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[DForce]

Out of Stock with just 12K???? If true, that tell how lost Sony is reading the video game market in all levels.

 

[Fabieter]

They don't care enough about the Japanese market to backtrack.

They also don't care about the European market looking at their eu pricing of the pro. They are definitely out of touch.

 

[DenchDeckard]

Guys, I did mean to type 11000. 11k is wild.

 

[Hookshot]

What’s the lowest the PS5 has sold and the most the Series has sold in a week? I’m sure someone will that those stats somewhere

 

[Fafalada]

Hey now - PSX (The PS2 Pro, not the PS1) sold 100000 in its first week in Japan - and that was like 5Milion* yen adjusted for inflation, so anything's possible

*Ok internet says actually 115000 Yen - but still!!!

 

[Orbital2060]

6 million + PS5

12 k decided to buy Astro Bot physical

 

[Woopah]

Whew, well it was fun while it lasted. Still kind of crazy to me they're basically giving up the Japanese market. They must be counting on growth in markets like Korea & China to make up the difference.

We'll see how well that plays out for them.

Plus straight after the holiday boost, PS4 will get its Monster Hunter World boost.

So in 2-3 months the PS5 should be behind PS4 launch aligned

The current situation in Japan has come from the strength Nintendo has been building for the last two decades, and there's not a lot Sony can do to turn it around.

They've seen they won't get a lot sales volume from the country, and so are prioritising profitability. They are instead betting on sales volume growth in places like China, India and the Middle East, where they have better distribution networks than Nintendo and are building stronger developer relationships with the Hero projects.

Dang, why the Switch bump the last weeks?

Yen situation is likely to be continuing to boost Switch exports. The Direct might have helped a bit too.

Astro bot had a 45%-55% physical to digital split in the UK, if it's digital sales percentage is the same here then it's under 30K which is really actually quite good I think

I think digital could be even higher in Japan given the shortages. Maybe 70%.

 

[pulicat]

Astro Bot first week sales comparison with other 3d platformers in this generation

Mario Odyssey - 511k
Kirby and the forgotten land - 380k
Mario 3D world + bowser's fury - 250k

 

[Sooner]

Out of Stock with just 12K???? If true, that tell how lost Sony is reading the video game market in all levels.

Out of stock because of the previous month and Sony not restocking before the upcoming price increase in Japan.

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

Plus straight after the holiday boost, PS4 will get its Monster Hunter World boost.

So in 2-3 months the PS5 should be behind PS4 launch aligned

The current situation in Japan has come from the strength Nintendo has been building for the last two decades, and there's not a lot Sony can do to turn it around.

They've seen they won't get a lot sales volume from the country, and so are prioritising profitability. They are instead betting on sales volume growth in places like China, India and the Middle East, where they have better distribution networks than Nintendo and are building stronger developer relationships with the Hero projects.

It'll be funny if SIE prioritizing profitability in Japan also ends up meaning less profits from Japan, due to lesser hardware sales AND lower software sales, plus less PS+ subscriptions and MTX in that region. Profit squeezing from hardware won't make up for the profits being lost elsewhere, IMO.

As for them wanting to balance that out with growth in markets like China, India, MENA etc. overall I'm glad for the Hero projects initiative, but it's only a matter of time before Nintendo improves their distribution in those same territories. Xbox may be a non-factor in these places, but if Nintendo gets those pipelines improved during Switch 2's time, they can end up being a very capable challenger to PlayStation in those emerging markets as well.

SIE's main benefit is Nintendo's pretty slow in expanding reach in said markets; it took them seemingly forever to start paying attention to markets like Brazil after SEGA made big inroads there during the Mega Drive days, for example.

Astro Bot first week sales comparison with other 3d platformers in this generation

Mario Odyssey - 511k
Kirby and the forgotten land - 380k
Mario 3D world + bowser's fury - 250k

TBF, you're comparing what's to many people a brand new IP (Astro Bot) to the most dominant platformer IP in gaming (Mario). Not a fair comparison.

