Xbox Japan Survey:

Special thanks to xengamers.com for the info.


A Japanese survey conducted by Nikkei IT regarding Microsoft\'s Xbox has yielded some surprising results. Over a month-long period the study surveyed 1378 people, 95 percent of which were male. Of those surveyed, 76 percent described themselves as avid game players who have purchased two or more game consoles already. Below is a specific breakdown by question and results from the survey.

Question: Xbox costs 34800 yen, is that too high?

Yes – 68%
No – 21%
Unsure - 11%

Question: Do you plan to purchase Xbox?

Yes - 21%
No - 57%
Unsure - 22%

Question: If you want to purchase an Xbox, which of the following have influenced your decision (multiple responses allowed)?

Most Efficient - 75%
Broadband - 59%
Software - 54%
DVD Playback - 24%
Microsoft Brand - 23%
Other Reasons - 14%
Design - 13%

Question: If you don\'t want to purchase an Xbox, which of the following have influenced your decision (multiple responses allowed)?

Poor Software - 56%
Prefer Other Consoles - 55%
Poor Design - 47%
Microsoft Brand - 37%
Other Reasons - 19%
Poor Performance - 9%

Question: What other capabilities would you like to see on Xbox?

Nothing - 46%
Windows PC Compatibility - 29%
Other Console Compatibility - 24%
Keyboard/Mouse - 15%
Others - 10%

Question: What Xbox capabilities do you think are unnecessary?

Nothing - 68%
Hard disk - 15%
Broadband - 14%
DVD - 13%
Others - 7%

Question: What other game consoles do you own?

PlayStation 2 - 68%
PSone - 66%
Dreamcast - 39%
Others - 39%
GameBoy Advance - 31%
Nintendo 64 - 26%
Gamecube - 17%
None - 5%

Question: On an average day, how long do you play games?

Less than 1 hour - 57%
1-2 Hours - 28%
2-3 Hours - 8%
3-4 Hours - 3%
4+ Hours - 3%

Question: Gender?

Male - 95%
Female - 5%

Question: Age?

Less than 19 - 9%
20-29 - 49%
30-39 - 33%
40-49 - 7%
50-59 - 1%
60-69 - 1%

Question: Occupation?

Office Worker - 58%
Student - 21%
Self-employed - 6%
Part-time Worker - 5%
Others - 5%
Unemployed - 3%
Manager - 1%
Housewife - 1%

Link: http://www.xengamers.com/sections/news/6743/

Originally posted by pstwo



Question: Xbox costs 34800 yen, is that too high?

Yes – 68%
No – 21%
Unsure - 11%

Question: Do you plan to purchase Xbox?

Yes - 21%
No - 57%
Unsure - 22%

hmmm look like i share my fealings with the Japanese Gamers by way of us both thinking that its TOO EXPENSIVE and it not ALL that.

hmmm that only shows that are quite a few people out there with mixed feeling for microsoft and the xbox and makes you wonder if it will survive the market over there

not much fem gamers in jap either

japan hates the xbox

guess i was right afterall

i\'m still trying to figure out if this is the real pstwo that posted this...

sad news for Microsoft. I am wondering if they can possibly do anything to really sell their console overthere. It seems to me most people just don\'t want it - no matter what it has to offer. I am not a fan of Microsoft, but this is very sad.

A Japanese survey conducted by Nikkei IT regarding Microsoft\'s Xbox has yielded some surprising results. Over a month-long period the study surveyed 1378 people, 95 percent of which were male.

The whole 1378 people.

Anyhow, we all know the fate of the Xbox is uncertain in Japan, and at this point in time even sketchy, but don\'t assume its death from a survey with ~1400 people.

You guys seem to thrive off bad news for M$.

[Bobs_Hardware]

Originally posted by seven
sad news for Microsoft. I am wondering if they can possibly do anything to really sell their console overthere.

Pornography... lots and lots of pornography..

I\'d buy an XBox if it came with porno..

Anyhow, we all know the fate of the Xbox is uncertain in Japan, and at this point in time even sketchy, but don\'t assume its death from a survey with ~1400 people.

I honestly didn\'t pay attention. In that case it\'s not that bad then, although I doubt that the majority thinks much different. It\'s no secret how bad Xbox is selling in Japan at the moment.

Pornography... lots and lots of pornography..

I\'d buy an XBox if it came with porno..

Hehe... what about that game from Vivid coming to PS2? Is it still coming or did Sony find a way to stop it?

we dont thrive on it, we revel in it

we secretly hope the xbox succeeds at getting second place [best hope] as competition created better games

we just enjoy seeing bad news fall upon M$

second place is 1st loser, and i cant wait to witness the euro launch failure

we just enjoy seeing bad news fall upon M$

Why damn it, why?

Never mind, I think I know the answer. No I don\'t!

Ace

Bah they are mostly office zombies er I a mean workers anyway.  Mindless Sony worshipers IMO.  Maybe they polled Sony HQ itself.

In anycase, Japan will most likely be a failure for the Xbox considering Sony has been entrenched there for quite some time.  Frankly who cares about what the Japanese public preferes?  If it succeeds in the US that will more than make up for he Japanese failure.  After all the US is a much bigger market for consoles than Japan.  Sony and MS both know this.  Can\'t say much for Europe either.  No offense to the European posters here.

LOL.
If you think that both Europe and Japan are small markets, then you really have to do some rethinking buddy.

1,000 is enough to be considered a scientifically accurate survey

I\'ve never been fully convinced xbox success hinges on how well it does in Japan or Europe early on. Telling yes but we\'ll get a clearer picture in another year. My moneys says if sales don\'t soar by then they never will.

"Question: If you don\'t want to purchase an Xbox, which of the following have influenced your decision:

Microsoft Brand - 37%" <---- #1 reason xbox is doomed for third place