From DailyTech: Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) can expect that Japan would be somewhat of a challenging market, given national pride in its domestic rivals of Microsoft -- PS4-maker Sony Corp. (TYO:6758) and Wii U/Nintendo 3DS-crafter Nintendo Comp., Ltd. (TYO:7974). Still, given a market of 120 million people with a lot of spending power, and with one of the world's most active hardcore gaming markets you would expect Microsoft to see decent sales in the island nation, favoritism aside.
At the very least, even your most cynical view would be unlikely to prepare you for how staggeringly bad Microsoft's Xbox One sales are.
According to a report by Media Create (M-Create), a market researcher who publishes weekly listings of console unit sales in the Asian nation, the Xbox One moved only 100 units for the week of June 8-14. No, that is not a typo. The market researcher, who tracks sales data at major Japanese online and brick and mortar retailers, believes only 100 consoles sold over the period.
As you would guess, that puts Microsoft distantly behind in Japanese sales for the week. The PS4 saw modest sales of 10.8k units for the week, outselling the Xbox One by an estimated 108-to-1. And surprisingly Nintendo's struggling Wii U console scored 16.4k sales, topping the eighth gen. home console sales in the island nation.
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