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Famitsu: PlayStation 5 sales top one million in Japan
- Thread starter nolifebr
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MH, GTA, DQ, and FF are about it. KH will sell well, but I'm not sure how much HW it will move, especially if it launches after all the other SE stuff.
Like even with a hypothetical higher than average digital ratio for Japan, there's no other reason why retail software attach rates are below 10% at best unless you count on a lot of these consoles leaving the country.
If that was the case then we would see more PS5 games be sold in those Asia territories. But so far is mostly Switch games that are on the top sellers.
I simply think that Asian consumers aren't that keen on buying PS consoles anymore like they did back in the day
This is where I'm at as well. These attach rates are so atrocious it's hard to believe that these consoles are staying in Japan.
Sony should focus on strengthening Team Asobi into making more aesthetically pleasing and fun games like Astrobot. Whether that means more platformers or different genres, it doesn't matter, but they should be fun to play. Similar to first party Nintendo games. I perceive Astrobot as a first party Nintendo platformer. I could see Astrobot as a Nintendo game. Granted, Switch dominating Japan probably has more to do with its portable nature, but the quality of Nintendo games also has to play into it.
I should have said outside Nintendo. I guess they are just the defacto console in that region. (Don't know anything about the region or preferences but it's obvious Sony has lost that mind share there.)
Nothing sony will do will sell software imo. Japan has moved on from it, even 3rd party japanese publishers aren't selling games there if they aren't on nintendo and even then…tons of japanese centric games have released this year and bombed in japan
Yall want them to fill a hole that simply cannot and doesn't want to be filled. They would be better off continuing to full on pivot towards being a global brand and take their meager japan sales for what it is
If people could get a hold of one it would probably sell much more! I still cannot get my hands on one! Blah
It's hard to know with the hardware being scalped to other Asian countries what the true demand of the PS5 is in Japan to its citizens. Like when global supply and demand stabilizes, will the PS5 software be able to make something of a rebound there, or is the Japanese gaming audience just completely apathetic to Playstation now.
They aren't selling them in countries that already have them, they are selling them in China and countries in Southeast Asia primarily
"Not bad" and "selling well" for Sony's standard I guess. Outside of that realm, it's selling very poorly. Global has its back though and it's not losing third party support so who cares.
China does have ps5's probably not even close to satisfy demand, but thats everywhere. According to Jim Ryan the demand for the PS5 in china is almost as big as it is in the west
Not surprised if its the case. In Malaysia, official PS5s are only sold in batches and it's impossible to get one unless you are currently on a waiting list, or extremely lucky online beating out bots - but certain less popular game stores do have PS5s in stock, and they are usually Japanese units, and with a hefty markup on these if there are people desperate enough to get one.
I would think any company would look at their own previous hardware and judge by that.
I think not bad and selling well is a better description than selling very poorly. I mean....its doing better than the PS4.
Surely that means something.
I've pretty much given up on trying to get a PS5 here in Japan. Whenever I get a notification that PS5 units are for sale on Amazon or Rakuten, they're all sold out immediately. I've been entering Sony's and a few other store's lotteries, but have had no luck. I'm sure there are many like me not willing to buy a scalped unit. Had more PS5s directly gotten into the hands of gamers here, I'm sure the software numbers would make more sense.
I reckon people aren't playing it much, but we'll get to see if this is true for heavy hitters such as Tales of Arise as the new Final Fantasy. Can't say whether or not people are selling them outside of Japan or if people are using it mostly for back compat.
This doesn't make sense, as there's still someone that buys it in the end. Unless you think they are exporting the PS5s out of Japan?
edit: ah, looks like a lot are indeed being exported. Welp
I mean it's hard to have good PS5 software sales when barely any real ps5 software actually exists
It is in the same ballpark as their last 2 home consoles, but with more limited availability but also more sold consoles outside of Japan.
Software sales are still weak but I don't know if something hit the consoles that would sell big time in Japan these days
Software sales are still weak but I don't know if something hit the consoles that would sell big time in Japan these days
I did my part for software sales at launch with DS and Miles, but haven't felt compelled to buy anything for the platform since, sadly (Wanted to give R&C a try but the art style is just not my cup of tea). Next purchase after the Death Stranding upgrade (last gen...) will be Elden Ring I imagine, and even that is up in the air if the Xbox Series X version turns out to be superior.
Speaking of Xbox, while this is probably a non-factor in Japan overall given how small the user base is here, the value proposition of Gamepass makes me scrutinize any potential PS platform purchases FAR more than before. That's just the way it is now.
Speaking of Xbox, while this is probably a non-factor in Japan overall given how small the user base is here, the value proposition of Gamepass makes me scrutinize any potential PS platform purchases FAR more than before. That's just the way it is now.
Its not good. The software numbers tell the real story. Japan is feeding other Asian regions for sure.
Congrats.
Wonder if it can stay ahead of the PS4 and Vita in the long run as that would be a small success I imagine (going by the declining gens on PS)
Wonder if it can stay ahead of the PS4 and Vita in the long run as that would be a small success I imagine (going by the declining gens on PS)
Would be interesting to know how many PS5s are actually being used in Japan. It can't be that many going by the software sales.
Not much more to say that already hasn't been said.
Hardware sales are good but software sales over the last year across both PS4 and PS5 have been abysmal. At least if the consoles are being sent abroad software is presumably been bought elsewhere.
Hardware sales are good but software sales over the last year across both PS4 and PS5 have been abysmal. At least if the consoles are being sent abroad software is presumably been bought elsewhere.
PS5 standard is $850 here in Cambodia at the moment, they come from either Japan or Hong Kong.
In general software prices can vary, and can be very expensive. However PS5 games generally haven't been more expensive.
Would like to see if the kimetsu no yaiba can be the killer app to take it up
The franchise is crazy huge over there
The franchise is crazy huge over there