I see what you did there) it's about numbers.
IntentionalPun
Ask me about my wife's perfect butthole
Not being snarky here.. but when your sales are so tiny, it's really easy to suddenly have a large percentage jump.. aka become the "fastest growing."
200% of barely anything is still barely anything.
200% of barely anything is still barely anything.
Dabaus
Banned
Xbox series has sold less than any Xbox at this point in time from its respective launch period in Japan, or anywhere else for that matter. This is pure, unmitigated lies and spin. I wouldn’t expect ign or anyone in game media for that matter to bother fact checking it. Wasn’t there a article back in February saying Japanese publishers are abandoning Xbox? Besides yakuza I don’t think I saw a Japanese made game their entire conference.
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cireza
Member
My post, to which you answered, wasn't about how games sell in Japan.
RaZoR No1
Member
This
Technically they are not wrong... but compared to the Xbox One even selling one console more will result in a huge growth in Japan.
BTW: What about China? Do they sell them there and do we have any numbers?
The Suikoden related game?
Faithless83
Banned
Like the article about the growth of Xbox in Japan, the same logic could be applied to "more Japanese games on Xbox than we ever had before".
It's true, compared to almost no japanese games/console sales in Japan, but nowhere near the other platforms numbers.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
Nintendo bullied everyone out of the market.
Zekra Dezivad
Member
The average joe doesn't know anything about sales so these comments are 100% positive marketing.
NonPhixion
Member
In Japan they sold 31k Series XS consoles in 2020 and have only sold 15k consoles so far in 2021. "a strong uptake in the country for Xbox Series X|S consoles"
Is the growth coming thru xCloud? Xbox’s head of the Asia region doesn't seem to share anything other than words.
Is the growth coming thru xCloud? Xbox’s head of the Asia region doesn't seem to share anything other than words.
ethomaz
Banned
Well it it is a very small grow in numbers it is still a grow... so it start to make sense.
But when you look what he said that Series S have strong popularity when Series X has at least 3x the popularity of Series S there makes you find there are more lies behinds the claims.
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EliTheIceMan
Member
Yes all the time they built their trillions on lies so why would anyone believe them now lol
smbu2000
Member
Well they did just barely start offering gamepass in Japan in April of 2020. Xcloud is also not available in Japan yet.
They would also probably sell more XSX/XSS if they provided any stock.
I’ve only seen them available from 3rd party sellers from $100-$200 (equivalent)above msrp (XSX) to $70 above msrp (XSS). (MSRP I listed includes 10% sales tax.)
They would also probably sell more XSX/XSS if they provided any stock.
I’ve only seen them available from 3rd party sellers from $100-$200 (equivalent)above msrp (XSX) to $70 above msrp (XSS). (MSRP I listed includes 10% sales tax.)
Javthusiast
Banned
Look at that pr spin baby.
FunkMiller
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BootsLoader
Banned
Of course it’s the fastest growing market. When you sell from 100 consoles per month to 800 or 1000 it’s a 90% increase.
GHG
Member
There's nothing to downplay, the raw numbers tell you everything you need to know.
Which makes it all the more shocking that this is something they would brag about.
John Wick
Member
Your going to be shocked when SX outsells the SS.
Elbow Identity Shallow
Member
Maybe people are buying them in Japan to use as replacement stands for their PS5s? They certainly look better than the official stands and are probably cheaper over there too.
Anyway, well done Xbox, you win an award.
Anyway, well done Xbox, you win an award.
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Banjo64
cumsessed
I know it’s last gen but the fact that the Xbox One sold 9 units when there’s a population of over 125 million is fucking legitimately hilarious.
Fastest growing
Wow 559 units /29 May 2021
Congratulations for the speedy recovery !
Probably more chance of winning the lottery in Japan than knowing someone who bought an Xbox One that week
Spidey Fan
Banned
I doubt that. You are underestimating the power of moms. Once that month hits, this will be series S.
Rossco EZ
Member
broI am an indie author and I recently sold a single book on the Japanese market.
My last book before that sold none there.
Japan is now one of my fastest-growing markets.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
It will never outsell, because for both Sony and MS, they produce 1 cheaper model for every 7-10 more expensive models. And demand isn't slowing in the global semiconductor and resin shortage.I doubt that. You are underestimating the power of moms. Once that month hits, this will be series S.
If you were the head of Xbox’s Asia region what would you say?
I'd be selling the Series X/S as a console with unprecedented uptake* and that I've never seen such demand*. A truly revolutionary marvel with a bright future in the region thanks to the fantastic but severely under-compensated XBOX Asia leadership.
*for an XBOX console released in 2020.
I'd be selling the Series X/S as a console with unprecedented uptake* and that I've never seen such demand*. A truly revolutionary marvel with a bright future in the region thanks to the fantastic but severely under-compensated XBOX Asia leadership.
Spidey Fan
Banned
If you read the news, you wouldn't have said that.
Microsoft is busy doing XSX blades for their xcloud. Hence why their is low drop of their hardwares, compared to the Playstation. Their goal is to have XSX on their cloud data center for their Xcloud.
And for series S, most of Playstation users want it for gamepass. This will boost the demand for series. Also series S is easy to make unlike series X.
Bruno_Arrais85
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cringe
