I can't believe someone disagreed with your comment.
But the decline is sales is very evident of the slowing Japanese economy.

Umm, so

it doesn't matter that console Y is beating the fvck out of console W by a ratio of 8.5:1, just as long as its declining in sales temporarily, It makes you feel much better right?!

And how about console W's decline in America's January sales? I know, I know, Lord MS said there was shortages, but corporations dont lie right? Buzz off troll!

Blademask was indeed mistaken by christening Japan "unimportant"; however, it is equally stupid, and obnoxious for you to ramble out "he's only an American". How many Americans, out of 300+ million, do you know? I thought so...

All in all, I would ask you to attack the fanboy, not the community.

p.s.

You would be a fool to equate the extent of America's economy (which is huge) with the currency exchange rate.

As a gamer, thats one of the worst things I've heard that "Japan isn't important"...thats like...ridiculous

I dont see why you care so much about the sales of a console, especially in a completely different part of the world. You do not make more money if Japan buys a lot of PS3s Anyway, you are wrong to judge like that beolve. If everywhere was significantly unimportant to the US, then why would we care about the struggles in other countries. The US is always the first to respond to national disasters and we always donate the most to relief funds.
Even Iraq is starting to become a tolerable place to live. Hell, the US is the most helpful country in the world. People just take that for granted nowadays.

do not feed the fire. Why claim something as rash, and obnoxious, as "even Iraq is now a decent place to live". Do you not realize that Beoulve now looks justified in his idiotic assessment of us?

My friend, please don't try to generalize other parts of the world; or portray America as the "world police". To be honest, both yours, and Beoulve's, stances are wholly incorrect. So, let's all just resume back to our discussion on gaming- where things are simple, and safe.

It seems that Japanese ppl along with Japanese devs have not moved to the beauty of next gen gaming yet.
In other news, u know its always better for the economy at large that consumers spend more money, thats what Americans do on daily basis and that is why the American economy is number one and I don't think that will change..
FYI: The American economy is bigger than the European and Japanese economies all combined together.

Right on. Generalizing Americans isn't any better then generalizing the importance of Japan.

Regardless how low Japan's numbers are for the PS3, it's part of the reason the PS3 outsells the 360 on a worldwide basis. A 20k a week difference on average puts the PS3 up 80k at the end of each month here. Those numbers combined with Europes numbers mean a lot for Sony. That reason alone makes Japan a hugely important market and is why MS has tried so hard to penetrate that market.

@panthers

Trying to stay as far away from politcal talk as I can here but, what do you think is going to happen to Iraq when America leaves? It's a freaking cival war going on over there. It will collapse the week we start shipping our boys home. Its a horrid war that should have never started in the first place.

Kuest,
Dollars falling, foreclosures running way high, people losing home, stock market going down. If this not a sign of economy going down, what is?

Panthers,
I'm not talking about being a big brothers. Yes you can help any other country that in need and you still can think that you are far superior than them. "They always need our help because we are superior." so with this superior thinking, other country economy is always less important than US.

do not bullsh!t a routine bullsh!ter. For I stated that one should not underestimate the SIZE of America, not its progression. You are right, of course, that America's economy is falling. However, that does not negate the fact that said country STILL boasts the largest economy globally; that is, the money spent/traded/gained far outstrips other global powers.

Not that such a genuine FACT determines the value of a country, though. No, with regards to Japan, it is the people inside it- their dreams and ambitions and how they change entire generations through "whatever it is that they do over there".

To conclude, shut up about America already!

"Hell, the US is the most helpful country in the world. People just take that for granted nowadays."

Last time I checked, nobody wanted American "help" in Iraq...

... Back to gaming....

Japan, PAL, and US are all important. Japan numbers may be low, but that does not mean they do not make a difference in the industry. Low number effect it just as much as high numbers, just in a different way.

I wasnt generalizing America as the "world police" Although now that I read my comment it I can see why you would think sounds like it. Just dumb to assume Americans are uninterested in other parts of the world (trying to show that we are not).

I think the OP was just saying that Japan is not helping the PS3 as much as it needs to in order to gain ground. Just wait till some JRPGs come out.

edit: above, whatever. i just feel people being oppressed deserve a little help.

also, i would just delete my above post but it wont let me. no need to have a debate about that here.

Generalizing is generally not good to do. For example saying Americans are like Bush is stupid as at least 50 million americans voted against him in the last election. It would be no different than saying all Arabs are terrorist because of Osama.

Anyways. I can sort of see where Blade is coming from but i still disagree. Japan is very important in the grand scheme of things. 20% or even 15% is a huge chunk of the market especially when you have 3 console manufactures fighting for Global console domiance.

panthers i agree that there are people in many countrys that need help. i just dont think shooting civilians and droping bombs on everyone is a help for those countrys. and its even dumber to compare war to the Gaming industrie.

it would be stupid to think that one market is not important. Sony microsoft and Nintendo would be screwed if they thought like that.

@poos3

awwwwwwwwww, you love me much that you felt the need to say my name twice in a row