Looks like future PS2 dominance....

Just something I read on a report from the IGN Japan guys:

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Perhaps the most pertinent of the questions involved which hardwaheir support behind. The PS2 was the winner with 42 companies including it in their response, followed by Game Boy Advance (30), GameCube (20), Xbox (15), Cell Phones (14), Personal Computer (9), WonderSwan Color (3) and Dreamcast (2). Who but Sega could've possibly said Dreamcast!? Only ninety companies responded to this question. Some had multiple responses.

When asked which hardware they believe will come out on top, the story was similar, although Xbox took a hit. PS2 comes out on top with 54 write-ins, followed by Game Boy Advance (18), Nintendo GameCube (15), PC (10), Cell Phones (7), Xbox (5), WonderSwan (1) and Dreamcast (1). Only 85 companies responded to this question. Once again, some had multiple responses.
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Ouch, looks like most Japanese games are going to head to the PS2. XBox seems to be getting the shortest end of the stick with hardly any Japanese support. Which personally is a sign of bad things to come for the big black console.

Ahh well, lets see how things pan out in the next year.

Peace

JHendrix

it would have been more beneficial for xbox if that survey had been taken after the xbox launch.

i'm sure that if the japanese consumers get behind the console, developers will too.

this is true.........

not too long ago, japanese people didn't even dream of using windows over the NEC japanese os. Now NEC's OS is dead and buried,a nd most japanese are using windows.

It's possible for MS to take japan again.

I'd buy an X-Box, but I'm afraid I'd eat my Gamecube.

All the support described by this article are wide released so you can buy them whenever you want. Wait to see clearly the dominance and buy the winner. I'm fed up with the quest of the next gen support, I want only play to great games!