In the mean time, the PS3 now has enhanced versions of Trusty Bell (Eternal Sonata), Tales of Vesperia, and Enchant Arms (not that it was great) and soon a vastly superior version of Star Ocean 4. On top of that is Disgaea 3, Valkyria Chronicles, Demon's soul, and Rorona no atelier. Additionally, in Japan FFXIII is a PS3 exclusive. Plus Ryu no Gotoku 3 sold like mad and it's sequel is coming out next year. It also has no region lock out.

The 360 is a nice system with some solid exclusives, but it really offers few attractive exclusives to the Japanese consumer unless they're a huge danmaku fan. And that's a niche fanbase.

Ditto on American movies topping Jpn box office, such as the reigning champ Titanic. I haven't seen Astro Boy yet, I thought the CG was quite cute. Also I thought it was risky to revive such an old series (from the 60's) that most people are not familiar w/ nowadays anyway, unlike TNMT or Transformers that only date back to the 80's. DB Evolution was of course a piece of turd that should be avoided at all cost:(… I think everyone saw it coming but still went to see how low it can go, just out of “curiosity”, it could've turned into something cool in the right hands..

The reason the PS3 install base is higher in Japan is because FPS titles don't typically perform as well in that market, and FPS titles are the big draw towards a 360. From a technical stand point, the 360 also has massively high failure rates and is less versatile than the PS3. In a market which values versatility and reliability, the 360 is the clear loser (Although I still love mine despite this)

And the Astro Boy movie performed poorly because even the most positive American reviews called it mediocre at best. It wasn't a good movie. Dragon Ball Evolution also performed badly in the box office in Japan, but that sure as hell wasn't xenophobia, either.

When a foreign product that fits the Japanese culture's wants, then it sells. The ipod is popular in Japan, so is the iPhone. American movies top the Japanese box office a lot more than Japanese movies top the American box office. Mac computers sell well, and Microsoft software as well. It's also pretty easy to locate a McDonalds in Japan.

It's pretty cheap to blame a products failure's in Japan on racism or xenophobia, especially given the number of examples of foreign product penetration into the Japanese market. Sometimes products don't sell because they aren't what that market wants. The 360, despite it's efforts, is one of those products.

In the mean time, the PS3 now has enhanced versions of Trusty Bell (Eternal Sonata), Tales of Vesperia, and Enchant Arms (not that it was great) and soon a vastly superior version of Star Ocean 4. On top of that is Disgaea 3, Valkyria Chronicles, Demon's soul, and Rorona no atelier. Additionally, in Japan FFXIII is a PS3 exclusive. Plus Ryu no Gotoku 3 sold like mad and it's sequel is coming out next year. It also has no region lock out.

The 360 is a nice system with some solid exclusives, but it really offers few attractive exclusives to the Japanese consumer unless they're a huge danmaku fan. And that's a niche fanbase.

Ditto on American movies topping Jpn box office, such as the reigning champ Titanic. I haven't seen Astro Boy yet, I thought the CG was quite cute. Also I thought it was risky to revive such an old series (from the 60's) that most people are not familiar w/ nowadays anyway, unlike TNMT or Transformers that only date back to the 80's. DB Evolution was of course a piece of turd that should be avoided at all cost:(… I think everyone saw it coming but still went to see how low it can go, just out of “curiosity”, it could've turned into something cool in the right hands..

The reason the PS3 install base is higher in Japan is because FPS titles don't typically perform as well in that market, and FPS titles are the big draw towards a 360. From a technical stand point, the 360 also has massively high failure rates and is less versatile than the PS3. In a market which values versatility and reliability, the 360 is the clear loser (Although I still love mine despite this)

And the Astro Boy movie performed poorly because even the most positive American reviews called it mediocre at best. It wasn't a good movie. Dragon Ball Evolution also performed badly in the box office in Japan, but that sure as hell wasn't xenophobia, either.

When a foreign product that fits the Japanese culture's wants, then it sells. The ipod is popular in Japan, so is the iPhone. American movies top the Japanese box office a lot more than Japanese movies top the American box office. Mac computers sell well, and Microsoft software as well. It's also pretty easy to locate a McDonalds in Japan.

It's pretty cheap to blame a products failure's in Japan on racism or xenophobia, especially given the number of examples of foreign product penetration into the Japanese market. Sometimes products don't sell because they aren't what that market wants. The 360, despite it's efforts, is one of those products.