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Famitsu - PlayStation 5 sold 118K units in 4 days, Xbox Series X|S sold 21K units in 6 days, Miles Morales and Demon's Souls sell 18K+ each [Japan]
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let the excuses begin
Xbox holding compared to xb one.
which is a terrible result imo, since xb one faceplanted out of the gate
Xbox holding compared to xb one.
which is a terrible result imo, since xb one faceplanted out of the gate
For the Xbox Series X|S to Xbox One, keep in mind the Xbox One didnt release in Japan until 10 months after it did in the US. So the allocated stock will have been very different.
It's nice to see all three Consoles sell out.
It's nice to see all three Consoles sell out.
Sure, but I thought the whole point of launching in Japan day 1 was that they were taking it more seriously this time and it was a mistake to launch later?
I'd say they are taking Japan more seriously because it's not launching 3 months later lol 1/3 the stock of the PS4 but 3 months earlier.
Hardware it's whatever, they sold what they shipped, but those software numbers are surprisingly low no?
Seems like a poor attach rate unless digital overperformed.
Seems like a poor attach rate unless digital overperformed.
Them only sending 100k units to Japan kinda undermines that message.
The Xbox One didn't sell out. The Series X and S are sold out, meaning they would have sold more than the Xbox One if stock had been higher, meaning demand is higher now. How is that terrible?
Wouldn't be surprised if the bulk of game sales were digital or if there are game disc shortages, too.
Can't help but feel that Sony is slowly killing its Playstation brand in Japan, when you are looking for install bases of all playstation consoles prior to this launch. And once again, this new playstation is made for western gamers in mind, so I'm a little pessimistic here.
Exactly. They're still getting the short end of the stick, it's just the opposite end...
cause not even managing more than 20k in stock for the second biggest console market in the world is terrible.
Japan is the second or third largest market depending on how you want to cut it, but if it only got 120k, that's probably less than 10% of the PS5s. They understocked a country they said they were prioritizing.
Low stock and all but in Japan PS5 won't do big numbers and I expect a drop with respect to PS4.
US and Europe are two biggest markets for PlayStation, if they are launching one week apart, there is obviously a reason
And prioritizing US and Europe means more stock for these markets than Japan
Just don't act surprised when Sony will announce they sold millions of PS5 in X days, with only 118k coming from Japan
Sony definitely did not prioritise Europe. Perhaps parts of Europe. Here in the Netherlands, it seems we're getting like 1000 consoles - in total.
The hardware sales are stock constrained so not too much of anything to say about them but the software sales aren't exactly setting the world alight either. Could be explained by digital but I'd expect to see something a little higher than 18K for the bestselling titles of a new console - would be very interested to know the split between disc and digital versions of the console itself.
Makes sense, lower stock and waning interest in home consoles in Japan
Sony has three times less stock too than with PS4. Do you know there is a global pandemic going on? Both Sony and Microsoft have warned us supply could be low.
they sold what they distributed
We were expecting even less, going by the 100k leak about first week hw stock
I don't give a flying fuck how many millions or whatever number both Sony and MS report.
I just have an issue thinking Sony is priorizing Europe when it launches later, and i don't buy the logistics excuse because they managed to deal with those with PS4 already.
does anyone remember the guy from the old place who was convinced that ANY WEEK NOW the 360 was going to turn the corner and take over Japan? he was constantly looking for a sign, any sign, but it never came. (think his name had something militaristic, like Sergeant or Private)
as single market (not country), EU is much-much bigger right now than Japan.
Let's wait and see how many units other countries like Germany, UK, France, etc. got before saying Sony is ignoring Japan.
The HW is what everyone expected, which doesn't make it good. SW sales are horrendous.
Also, a quite a few people didn't even believe the 100k stuff.
PlayStation consoles Japan
PS2: 631K - Released in Japan 7+ months before US/ 8+ months Europe
PSP: 166K - Released in Japan 3+ months before NA / 9 months before Europe
PS3: 88K - Released in Japan 1 week before NA / 4 months before Europe
PSV: 325K - Realeased in Japan 2 months before NA/Europe
PS4: 322K - Realeased 3 months after NA/Europe
PS5: 118K - Released on same date as NA / Europe Week later
Just put together some release date time frames for each console.
The PS5 has had a much closer release in all regions compared to previous Playstation Products, added with the effects of Covid-19 supply will be really constrained. I have the utmost confidence that if there was more PS5 consoles available in Japan at launch there would be higher numbers
PS2: 631K - Released in Japan 7+ months before US/ 8+ months Europe
PSP: 166K - Released in Japan 3+ months before NA / 9 months before Europe
PS3: 88K - Released in Japan 1 week before NA / 4 months before Europe
PSV: 325K - Realeased in Japan 2 months before NA/Europe
PS4: 322K - Realeased 3 months after NA/Europe
PS5: 118K - Released on same date as NA / Europe Week later
Just put together some release date time frames for each console.
The PS5 has had a much closer release in all regions compared to previous Playstation Products, added with the effects of Covid-19 supply will be really constrained. I have the utmost confidence that if there was more PS5 consoles available in Japan at launch there would be higher numbers
If they sold out on launch, then waning interest isn't really the primary culprit, is it? I guess you could argue that Sony allotted them a smaller number of consoles due to waning interest, but the Japanese people didn't really have much of a chance to show otherwise, right?
The PS4 launched 2 weeks later in 2013, if anything launching just a week apart is an improvement. And I'm sure they would've loved to launch day and date if they could do so, I doubt they decided to launch a week later just for the fun of it.
Yeah of course, we are not in pandemic at all
A comparison with PS4 logistic which launched two weeks later in Europe and 3 months later in Japan is super relevant...
True, just saying that since interest is going down maybe with more stock it would still fall a bit short on the PS4's numbers
People comparing these figures to PS4/One ignoring all three consoles are sold out and the pandemic going on is 🤦
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