Because it is? Our servers filled up far more quickly and the numbers being thrown around the internet all the numbers put the NA/EU playerbase out in front by a rather large margin. Anybody with characters on jp servers can make easy visible observations of the difference in playerbase. Xi was a niche title before MMOs were huge and had a year to build their jp playerbase before even being introduced to the west. Now it is a much different story. MMOs draw a much larger NA/EU audience. I would be willing to bet money on NA/EU being the largest playerbase, unless they all start to leave from being ignored that is. So ya who knows this game could end up being a jp niche title again I guess