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In your opinion, %90 of the reason Xbox is failing in Japan is that it's american made. If you can't prove this The Game, don't state it as fact.
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Well, quit asking questions there is no answer to... unless you want to hear my opinion I highly suggest you start coming up with your own answers.
Now, let me throw it back in your face,
if the reason for Xbox's failure in Japan isn't because of Japanese bias against US made game/consoles, what is the reason?
I can't seem to find a reason better than "because it's american made"... if you have a better reason say it. I promise it will be no more valid then what I have said... be sure to give examples.
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While history proves, that isn't entirely true, or DOAX (yes I know it's made by japanese Tecmo) wouldn't have sold as many copies as it has there simply because it's on Xbox. And while this isn't a console, Amercian-made Mortal Kombat 2 was a serious quarter-muncher in japanese arcades for quite awhile in the late 90's. Not entirely biased, many of US games just don't appeal to them. Surely a Final Fantasy or Lufia game will sell oodles on Xbox in Japan if that were possible.
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1) Xbox is the first any only American made console to have support from a lot of Japanese developers... meaning it has Japanese games, the only kind of games that seem to sell well over there.
2) That's because they didn't have a fighting game that realistic of thier own... once japanese developers started copying the realistic approach to fighting games, MK just fell off the map.
3) You are proving my point by saying that American made games don't appeal to Japanese gamers. Why don't they appeal? Better yet, why don't american made consoles appeal to them?
4) Yes, Final Fantasy would sell a lot if it were released on Xbox, because those are popular
japanese made games.
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Hmm..what of the Sega Master System then, which sold comparable to the NES in the US, but nowhere near in Japan?
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You really underestimate my knowlege on video games... unless you don't remember yourself, Nintendo did some illegal stuff to keep SMS off of store shelves.
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Yes, Xbox is currently, and even with the 2 free games gimmick, not by much.
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Give me a break... GCN had a $50 to $100 price advantage thise whole generation so far... and Xbox's deal didn't start until around a year after both consoles were released.
Oh, and lets not forget GCN enjoyed an extra fall season in Japan AND GCN is basically offering the same deal as we speak.
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only The Game has some really invalid reasons for proving "features" is a factor of success.
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Because you are in the mood for debating as I see, why don't you touch on some of those.