Xbox 360 “Still Less Widely Owned Than Dreamcast”

A survey of Japanese console ownership reveals more Japanese own Dreamcasts than they do Xbox 360s, with less than 5% of gamers reporting owning one…
The online survey asked 1,073 Japanese to list the gaming devices they owned, and of the 60% who reported owning at least one, 62% owned a DS, 57% a PS2, 44% a Wii, 30% a PSP and 25% a PS3.

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[FrigidDARKNESS]

this article is totally laughable and fallable. Japanese don;t buy american products of course the dreamcast had more owners in Japan because it was backed by a Japanese corporation. I bet if they do another survey they'll find there were more Sega Saturn owners than 360 owners in Japan. Remember this people Japanese only buy products made in Japan.

[Optical_Matrix]

Japanese do buy american products. I will say this again and again. Go to Japan and see how big Apple, Nike stores, McDonalds, American home appliances, Abercrombie, KFC etc etc are in Japan. It will de-bunk the thoughts of all the stupid insecure Americans who truly believe Japan don't like their products.

Japan doesn't like shitty products. Even if the product were Japanese, it wouldn't do THAT much more to help.

[Focker420]

^^^
This

[ZombieAssassin]

Nailed it

I bet a lot of American products sell good in Japan. Chances are they are made in China but the companies that own the merchandise are prolly American. Hell I don't think Xbox's are even made in America...

[Ryudo]

Same old argument different halfwits not interested.

[Sayai jin]

@Optical_Matrix - I lived in Japan for about 6 years. The Japanese do buy American made products, but not a lot from products which are know for their niche. You will see Western clothes, food, etc sold decently. You will not see many products in the electronics and automobile categories being brought that are not Japanese made. There economy is 2nd best in the world and only due to there electronics and auto industry which is one of the main reason why foreign products are brought along with brand/national loyalty. Also you will not see many American made appliance sold in Japan. If the appliance has any type of digital or clock software/hardware in the appliance it will not work correctly. This is due to Japanese electrical currents working at 110 Volt/50 HZ instead of the US 120 colt/60 hz. Also the size of American made appliance are too big from refrigerators, stoves, etc. Different taste in purchases too place a role. This is true anywhere you go.

On topic, no surprise here. I remember I went to Toys 'r us in Dec 2005 to buy an additional 360 controller and I saw a line of about 200 people in a town called Hachinoe waiting in the cold outside. I thought that they were all waiting outside for the launch of the 360, but actually they were waiting outside for some small electronic gerbil like pets. LOL

[radphil]

I have to agree with you on this. I'll take a friend of mine for example that I've known since from Early middle school (where we had an overseas program). He has a lot of Apple products, and they have a bunch of our fast food industries over there.

They know better than to pick a product up that breaks down over and over again, unlike people here in the US that re-bought the system 5 times after it broke down on them, most of the time because of this reason:

"I keep getting it only because my friends have it."

So it's like a social status for people here in the US.

Along with that, their electronic industry is pretty up at the top there.

[El Nino]

And remember this....americans only buy american products.

Your logic ftw!

[Kamikaze135]

Didn't the Dreamcast come out like...5 years before the 360 did?

[Fishy Fingers]

Indeed it did, but it actually had a shorter life span, DC lasted 3-4 years, less time than the 360 has already been on the market.

[Kamikaze135]

True, but people have been buying a Dreamcast since launch. Not too long ago I remember some online retail stores were actually selling brand new Dreamcast systems. As to where they got it, I have NO idea.

[Cratos8780]

good news

[Masamori Sumimura]

stupid article. dreamcast been out there since 1998. and there's still some games being made.

[Firstkn1ghT]

Release more rape sims with 18 year old school girls and you got yourself a million game seller. Throw in a yellow midget sidekick that says "PICKACHU" over and over and you got yourself a multimillion dollar franchise. If I offended anybody, just check the website this article comes from....yeaaaaah! :/

[CoLD FiRE]

18 year old school girls? you have to be kidding. They must be 14 year old or younger or the games won't sell.

[Mahr]

In all fairness, the Dreamcast is a pretty great console.

[ChristianGamer]

This is important to know because Japan is the world. . .right?
Right??
Why do people care so much about the habits of Japan? They buy less games and consoles this gen. The US and UK are leading the pack in terms of spending in the industry. Japan devs have become less and less irrelevant, they even say so themselves. So who cares what they buy or don't?

[El Nino]

I prefer japanese devs over the majority of western ones. To be honest i've personally had more fun over the years playing japanese consoles and japanese developed games. So i actually care. Yeah there's been some awful games that have come from japan this generation but there's also been Kojima's MGS4 & Yamauchi's GT5 for example which show that passion and love for the industry is still thriving with some developers in japan.
To be honest i'm getting pissed off with western devs, western gamers (i am one myself) who have just come to the table. Ruining the image of gaming...but you gotta blame the people, not the corporations, microsoft and activision rape your wallet, you let them. You keep buying the same repetative franchises, people moan about FF...what about ea with there sports franchises, call of duty franchises...the same imagination or lack of, year after year.
Christian gamer...as far as gaming goes, japan is important to the world, fortunatly your not.

[Firstkn1ghT]

Wait a minute. You say Microsoft rapes your wallet yet you praise Yamauchi's GT5? First they released a paid demo than they release the final product where you have the majority ported over from the ps2. Only a handful of cars are ps3 worthy. A game that was promised the world and ultimately failed. Not sure what world you came from, but that screams raping your wallet.

[Orionsangel]

Look at Sega games. They still feel like 90's games. The Japanese are so behind, just look at GT5 and the choices made. Their arrogance doesn't let any outside influence inspire their work. They're too proud. That will be their downfall.

[Imalwaysright]

Miyamoto, Team Ico, Shinji Mikami, Kamya, Kojima, Sakaguchi, Nomura, Sony, Nintendo... Yeah keep telling yourself that Japan isnt relevant for the industry.

[Optical_Matrix]

Yet 360 fanboys cling to NPD oh so dearly, because world wide market trends clearly show that it's the only market that's truly relevant. Get a clue my friend...all major markets are of important. That 4.5 million or whatever lead Sony has in Japan IS, important. Their dominance in mainland Europe IS important. Stop trying to spin. They're all as important as each other because they're wealthy markets with more money to spend than most.

[CrzyFooL]

FUCK YEAH.

[ufo8mycat]

The Japanese have a high intellect. They actually research before purchasing products. Research will tell you that theres hardly a reason to own a 360.

Sadly most Americans don't do research and just fall for the advertising.

[hellzsupernova]

guess they don't like generic First Person Shooters unfortunately thats the 360's home swing

[rlm41]

360 is the king of FPS shooters, the japanese don't like FPS they only like their bloody JRPGS.

[Orionsangel]

It's a known fact. Japanese people support their own businesses. How can American owned game system be the most popular system in Japan? That would be insulting to them.

[dalehitchy]

the 360 may be worse then the dreamcast with sales...... but look at the psp go

[dalehitchy]

how can you disagree...... the sales of the 360 sales are lower then a dreamcast
from those results.... its a FACT

the psp sales = worse = FACT

sony fucktard

[xtremegamerage]

Handfull of cars?

200+

Some of the games graphics could have been better in places.

But overall.

Awesome.