How is the 360 doing?

[AppleQueso]

Microsoft just doesn't know how to market to the Japanese.

[Niode]

Microsoft just doesn't know how to market to the Japanese.

That and the fact that western franchises don't really sell that well over there, regardless of platform. Considering the vast majority of games for the 360 are western, it's not hard to imagine why it undersells.

[RCBH928]

Microsoft just doesn't know how to market to the Japanese.

That and the fact that western franchises don't really sell that well over there, regardless of platform. Considering the vast majority of games for the 360 are western, it's not hard to imagine why it undersells.

i am from the middle east, I enjoy the western games just as much as the American guy , why would the Japanese not enjoy it?
a game is a game,
I also understand the Americans would enjoy Japanese games, actually they will go out of their way to get Japanese imported titles

[bryan_65]

I though the 360 was doing good with all the import shmups. So if Japan is giving up on it, are all the shmups going the way of the dinosaurs or do ya think they will keep pumping them out?

[alienjesus]

The 360 seems more popular than the PS3 here in the UK too, although I'd say there isn't a HUGE difference between them. In my local area though, I don't know a single person with a PS3. Every one has a 360.

Advertisements for the 360 and Nintendo products are certainly more common than PS3 adverts from what I've seen too.

[brunoafh]

I don't think the PS3 does all that well in Japan either. Average sales and certainly higher than 360 sales, but it seems to be all about the portables over there these days.

[noiseredux]

I though the 360 was doing good with all the import shmups. So if Japan is giving up on it, are all the shmups going the way of the dinosaurs or do ya think they will keep pumping them out?

I read an interview recently with someone from Cave who said they plan to keep making shmups for 360 I guess as sort of a respect thing. They figure that they sold really well on 360, and all their fans probably have 360 Cave collections, so why stop. But they also said they were considering other platforms. Mentioned was Vita (and apparently there is a shmup in the works) and PS3 (in which they specificially said it would be a physical release if they did one).

Sorry for not having actual quotes ,but if anyone wants to dig this was either on Kotaku or Siliconera.

[ZenErik]

If CAVE ported their stuff to the PS3 it would mean the main reason I got 360 no longer mattered. I have 14 imports on the 360 so far. 10 of them are CAVE. That ratio will drop slightly in the future, but they are still the main reason I even looked at the 360 at all.

[noiseredux]

If CAVE ported their stuff to the PS3 it would mean the main reason I got 360 no longer mattered. I have 14 imports on the 360 so far. 10 of them are CAVE. That ratio will drop slightly in the future, but they are still the main reason I even looked at the 360 at all.

it's the only reason I would consider getting a 360 as well. But until I exhaust the shmups options on PS1, 2, 3 (PSN), etc I don't see the point in yet ANOTHER console.

[ZenErik]

If CAVE ported their stuff to the PS3 it would mean the main reason I got 360 no longer mattered. I have 14 imports on the 360 so far. 10 of them are CAVE. That ratio will drop slightly in the future, but they are still the main reason I even looked at the 360 at all.

it's the only reason I would consider getting a 360 as well. But until I exhaust the shmups options on PS1, 2, 3 (PSN), etc I don't see the point in yet ANOTHER console.

What PS3/PSN exclusive shmups are actually worth it?? I haven't found any.