Also we know Astro Bot was supply-constrained in physical for the launch week, so we'd have to wait until the 2nd week to see what physical demand is really like for the game there. And even so, digital will be a not-insignificant component to its sales in all regions.

What’s the lowest the PS5 has sold and the most the Series has sold in a week? I’m sure someone will that those stats somewhere

Lowest PS5? Probably this week right here TBH (~ 11K)

Highest Xbox? When they released the Diablo 4 bundle (~ 9K).

So a difference of about 2K weekly by those metrics.

 

[Woopah]

Astro Bot first week sales comparison with other 3d platformers in this generation

Mario Odyssey - 511k
Kirby and the forgotten land - 380k
Mario 3D world + bowser's fury - 250k

I think we should include other examples for fairness:

Switch: Sonic Frontiers - 26,067
PS5: Sonic Frontiers - 11,111
PS4: Crash Bandicoot 4 - 10,437

Out of stock because of the previous month and Sony not restocking before the upcoming price increase in Japan.

They mean Astro out of stock, not PS5.

 

[Porcile]

Bets are on. Astro Bot won't sell another 5k next week. We have seen before how stock shortages kill future game sales in Japan. Sony fucked up.

 

[The Chairman]

It's out of stock.

But I'll bite. This is over a week and only in Japan, being in the tens of thousands is a good thing. Not to mention it sold out.

My question is, if you do actually want to see it fail, why?

Digital data. You got that?

You should be embarrassed.

Guys stop coping, nobody cares about Astro in Japan, Sony made a big event for that game in Japan and about 4 people showed up lol

 

[FalsettoVibe]

Guys stop coping, nobody cares about Astro in Japan, Sony made a big event for that game in Japan and about 4 people showed up lol

My post has nothing to do with whether or not Astro flopped in Japan....

 

[unlurkified]

The impact of the PS5 price increase is far over the relative increase in price.
Sales are less than half with a less than 20% increase.
This means that unless they were selling the console at a loss and they wanted to get rid of these losses at all costs, it was a wrong move that did more harm then benefit.
They will be forced to backtrack in a few months.

I like your optimism, but unfortunately I think Sony’s all but given up on Japan.

 

[Kerotan]

Rip 5SP

 

[GigaBowser]

Guys stop coping, nobody cares about Astro in Japan, Sony made a big event for that game in Japan and about 4 people showed up lol

porbably taken pic in the after party or something i bet

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Famitsu Sales: 9/2/24 - 9/8/24 has been updated with software sales rankings 11 to 30

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales):

1. [NSW] Touhou Danmaku Kagura: Phantasia Lost (Alliance Arts, 09/05/240 – 16,631 (New)
2. [PS5] ASTRO BOT (Sony Interactive Entertainment, 09/06/24) – 12,672 (New)
3. [NSW] Ace Attorney Investigations Collection (Capcom, 09/06/24) – 10,502 (New)
4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 8,883 (5,989,943)
5. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 8,154 (1,415,152)
6. [NSW] Umamusume: Pretty Derby – Party Dash (Cygames, 08/29/24) – 8,083 (45,022)
7. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 7,830 (7,901,752)
8. [NSW] Gundam Breaker 4 (Bandai Namco, 08/29/24) – 7,497 (60,322)
9. [NSW] Powerful Pro Baseball 2024-2025 (Konami, 07/18/24) – 7,316 (283,209)
10. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 7,142 (3,624,119)
11. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 5,863 (3,625,471)
12. [PS5] Visions of Mana (Square Enix, 08/29/24) – 5,524 (36,220)
13. [PS5] Gundam Breaker 4 (Bandai Namco, 08/29/24) – 5,266 (37,784)
14. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 4,282 (5,407,291)
15. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 4,102 (5,579,630)
16. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 3,161 (4,361,455)
17. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 10/05/18) – 3,134 (2,332,002)
18. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 2,987 (1,324,261)
19. [NSW] Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club (Nintendo, 08/29/24) – 2,981 (28,009)
20. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru! (Konami, 11/16/23) – 2,737 (1,132,090)
21. [PS5] NBA 2K25 (2K, 09/06/24) – 2,710 (New)
22. [PS4] Gundam Breaker 4 (Bandai Namco, 08/29/24) – 2,672 (15,847)
23. [NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo, 10/20/23) – 2,615 (1,925,070)
24. [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD (Nintendo, 06/27/24) – 2,558 (193,416)
25. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 2,345 (1,488,683)
26. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 2,233 (2,325,252)
27. [PS4] Visions of Mana (Square Enix, 08/29/24) – 2,139 (12,207)
28. [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Nintendo, 10/31/19) – 2,052 (1,028,585)
29. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 2,036 (3,022,653)
30. [NSW] Pikmin 4 (Nintendo, 07/21/23) – 2,014 (1,243,076)

