PS5 Price increase in Japan has made Xbox Series console sales shot up
RetroGamingUK
Member
Number 8 is nothing to boast about.
Rising_Hei
Member
Consoles should be dropping in price, what a generation...
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
kazuyamishima
Member
Moriarty1889
Member
Yes they should. It is ridiculous already with how they haven’t yet.
ChorizoPicozo
Member
and you think MS likes this news?
Mibu no ookami
Demoted Member® Pro™
Why do you care whether the price drops?
The cost of components has increased. We haven't seen global inflation like this since before the NES launched.
reinking
Gold Member
Will sales of PS5 consoles regain traction when new stock arrives at a higher price? Maybe not but being out of stock at any price is definitely going to halt sales. Also, what was the Xbox Series X stock like prior to the PS5 announcement? I wish that had been provided to give more context to the "unexpected rise up the sales chart." Don't get me wrong, I hope Sony does get smacked down a bit for increasing prices this late in a generation but I am not going to throw on my green party hat and declare Xbox Series king of the console in Japan just yet.
rodrigolfp
Haptic Gamepads 4 Life
"Better buy a PC instead".
Go Japan go.
Go Japan go.
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Tiago Rodrigues
Member
Yeah.
It's also weird for people to say "they should just buy a PC" as if Pc components and PCs in general aren't increasing just as much in price. Building your own PC has never been as expensive as it is right now.
This also isn't just about consoles...what a weird thing to complain about.
Have yall seen how food has been increasing over the past decade? Now that's fucked up. A console that i buy once every 5 years increasing 100 isn't as terrible.
HeWhoWalks
Gold Member
Yeah, people act like these things are some life-needing devices. It’s a hobby piece, not groceries. Too expensive? Simple. Don’t buy it.
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kazuyamishima
Member
The narrative of “Better buy a PC instead of a PS5” is going kinda strong in Japan, they list articles like the following: https://ascii.jp/elem/000/004/217/4217888/
But, they recommend a PC that has a RTX3500, a Ryzen 5 4500 with 16gb ram and 500gb SSD for 100k yen, only to end the article saying that the specs are lower than the PS5, Wait…. What?
But, they recommend a PC that has a RTX3500, a Ryzen 5 4500 with 16gb ram and 500gb SSD for 100k yen, only to end the article saying that the specs are lower than the PS5, Wait…. What?
Mibu no ookami
Demoted Member® Pro™
Someone writing an article doesn't make it true.
Especially when someone lists two components on top of everything else you need to buy in order to actually create a gaming rig.
It's hilarious the lengths people will go to to make an ass out of themselves.
137 more dollars than a PS5 and you still need to buy a controller. So you're actually looking at more than 200 dollars more... and that's still if you connect it to your tv and don't need to buy a monitor.
kazuyamishima
Member
Not only that, the performance is lower than the PS5.
schaft0620
Member
This is a flat out lie The price went up like 30 hours ago. How do they have accurate meaningful sales data?
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rodrigolfp
Haptic Gamepads 4 Life
Yeah yeah, worse than pandemic prices. /s
Bruno_Arrais85
Member
I bet Xbox is so hot now in Japan.
The price increase hasn't even come into effect. It comes on September 2nd. 'Automaton' spreading bullshit.
LordCBH
Member
Yup. So much of everything is just fucked…..shit keeps getting more expensive and it ain’t limited to just consoles….this world sucks ass right now.
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
Yes.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
Nearly every console generation since the NES days has existed on a timeline where global inflation was small and steady, and the cost of electronic components got cheaper over time. Neither of those things has been true for the last four years.
So, here we are.
Mr Moose
Member
So it's went from 225 to 300?
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
When I was in Japan a few months ago, these types of handhelds were incredibly expensive (even when converted to USD, it would have been cheaper to buy them in the US and sell them in Japan!). I just looked and the Rog Ally X MSRP there is about 140k yen, about $965 USD
diffusionx
Gold Member
So they sold what, 85 Xbox Series X?
mansoor1980
Gold Member
Mibu no ookami
Demoted Member® Pro™
The price increase doesn't go into effect until September 2nd.
I've heard reports that the PS5 is largely sold out in Japan and my guess is the next shipments are going through retail post price increase.
We should see a marked decrease in sales for the PS5 in the next famitsu sales report or the subsequent one.
finalflame
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mayham2199
Member
I love the go get a pc comments.
"Hey you know how you're already complaining about how much you are about to spend? How about you spend even more?"
"Hey you know how you're already complaining about how much you are about to spend? How about you spend even more?"
HogIsland
Member
Laptops, not gaming handhelds.
Little Chicken
Gold Member
Turns out japan prioritises quality goods and services 
rodrigolfp
Haptic Gamepads 4 Life
Math is hard. /sorry
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
Ah sorry, missed that part. PC is definitely taking off in a big way over there and yes is pretty reasonably priced. With the new PS5 prices, it'll probably grow the PC market there even more.
XXL
Gold Member
Fake
Member
I gonna be hired by Microsoft.
Kagoshima_Luke
Gold Member
Better note this one for the resume:
"Was part of team that oversaw an increase in Xbox consoles sales in Japanese region by 200%"
"Was part of team that oversaw an increase in Xbox consoles sales in Japanese region by 200%"
