Sony hates their Japanese PS4 fans?
I can´t help feeling a bit sorry for the Japanese Gamers. Cuz as you may know. The Japanese market won´t get the PS4 before the 22th of February. That would seem rather strange for the most. Especially due the fact that America and Europe, got their hands on the PS4 in November last year.
Me, i couldn't understand the logic behind this decision (at least not in the beginning). I mean, why would Sony do something like that?Well, as it turns out. Sony actually acted in a very logic kind of way. You see, there was not that many "Japan oriented" PS4 games when the PS4 was about to launch last year.
That´s why Sony decided to release the PS4 in Europe and the states first. Now i understand that part perfectly. But i sure as hell don´t understand the new Japanese PS4 commercial. It´s like this 1 minute (almost) long troll/co** tease video.
Because you see all these happy PS4 owners from different countries, having a blast with their PS4. Cuz keep in mind. The Japanese Gamers have to wait to the end of February. So it must be a really pain in the ass to watch that ad in Japan.
So i really hope that the Japanese players will get something "extra" when the PS4 has it´s release in Japan. To ease the pain you know.
"Sony just wants to make sure that when PlayStation 4 launches in Japan there is a good line-up of titles for Japan," the console's lead architect and Knack creative director Mark Cerny said.
"Perhaps you could say that a few western developers have been more aggressive in readying titles for the hardware."
"A next-generation home console has been a strong request from western developers who were anxious to see such devices," Ito said. "That's why we decided to go ahead with the EU and US launches... because EU and US titles were ready."
"That's definitely a major factor when we decided where to launch when," Yoshida said. "The readiness from the publisher standpoint, and consumers and the media - everybody was ready. We were constantly told we should release new hardware!
"Compared to that, Japan is completely different. It's more portable-heavy, but the PS3 is catching up. Of course, after we announced PS4 in February, luckily publishers are showing an interest. But it's a completely different picture of readiness compared to Western publishers." - Shuhei Yoshida, CEO Worldwide Studios. Via Eurogamer
