WHY IS JAPAN VERY IMPORTANT to the game companies

[joeorc]

this is why:

this is as of 06'

the total # of games made for each system

by each platform cycle the number of total games per platform:

1'st playstation 1: 4,917 (after 11 years)
the playstation 2: 4,184 (after 6 years and still going)
the playstation portable: 351 (after 3 years and still going)

http://www.playstation.com/business.html

see a trend.....4,000+ games...



I wonder what Nintendo's total # of games from japanese developers look like... prob. more than even the playstation platforms for their systems...

I wonder what the XBOX system's total # of games from japanese developers look like....