Famitsu Sales: 9/2/24 – 9/8/24 [Update]

Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software data for Japan for the week of September 2, 2024 to September 8, 2024.

www.gematsu.com

 

[BennyBlanco]

Guys stop coping, nobody cares about Astro in Japan, Sony made a big event for that game in Japan and about 4 people showed up lol

I’m embarrassed just looking at this

 

[Woopah]

It'll be funny if SIE prioritizing profitability in Japan also ends up meaning less profits from Japan, due to lesser hardware sales AND lower software sales, plus less PS+ subscriptions and MTX in that region. Profit squeezing from hardware won't make up for the profits being lost elsewhere, IMO.

I'd say you'd be right if Sony were only looking at profitability in Japan.

But I reckon a motivating factor behind the price change is the exports, people in other countries taking advantage of the weak yen to get cheap PS5s (this is something which is affecting Switch too).

So Sony will be hoping that, with the price increase, people will just buy PS5s in their own country instead of from Japan. That way they still get software and subscription revenue, but akso don't lose money on hardware.

As for them wanting to balance that out with growth in markets like China, India, MENA etc. overall I'm glad for the Hero projects initiative, but it's only a matter of time before Nintendo improves their distribution in those same territories. Xbox may be a non-factor in these places, but if Nintendo gets those pipelines improved during Switch 2's time, they can end up being a very capable challenger to PlayStation in those emerging markets as well.

SIE's main benefit is Nintendo's pretty slow in expanding reach in said markets; it took them seemingly forever to start paying attention to markets like Brazil after SEGA made big inroads there during the Mega Drive days, for example.

It's definitely possible. We've seen Nintendo overtake Sony in places like Taiwan and South Korea, so they could do the same in other emerging markets too. Furukawa has mentioned Mexico and South East Asia as key growth opportunities.

Bets are on. Astro Bot won't sell another 5k next week. We have seen before how stock shortages kill future game sales in Japan. Sony fucked up.

Depends on how quickly they can get stock out there. It could have quite a soft drop.

Famitsu Sales: 9/2/24 - 9/8/24 has been updated with software sales rankings 11 to 30

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales):

