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Poll Reveals that Japan May be Losing Interest in Home Consoles

It’s well known that in Japan home consoles are overwhelmed by portable ones in terms of popularity, but the Japanese may be losing further interest at the outset of a new generation.

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Abash3943d ago

This is why Sony needs to release the PS4 in Japan as soon as they can. I want the majority of Japanese developers to support it very early on and the faster it starts getting into Japanese gamers hands the faster that will happen.

Kalowest3943d ago (Edited 3943d ago )

This isn't really hard to believe, since they've been moving towards cellphones and handhelds for awhile now.
@Abash so Sony releasing the PS4 might not have such a big impact as you might think.

ritsuka6663943d ago

I have a hard time seeing the PS4 reviving the market in Japan as its slowly dying off. I also have a hard time swing people buy new consoles that are really expensive like PS4.

windblowsagain3942d ago (Edited 3942d ago )

I have a decent phone that can play the latest games.

I recently bought my son a VITA/3DS.

I've played them as well, and there are alot of good games for it.

But i still don't think they compare to Home consoles. But i suppose if your on the move all the time that's all you would care about.

Also how relevant are Arcades anymore, In the uk not so much, Not sure about Japan.

As for Console type gameplay and story etc, i found Uncharted golden abyss comes close.

Tapewurm3942d ago

As long as Sony stays true to the "PS4/Vita Remote Play for every game" promise and if you digitally download most of your main games....and as long as there is a viable high speed internet wifi connection near you, your Vita will basically be a portable PS4. All of your games on the go will be sweet. I love the Vita and am so looking forward to the PS4 release.

Aery3942d ago

Wow, looks like an homemade pool ... 2144 people ?!? Ok ...

"May" losing interest in home console ?!
I can't believe how much generic are some articles.

*Go to play FTL*

zeee3942d ago

I agree this is a tiny poll to even take seriously but still, I COULD see this happening and that's not because of smartphones/tablets. This happens when your current-gen consoles are 7 years old. This is not healthy for the industry. Not healthy at all.

grimmweisse3942d ago

I hardly see people on the JR or Metro lines in Tokyo playing on PSP/Vitas or 3DSs, the majority is mobile phone gaming. Card battling games have become a massive trend in Japan among students and adults. Every week there seems to be a new card game out.

I don't if this will actually kills off the console market, or just a blip in the Japanese market.

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MrWonderful3943d ago

No this is why the vita needs a ton more support. I love being able to play on the go and the vita is a very capable machine. I'd give my spare kidney for a mmo on the vita

Saigon3943d ago

I guess this is one reason why they will rely on the Vita and PS4 remote game play.

Belking3943d ago

It doesn't matter when they release pS4 over there. this article is mostly right. Japan is losing interest in home consoles. Their interest in ps3 drop way down and it was never there for xbox. The numbers prove they they are more interested in portable gaming. Mainly from nintendo. I always thought that country was strange when it came to their gaming taste.

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LAZL0-Panaflex3942d ago (Edited 3942d ago )

Two words: birth charts.
Japan officially has more geezers than youths (scientifically speaking) not to mention they have like .4 kids per family. Damn shame if u ask me....hottest chicks on the planet...and china just popping out boys and aborting girls= disaster.

The sony / Nintendo dibacle is only going to get worse although Sony is going west with the more americanesque control and shoot em ups. Uncharted, killzone.
Let's not forget that hunk of horseshit quantum theory. That was Japan's/tecmo's critique of the entire American people...enphatuation with muscles, guns, and chicks in spandexall true but the game was just not good. But that game is evidence that they are trying which is good because rpgs just ain't popular like they use to be. They'll always be there but we seen in 360 numbers the winning recipe. Sony is even charging for online now because they know the formula now....RAM, shoot em ups, freedom, achievement/trophies, connectivity/cross game chat, variety, exclusives, big comfortable controlled, oh yeah and CHICKS in spandex.

Good news for us. So next time u call Sony when your ps3 has a CPU fart, and you get a Lew Humplefink or mike Hernandez instead of a Johnny Toyota.....be grateful....they're doing this for us!......oh yeah,...and they're damn near extinct.

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amuadiv3943d ago

This gen was very long so I can see why.

shivvy243943d ago

i reckon we should have went next gen after uncharted 3 ( 2 yrs ago )

BISHOP-BRASIL3942d ago

I don't think so... 2 years ago was 2011, by March Japan suffered that major earthquake/tsunami and by April Sony suffered the PSN outage (and PSN was down the whole next month). It was about as hard on economy as it could get for Sony that year.

Also, considering the whole PS4 development, there were no way they could have even been thinking of releasing a next gen console that year and thankfully so, cause those 2011 events would hurt 'em badly, maybe beyond recovering...

