You say sidelining, I say smart resource allocation. I'm not going to split hairs over 100k difference in two countries for a launch, if you want to die on that hill, that's cool. Any by die mean asses Sony's entire Japanese PS5 strategy from day one.
I said this to you in the other thread, but I'll repeat it here: Japan might be a bigger market in terms of hardware but when it comes to software they sell more of it in the UK and that's more profitable considering the profit margins. In light of that I'd love to hear any logical reason as to why sending more to the UK is a bad move?
The Bloomberg article presents facts to paint a picture of de-prioritization of Japan, Ryan's comments are nominally in opposition to that but carefully worded in a way that doesn't actually dispute any points the article raises. There's really nothing wrong taking the article at face value, what I found more off-putting was the heavy handed effort to discredit it.
Maybe this is where we're missing each other, I'm not saying prioritizing the UK is a bad move or even the wrong approach. I'm just saying that yes, this means they are sidelining Japan to some degree.
And that was with a weak Wii U and 3DS not receiving as much support, imagine now that the Switch is way stronger than both?
Its still important to get a fast foothold and get the ball rolling. Japan is different. Japan is dominated by the mobile market but Sony has a unique position with the japanese third party games that are practically exclusive to them. If people want to play FF etc. they will buy a PS.
I wouldn't disagree on the merits of prioritizing the UK and depriortizing Japan. I'm just saying prioritizing the UK and depriortizing Japan is what they're actually doing. No hill to die on, I was just looking for a straight answer out of you.
I think it's everything. I think, with regards to the earlier part, Sony was sending the "wrong message" to the market about where their priorities were, and to the latter, it speaks to me that Sony didn't make enough efforts to secure third party support on the platform. Basically, the double death.
3DS is now weak? Dont let the media create crew catch you, lol.
3DS had huge install base, but wasn't getting as much support from third party as the Switch.
You can literally make the case for any gaming hardware manufacturer company at any time for this practice. A Bloomberg article doesn't make this practice Sony specific. There have been numerous times in gaming history during launches and shortages that gaming companies prioritized different regions over others, its not new. Using this against the PS5 as some gotcha moment for Sony and their efforts in Japan is just silly.
You're not going to get much of a fight as you think you are. Feels clear that you think everyone from there are Nintendo fanboys.
Ah ok, I got ya. The thing is I don't even disagree with the premise that Japan isn't as important to Sony as it was, I'm on-board with that completely and there's enough evidence to support that. I kind of just don't really agree that the lower shipments mean much (considering the pandemic/supply issues/demand for the thing) - I think it's just smart business. I think there are other better things to point at to demonstrate the point such as how they treat non-AAA Japanese games/devs, their complete lack of interest in marketing these games etc.
PS is also getting more support from third parties.
Im not sure what you mean with the first part of your post but the second part is an understatement.
Highlighted part isn't really true. There have been some Momotaro Dentetsu games on PlayStation (and even one on Xbox 360, TIL), but with nine releases on PlayStation versus 17 releases on Nintendo, I think it's fair to say it's mainly associated with Nintendo.
You can still believe in generations while still putting cross-gen games. DualSense doesn't work with the PS4. Games designed for PS5's SSD (like R&C) won't work on PS4. There aren't Activities on the PS4.
You're purposely antagonizing and brushing off anything anyone has to say. You're acting like a console warrior right here and believe that people from Media Create will get all Nintendo fanboy defensive over hearing how the 3DS was weak when nobody will disagree. It's lower than the DS, it was a decline in Japan, didn't get as many games as it could have, and it was worse in the rest of the world, and much of it came from the hardware launch and it being generally unappealing. The price point was perceived to be bad and the 3D gimmick didn't justify its the high price. What saved it from becoming a total loss was Nintendo drastically dropping the price within months after launch.
I think the only "gotcha moment" here regarding low JP shipments were with the Fake News Warriors desperately trying to discredit Mochizuki.
Sure, I can see a semantic difference in language there, even if they're functionally the same. I would say this is a good example of actually "splitting hairs".
Lower than proportional shipments were just one variable raised regarding Sony's larger de-prioritization of Japan. It's not the argument for that, just part of it.
The point of a sales thread isn't to lambast a poor selling product. That is how you drive away voice diversity and are left with echo chambers.
There's always going to be harsh criticism of a product doing poorly. That's the fact of life. And where were you when the Wii U behind a rainy window image was going around all across the old forum or the chalkboard image of "This will save Wii U" with each game getting crossed out. Even began appearing in sales threads. That level of toxicity at least isn't around for the PS4.
We certainly won't be dancing around it in the Media Create threads for the PS5 in Japan.
