lol is that what success looks like? Watch what happens when FF16 is released
That’s not really anything to do with Sony though is it? All they’ve done is drop a bag of cash on SE’s desk.
Japanese people will buy a PS5 just to play FF16, they’re literally waiting for it to be released. It’ll make any Xbox sales look pathetic and Microsoft attempts in Japan futile. You can say Microsoft is doing the same by dropping cash onto various desks.
Yes coming from 10 consoles sold and a country that extremely favor home products. It is success.
? Still not exactly something for Sony to boast about. If MS moneyhatted Final Fantasy Xbox sales would make PS5 sales look pathetic.
What boasting from Sony? I only see boasting from a different group. If MS moneyhatted FF, then I would have my Japanese culture shamed once again.
I mean yeah, I would love to get the offline version released here but would love it even more if they finally localized the online version.
Ok let me rephrase, it’s nothing for you to boast about.
And Final Fantasy being exclusive to PS5 might kill the franchise in Japan. PS5 software sales have been rather bad there so far.
The fact that Nintendo has effectively annihilated Sony in Japan is not boring. Quite the opposite.
You mean struggle to sell 100k copies?
It's boring cause sony don't really care, nintendo can annhilate the air left by sony all they want. Sony know whats works for them and it's other markets.
You and me both my man, but I have long given up that dream. I would be ok with settling for the offline version at this point, but even that seems unlikely.
That's just pure copium.
That's reality.
You gotta factor in that Xbox was a non-entity in Japan for a decade, and that they are selling some thousands a week is a gigantic turnaround.
Sony being bullied out of its domestic market in the space of a generation is hugely significant. I absolutely loved PS2/3 Japan era Sony.
The reality that is inside matrix.
You make it sound like it was a voluntary decision.
They weren't really bullied out though, they decided to focus somewhere else and that somewhere else got them out of the ps3 mess and made them the most profitable since their inception.
Well - XBO was the worst selling XB of all time in Japan. Barely reached 1/3rd of total sales of even the original. Then again - so was the PS4 (the worst selling PS in Japan).
It's a voluntary decision to send most hardware where they will sell software.
I laughed hard in the frikkin bar...
That disparity is not the norm, of the 338.248 total : 159.791 are X and 178.457 are S. that is a split of around 47% to 53%.
Isn't XBX alone doing more than One usually did even with that low number? And XBS doing some decent numbers. Nice for MS if actually selling in Japan, sort of meh if those actually go somewhere else.
It's not a good look for them in japan it's like losing a race against the special kid.
Oh yeah, because every company would LOVE to just ignore the second biggest country for videogame sales.Sure buddy just ignore the last decade on what made sony a success. Stick with your sony focusing on other markets because they can't compete with nindento i japan fairy tale
What is the source that digital adoption is 50% in Japan? I always thought it was very low. And how badly the ps4/5 physical version sold compared to the Switch it's highly unlikely that the digital sales would close that gap. Because digital adoption for Switch owners is not zero.
That's why Famitsu numbers for Xbox don't make any sense. Most retailers don't even carry Xbox so where are they selling them? Their numbers for PS and Nintendo are fine but for Xbox there's no explanation why they are so different from MC.
Bro, you're the one making 4 posts back to back in like 15 minutes in this thread. It sounds like you're the one triggered by the ps5 doing so poorly in Japan!Bruh this is insane…
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Being this triggered over game sales is weird
No, it's not the "perfect Japanese" console. What is that even based on? A stereotype that Japanese like smaller electronics? Anything that requires a TV to use is not a "perfect Japanese" console, as is evident by sales trend of the last 2 generations or so.
Did you forget to math? Switch is 26.2M sold, PS4 and PS5 is 11.3. The difference is roughly 130% more Switches, and it sold roughly 90% more on Switch.
Is there an online retailer bigger than Amazon in japan that only Famitsu tracks? That would explain why their numbers are always so high for Xbox.