Not to mention how underpowered PS4 would look now in comparison to Xbox One.

OrangePowerz3943d ago

2144 people is a very small number and it doesn't go into details of age group and so on. I wouldn't take it as indication for anything.

Timesplitter143943d ago (Edited 3943d ago )

http://www.vgchartz.com/ana...

look at the japanese sales numbers of the PS2 and PS3. They're pretty low compared to other regions. Only 9 million PS3s sold in japan since its launch. Compare this to 20 million for PSP and 30 million for DS. I think this is highly indicative that japan is losing interest in consoles.

In Japan, the DS sold more than PS2 and PS3 combined....

OrangePowerz3943d ago

So did the gameboy in Japan. DS sales are, like iPhone sales, not indicative because people buy 2 or 3 of them as they get a new one with every redesign. The original DS design was completely crap and you had no other choice then to get the redesigned.

PS1 and PS2 had little competition sales wise with the N64 and GCN. PS3 had more competition with the Wii this time. The PS3 lost 70 million in sales over the PS2 world wide because of the stronger competition this gen. With the Wii U failing at the moment and Xbone being obviously no contender in Japan anyway they could get back to the high numbers again next gen in Japan.

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fullmetal1563943d ago

Or it could be that japan has lost interest in polls.

310dodo3943d ago

who cares?

I am not Jpapanese.
SONY is a Japanese country, but truly USA and Europe are Sonys bread and butter for gaming.

Japanese play weird games, and mostly play handheld systems.
Good for them.
Keep my PS4 coming to USA first (all I care about)

fsfsxii3943d ago

I'd take a weird japanese game over any western FPS dude bro games, if there was no JRPGs on home consoles i would've jumped ship a long time ago

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Ranking the Devil May Cry Series

VGChartz's Mark Nielsen: "Upon finally finishing Devil May Cry 5 recently - after it spent several years on my “I’ll play that soon” list - I considered giving it a fittingly-named Late Look article. However, considering that this was indeed the final piece I was missing in the DMC puzzle, I decided to instead take this opportunity to take a look back at the entirety of this genre-defining series and rank the entries. What also made this a particularly tempting notion was that while most high-profile series have developed fairly evenly over time, with a few bumps on the road, the history of Devil May Cry has, at least in my eyes, been an absolute roller coaster, with everything from total disasters to action game gold."

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VersusDMC1h ago

First to last for me...3,4,5,1,2.

VersusDMC18m ago

Me leaving it out should be telling of my thoughts on it. Better than 2 as a DMC game.

Still a good game though.

Friendlygamer1h ago

3,1,4,5 to me, never played 2. 5 gameplay is amazing but level design was really disappointing to me, just a bunch of plain arenas, the story felt like a worse written rehash of the 3rd and the charater models looked weird ( specially the ladies ). Another problem with 5 was that there was not enough content for 3 charaters so I could never really familiarize with any of them

monkey60241m ago(Edited 40m ago)

2.
Dmc.
4.
5.
1.
3.

God DMC2 was an awful game.
And in case this isn't obvious it goes worst to best

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Unicorn Overlord is a tactical RPG masterpiece

Vanillaware's tactical role-playing game Unicorn Overlord is a beautiful mix of old mechanics and new-age graphics, with over 65 unique recruitable characters and a rich storyline.

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jznrpg57m ago

I have the game and downloaded it going to start it tonight and play it on the Portal.

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Marvel: Ultimate Alliance Has Appeared On The Xbox Store

Activision and Raven Software's 2006 action role-playing game, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, has found its way to the Xbox Store.

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LG_Fox_Brazil6h ago

Used to love this one, but X-Men Legends 1 and 2 will always be my favorites, especially Rise of Apocalypse. Would pay some good money to play it today with online multiplayer, back then I had no way to get a modem

ZeekQuattro6h ago

I remember buying them dirt cheap on the PS4 and then a few days later I read they were delisted. I was wondering why the bundle was price so low and got my answer when that happened.

Knightofelemia4h ago(Edited 4h ago)

Sad to say this is one game franchise next to the Xmen that needs a sequel. I use to play the hell out of Xmen Legends and Marvel Ultimate Alliance. Was great when my cousin had the OG Xbox play with four other people and then playing online. Great games glad to see it reappear even though I own the discs love the mechanics of this game.

Terry_B3h ago

It got a sequel..but for dumbass #reasons as a switch exclusive.

shinoff21833h ago

It looked so horrible to. They should've kept it similar to the first two.

Asplundh3h ago

Because Nintendo funded it, they did the same for Bayonetta.

Knightofelemia3h ago

I totally forgot about the Switch sequel.

jukins3h ago

Misleading. This page is whats available for people who owned the game prior to delisting.

Abnor_Mal3h ago

The first game was the best imo.