Or maybe, just maybe, and bare with me on this, not all ignorant stereotypes are true and maybe, just maybe, SOME Japanese people actually like western games and get them off of Amazon.

I'm pretty sure that Amazon isn't Japan's prime source for buying and selling games and, therefore, it only represents a small amount of the Japanese gaming community. Is it not possible that out of this small group many enjoy western games, like Gears, and bought them from Amazon?

There's a difference between stereotypes and known facts. I'm pretty sure RPG exclusives like Lost Odyssey top the 360 charts in Japan. I'm not saying there isn't any Japanese people that don't play FPS games, but I fail to see why they would purchase them off of Amazon unless they simply weren't Japanese. Only 0.9% of Amazon's visitors are visiting from Japan, versus the 62% that are from the United States. Unless there's some sort of situation where Gears is unavailable from Japanese retail stores and websites, it was probably non-Japanese people ordering from Japan. Plus, I don't think you can even play a copy of Gears from Amazon on a Japanese 360, it's region-locked. It's more likely someone visiting Japan that has an American 360, since they would have to order their games from a site that supports their 360's region format, Japanese versions wouldn't work.

Are you honestly so dense? I'm genuinely shocked.

So, out of all Japanese gamers let's say around 3%, if not LESS, use Amazon. So, out of that 3% at the very least 75% use it for their PS3, Wii, DS or PSP. You're honestly saying that it is completely impossible for such a small number of Japanese people to have just liked Gears, bearing in mind that these are most likely actual gamer-gamers since casual gamers would be buying from shops or elsewhere.

You yourself acknowledged that only 0.9% of Amazon visitors are visiting from Japan; that number is TINY! If that's as a whole as well, not just gamers, then the number is MUCH smaller. Can you not open your mind to the possibility that out of that tiny, insignificant number they actually liked Gears? Is that not possible?

Not everything on Amazon is specified for Europian and American consumers. In fact, believe it or not, there is an Amazon specifically for Japanese people with products from... wait for it... JAPAN, shock horror. http://www.amazon.co.jp/

And yet you believe the only possible way anyone in Japan likes Gears is because they're not from Japan? Seriously?

This is why gamers have a bad reputation. There is a difference between stereotypes and known facts and the difference is proof. Prove something to be true or you have no right to call it a fact.

I never said it was impossible, I just said it was unlikely. Which is why I was so surprised to begin with. You're acting like I thought this report was fake or something, but I never said that. I was just curious as to why it seemed to be a sudden boost in interest for FPS games in Japan.

As for the amazon.co.jp thing, that site is actually the 14th most visited site in Japan. So when you consider a population as large as that, doesn't it still seem surprising that Gears sold so much in Japan from Amazon? Once again, not saying it's impossible, I'm just surprised. Especially considering the first Gears is doing so well too, it almost seems like the interest in FPS games has gone up in Japan. Otherwise, they wouldn't be purchasing such an old game.

It's also possible that the sales figures from the news source only include amazon.com, and not of it's international affiliates. If that's the case, then I doubt Japanese people went on an American site to buy the games unless they were American.

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So when you consider a population as large as that, doesn't it still seem surprising that Gears sold so much in Japan from Amazon?

No.

For the sake of our respective sanities, assuming either of us have that, I'm going to stop talking to you now.

Yeah, whatever. I think you're just unwilling to accept the fact that it is, infact, an odd statistic. There's no reason to think otherwise, except your own egotistical defiance.

I'm rubber, you're glue, I penetrate vaginas, you're sticky in tissue.

Yes, that was immature but in other words, whatever. Carry on thinking that stereotypical bullshit, I hope ignorance is blissful for ya.

What the hell? I'm pretty sure we got past the point that I'm basing my thoughts on actual facts. I think you should learn the definition of ignorance, because that's definitely the state of your argument, not mine. The facts are there, and you're choosing to ignore them.

There are no facts. Facts have irrefutable evidence to back them; you have shit. Get over it. *actually ignores you now*

Yeah yeah yeah... Compare the sales of RPGs in Japan to FPS games, that should be more than enough facts for you. You say I have shit, which is funny, considering you have absolutely nothing but your own idealistic arrogance.