Boys Like Capcom, Girls Like Bandai, Everyone Loves Nintendo

**Kugyince** · 06-28-2010, 09:47 PM

A ranking of the most trusted game companies in Japan yields some findings which prove rather damning for Sony and Microsoft, who do not appear at all…
The ranking, based on the results of a survey of Japanese men in their twenties:

1. Nintendo (50.8%)
2. Square Enix (27.1%)
3. Capcom (22.5%)
4. Namco (18%)
5. Sega (18%)

Perhaps the real surprise (the omission of Sony and Microsoft somehow seems strangely unsurprising) here is just how well Square Enix did, despite it having come in for significant amounts of criticism in recent years.
Interestingly, the same question was also posed to women gamers:

1. Nintendo (59.5%
2. Bandai (22%)
3. Sega (21.5)
4. Namco (20.3%)
5. Square Enix (15.4)

**samejamesbond** · 06-28-2010, 09:51 PM

You should find one for the United States.
But I'm suprised to see Sega, concerning the blunders they've been making.

But Square has been pumping ot some good games so I'm not suprised at all.

**Dudebro** · 06-28-2010, 10:50 PM

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A ranking of the most trusted game companies in Japan yields some findings which prove rather damning for Sony and Microsoft, who do not appear at all

This may be damning news for Sony but Xbox has never been popular in Japan so it's business as usual for them. I think the only reason Xbox sales picked up in Japan recently was because they basically dropped support for PS2 and went with 360 for Final Fantasy 11. It seemed like a marketing move to me at least.

**Kugyince** · 06-28-2010, 11:11 PM

I only posted this because retro news is so slow right after E3. I thought the Bandai part was interesting.

**Slime Slayer** · 06-28-2010, 11:14 PM

Okay so why are Bandai and Namco desperate, but Square and Enix aren't?

**Kugyince** · 06-28-2010, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by stevencassidy13

Okay so why are Bandai and Namco desperate, but Square and Enix aren't?

Squenix has better penetration in NA, which is hte biggest market.

**Slime Slayer** · 06-28-2010, 11:17 PM

Also, is that link correct? The closest thing on that site to video game related is the ad for a camera. (As far as I can tell.)

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Originally Posted by stevencassidy13

Okay so why are Bandai and Namco desperate, but Square and Enix aren't?

That is supposed to say: "Okay so why are Bandai and Namco separate, but Square and Enix aren't?"

**Kugyince** · 06-28-2010, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by stevencassidy13

Also, is that link correct? The closest thing on that site to video game related is the ad for a camera. (As far as I can tell.)

Following the link and using Google translate I get this:

( Click to show/hide )

**Slime Slayer** · 06-28-2010, 11:23 PM

To clarify further, last I heard Bandai and Namco merged into a single company.

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So I guess this part taken from the translation is supposed to answer my Bandai/Namco question:

"Bermuda and Namco Bandai , the vendor , " Namco "is asking for software to be integrated into the end of March 2009 . Ranking respectively described by the manufacturer , " Bandai "," Namco " hotel is ."

lol

**fenrir1887** · 06-29-2010, 06:15 PM

Well, I honestly think desperate or not, those statistics are fascinating.

**Slime Slayer** · 06-29-2010, 06:31 PM

Oh for the love ah..... Nobody is desperate! It was supposed to say separate!

**fenrir1887** · 06-29-2010, 06:37 PM

Hey, I'm sorry if I got confused. I just now got back to this and I wasn't aware you meant separate until you reminded me.

**Slime Slayer** · 06-29-2010, 06:51 PM

No need to apologize, I was just kidding with the mini freak out act.

**fenrir1887** · 06-29-2010, 07:02 PM

I do love a good playacting idea from time to time. By the way, Bandai Namco is responsible for the Digimon World series, and this company runs under that banner for coordinated projects.

**Demon-Mask** · 06-29-2010, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by stevencassidy13

Oh for the love ah..... Nobody is desperate! It was supposed to say separate!

Actually, it was supposed to say disparate at least it would appear that way because it says "desperate". That and the meaning is very like that of separate.

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Originally Posted by The Dictionary

dis·pa·rate (dis′pə rət; also di spar′it)
adjective
essentially not alike; distinct or different in kind; unequal