1. [NSW] Touhou Danmaku Kagura: Phantasia Lost (Alliance Arts, 09/05/240 – 16,631 (New)
2. [PS5] ASTRO BOT (Sony Interactive Entertainment, 09/06/24) – 12,672 (New)
3. [NSW] Ace Attorney Investigations Collection (Capcom, 09/06/24) – 10,502 (New)
4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 8,883 (5,989,943)
5. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 8,154 (1,415,152)
6. [NSW] Umamusume: Pretty Derby – Party Dash (Cygames, 08/29/24) – 8,083 (45,022)
7. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 7,830 (7,901,752)
8. [NSW] Gundam Breaker 4 (Bandai Namco, 08/29/24) – 7,497 (60,322)
9. [NSW] Powerful Pro Baseball 2024-2025 (Konami, 07/18/24) – 7,316 (283,209)
10. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 7,142 (3,624,119)
11. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 5,863 (3,625,471)
12. [PS5] Visions of Mana (Square Enix, 08/29/24) – 5,524 (36,220)
13. [PS5] Gundam Breaker 4 (Bandai Namco, 08/29/24) – 5,266 (37,784)
14. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 4,282 (5,407,291)
15. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 4,102 (5,579,630)
16. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 3,161 (4,361,455)
17. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 10/05/18) – 3,134 (2,332,002)
18. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 2,987 (1,324,261)
19. [NSW] Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club (Nintendo, 08/29/24) – 2,981 (28,009)
20. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru! (Konami, 11/16/23) – 2,737 (1,132,090)
21. [PS5] NBA 2K25 (2K, 09/06/24) – 2,710 (New)
22. [PS4] Gundam Breaker 4 (Bandai Namco, 08/29/24) – 2,672 (15,847)
23. [NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo, 10/20/23) – 2,615 (1,925,070)
24. [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD (Nintendo, 06/27/24) – 2,558 (193,416)
25. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 2,345 (1,488,683)
26. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 2,233 (2,325,252)
27. [PS4] Visions of Mana (Square Enix, 08/29/24) – 2,139 (12,207)
28. [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Nintendo, 10/31/19) – 2,052 (1,028,585)
29. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 2,036 (3,022,653)
30. [NSW] Pikmin 4 (Nintendo, 07/21/23) – 2,014 (1,243,076)

Famitsu Sales: 9/2/24 – 9/8/24 [Update]

Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software data for Japan for the week of September 2, 2024 to September 8, 2024.

www.gematsu.com

Happy to see Pikmin 4 still hanging around. Also this chart bodes very very well for the Super Mario Party franchise. It could have 3 games on the chart all at the same time.

 

[Woopah]

PS5 Japan August downloads, with physical sales:

1 Black Myth: Wukong
2Gundam Breaker 4 - 32,518
3VISIONS of MANA - 30,696
4Exit 8
5Hogwarts Legacy
6Vampire Survivors
7Core Keeper
8Monster Hunter Rise
9Star Wars Outlaws - 10,087
10Street Fighter 6
11Rise of the Ronin
12Grand Theft Auto V
13Unicorn Overlord
14That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Tempest Stories - 4,525 < x >10,823
15ARK: Survival Ascended
16Gin: Path of the Goddess
17Castlevania Dominus Collection
18Gran Turismo 7
19ELDEN RING
20Persona 5 The Royal

Anything else was under 10,252 in terms of physical. Obviously some of them like Black Myth Wukong and Monster Hunter Rise don't have physical versions.

 

[Robb]

2nd [PS5] Astro Bot

 

[Hookshot]

Guys stop coping, nobody cares about Astro in Japan, Sony made a big event for that game in Japan and about 4 people showed up lol

Don't worry Astro Bros! We were just waiting for the weekend, now the squads turned up the party can start!!

 

[The Chairman]

Don't worry Astro Bros! We were just waiting for the weekend, now the squads turned up the party can start!!

Imagine Sony dragging the corpses of these ugly mofos from their dead game to help with the advertising

 

[DrFigs]

nothing is stopping japanese gamers from buying a ps5 and a digital copy of astrobot. they're just doing neither.

 

[TheTony316]

Out of Stock with just 12K???? If true, that tell how lost Sony is reading the video game market in all levels.

That's not on Sony, it's on the retailers who didn't order enough copies.

 

[Thief1987]

Another remainder that japanese have terrible taste. nintenda trash and gacha garbage that's all they want.

 

[Woopah]

Another remainder that japanese have terrible taste. nintenda trash and gacha garbage that's all they want.

Astrobot would have been number one it had enough stock, just like every other country.

 

[The Chairman]

Another remainder that japanese have terrible taste. nintenda trash and gacha garbage that's all they want.

Yup, Japanese gamers can't understand fine art that you can only find with PlayStation, just look at this beautiful sex scene from the last of us for example, i almost cried when i first saw that amazing gameplay and attention to detail, you can even see the sweat shining on Abby's man boobs



Or the creative and fun characters that's lacking "nintenda" games, just look at this beauty lmao



Japanese have terrible taste he said